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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - swimming

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Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)

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Blue and yellow and... by Chris Pienaar
Blue and yellow and...
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date posted posted: Friday, March 4, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"Make-up artist" (Giant octopus eye and shrimp) by Natalie Bondarenko
"Make-up artist" (Giant octopus eye and shrimp)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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shot with a 105mm nikon ikelite housing with a 2 ys-d1 st... by Simon Dyer
shot with a 105mm nikon ikelite housing with a 2 ys-d1 strobe set up shutter 200 F-stop 22
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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couple~ by Kiyoung Jang
couple~
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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buddy~ by Kiyoung Jang
buddy~
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Wazzup? Double-ended Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus bicoarctat... by Stefan Follows
Wazzup? Double-ended Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus bicoarctatus. Padangbai, Bali
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile Queen Triggerfish by Henley Spiers
Juvenile Queen Triggerfish
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date posted posted: Monday, February 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Anemone fish on a night dive @SImilan Islands by Pepe Suárez
Anemone fish on a night dive @SImilan Islands
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date posted posted: Monday, February 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Thailand
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Painted face by Chris Pienaar
Painted face
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 29, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Larval Stage Surgeonfish on a Night Dive by Henley Spiers
Larval Stage Surgeonfish on a Night Dive
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Queen Angelfish in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park. by David Gilchrist
Queen Angelfish in the waters of the Roatan Marine Park.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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I was recovering from a shooting a whip coral goby in a s... by Chris Pienaar
I was recovering from a shooting a whip coral goby in a strenuous position when I saw this interaction just a bit above me. The Angelfish kept returning even when the wrasse was nipping it a bit painfully from time to time.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Ghost pipefishes are sometimes stranded by the current de... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Ghost pipefishes are sometimes stranded by the current descending from the GBR to Sydney. Here they are shot in midwater with a very close aperture to just make their stunning color popping up...
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 28, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Today is juvenile angel fish day for me :) by Pepe Suárez
Today is juvenile angel fish day for me smile
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Thailand
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Juvenile Queen Angelfish @Cozumel by Pepe Suárez
Juvenile Queen Angelfish @Cozumel
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Sharpnose Puffer by David Gilchrist
Sharpnose Puffer
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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A golden Nembrotha, Nembrotha aurea on Hotspots reef. by Chris Pienaar
A golden Nembrotha, Nembrotha aurea on Hotspots reef.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Two Yellow (Cubic) boxfish swimming in almost a mirror im... by Chris Pienaar
Two Yellow (Cubic) boxfish swimming in almost a mirror image in a pocket on Rooneys, Sodwana
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date posted posted: Friday, February 26, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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I love the way that light changes the scene underwater fr... by Chris Pienaar
I love the way that light changes the scene underwater from a drab blue grey to these contrasting bright colours. Horseshoe Hawkfish in coral
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 25, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Snake pipefish. Trefor Pier, N. Wales. by Mark Thomas
Snake pipefish.
Trefor Pier, N. Wales.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Barred Hamlet with iridescent blue face tattoos by Henley Spiers
Barred Hamlet with iridescent blue face tattoos
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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A blue ribbon eel shouting at me to keep my distance. by Chris Pienaar
A blue ribbon eel shouting at me to keep my distance.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 22, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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hurry - hurry............ by Claudia Weber-Gebert
hurry - hurry............
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 20, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Anemonefish by Leena Roy
Anemonefish
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date posted posted: Friday, February 19, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Djibouti
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Next jawfish generation by Uwe Schmolke
Next jawfish generation
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Peacock wrasse male looking for invertebrates in algae. ... by Fuster Luc
Peacock wrasse male looking for invertebrates in algae.
Hard to made this picture with my 60mm macro lens because this fish never stop swimming…
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Facial- I needed a yellow mouthed eel to replace a bungle... by Chris Pienaar
Facial- I needed a yellow mouthed eel to replace a bungled shot in my portfolio for the Sodwana Shootout 2015 on the last day. Found this one with two minutes dive time left
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 18, 2016
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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