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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)
filipino squid #2
A Venus' girdle in a perfect pose.
This flatworm came swimming at a night dive and there was a slight current taking us off the reef so it was a bit challenging to keep track of both the subject and the reef.
Clown Anemone fish., Canon g12, inon external strobe.
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Beautiful minimalistic shot. I would love to hang this in my living room!
Apogeon withn eggs
Nikon D800E , 105 macro Nikon
Two strobo sea and sea 120Ys
Ligurian sea
<3
Diplodus vulgaris
Anomone Fish,never stay still.Took me lot of time to get this photo and with.just 1 eye peeping.taken with Canon G16,Fantasea FG16 Housing and Inon 2 x Z240 Strobes
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"Solar System"
This translucent winged comb jelly was photographed during the day with a high shutter speed and small aperture.
Yellow submarine
Red Sox
Anthias
Ringed Pipefish with progeny
Sea horse, LOVE IT!
A hunting lionfish (Pterois volitans), captured during a night dive at Anilao, Philippines.
Argonauta argo, night dive, Sorrento. Nikon F100 fuji velvia 50 iso, micro nikkor 60 mm dual strobes, 1990
filipino squid
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SEA HORSE
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Welcome to my Parlour
Him and her
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Cardinal with eggs , taken on the barge June 2014
Lovely little sharpnose pufferfish decided to swim towards me, so I had to take a photo of it.
Yellow Goby in a bottle. Taken in the Philippines (Anilao).
Canon G12 in Ikelite housing with two strobes DS51
Litle friend in purple, Turneffe Island Belize
Living together / not the most artistic shot. Didn't get another chance only saw it once.
Juvenile Boxfish. This boxfish was bobbing and around coral and sponges, but nothing that was an attractive background. So I dialed up my aperture to f/3.2 to make a soft background.
Yellow goby home alone
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