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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)
Juvenile Porcupine pufferfish. Nikon D70.
Phuket, Thailand. Lionfish spines. Fuji, 60mm, single strobe.
Indigo hamlets spawning in Belize. Vertical crop.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2005

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Good behavior shots like this are few and ar between
Mating Dragonets, Lembeh Straits.
All together! Manado, Indonesia. Nikon F90X
Indigo hamlets spawning at dusk in Belize.
GPF shot in Manado/Betlehem with UCL macro lens.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2005

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Heres a nice critter shot. Neutral background and diagonal placement
Butterfish.
Menai Straits, N. Wales.
F90X, 60mm.
Cross-eyed cuttlefish, Dumaguete, Philippines. D100, 105mm macro
Queen Angel protecting its hiding place. Photo taken in Patillas, Puerto Rico. Camera N70 Nikon with a 60mm 2.8f macro lens , Ikelite housing and stobelight
Hitch Hiker, This Coney fish has an Isopod that attaches to it's face and feeds off what the coney eats. sometime there are two to a fish.
Nikon D100, Titan housing, Sea & Sea Strobes.
Flamenco - Lembeh. Cannon 10D. The only thing missing is the sound of the castanets!
Queen angel in Culebra Puerto Rico. Nikon N 70 with a 60 mm 2.8 f macro lens in an Ikelite housing with strobes.
Trout.
Capernwray, Lancashire.
F90X, 60mm.
Scythe triggerfish, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands. D100, Nexus housing, 105mm macro, dual strobes.
This shoot made my day ! It was shoot at Marsa-Alam Redsea, Egypt. Notice the dotted circle beside the fin. Amazing !
Ready for battle. Cannon 10D. Lembeh. The mantis in the picture was squaring up against its reflection in my camera. Couldn't get any closer for fear of broken glass!
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp, Exuma, Bahamas
The Squid and its watcher. Taken at Santa Maria Cove,St.Thomas U.S.Virgin Islands July 2003.Camera Nikon N70 with 60mm 2.8 macro lens Astia 100iso housed by Ikelite with strobes.
Thailand
Leopard Shark Taken Phi Phi Island Thailand.
Strolling - Cannon 10D. Lembeh. This fella was changing spots by taking a leisurely stroll across the sea bed
This fella thought i could'nt see him. Clown fish- Great Barrier Reef.c5060
My best side - Cannon 10D. Looks like snakeskin!
Regal angelfish portrait. Photo taken in Vanuatu with a Nykonos V using a 35 mm lens and 1:3 macro extension and wire frame.
Found! - Cannon 10D, twin strobe. Just can't resist taking shots of clowns!
Mother and child. Or is it, father and son? Indonesia with housed Canon digital rebel, 50 mm compact macro lens, ikelite 125 strobe, and good fortune.
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