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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Very, very tiny shrimp which I have not yet identified so please feel free to let tell me if you know it. C: Taken in one of the dive sites in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
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Tiny 2cm baby Midring Blue Ring Octopus (Hapalochlaena sp.4)..¸> <((((º> ·..Canon G9 & 2 stacked Inon UCL-165 lenses
Tiny crab living on the sea fan. It was taken when night dive @ Wreck Tulamben.
Need ID please for this crab.
2008/9/07 Casio EX-Z1000
yellow pygmy-seahorse. They are a lot smaller than the red-one- maybe half of the size..this one was in a seafan 32m deep..so not much bottom time..strong current on this side..puh, not just because of the pygmy an outstanding dive.Canon400D/Hugyfot
2008/08/29 Casio EX-Z1000
Very little baby squid during a nigth dive :O)................
Striped Threefin, Helcogramma striata. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 20D, 100 macro, Tamron 2X teleconverter & Woody's dioptre
soft coral crab, Mabul, D200
Ascidian's siphon, strongly magnified
Santa Maria al Bagno (ITA)
Night shot onto a sand anemone tentacles catching a micro crustacean
Here is an uncommon colour form of Anemone Shrimp (Periclimenes cf. venustus)..¸> <((((º> ·..Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165's
2008/8/30 Casio EX-Z1000
HYDROMEDUSE ?
super close up of the cerata of a coral nudibranch-Phyllodesmium horridus. You can see the reddish coloured soft coral inside that it feeds on
Nikon D-200 with 60mm macro lens and 2 x converter
Camouflage !!
Anemone Crab or Tanker Crab?
Red Coral, but my daughter calls this one "Eyeballs".
seahorse side view - Canon A640, double INON macro, Z240
The eye... :O)
My best xeno crab picture so far,from Lembeh 350d/70mm
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008

Final RoundThrough to 2008 awards final round judging

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excellent xeno shot Yves
I'm think is a Crab in Derawan
Spider crab. Bunaken Marine Park
2008/8/17
Wally's Pink Squat Lobster (Lauriea siagiani) on sponge (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
Anemonefish eggs close-up..¸> <((((º> `·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> `·..Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165's
Denise Pygmee seahorse, 30 mtrs deep, lots of current. Very happy to make this picture. Fuji S2 pro, 50 mm Lense. Raja Ampat, Papua.
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this is a cute pygmy. Rob knows, when you're this close, get the eyes sharp
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