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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)
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

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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
Pigmy Seahorse.. D100 with 105mm.
Close up of a squat lobster , Sound of Mull, Scotland
Black pygmee seahorse, barely 1 cm large. Species not yet determined. Fuji S2 pro, 60 mm macro lense.
"Black Pohonti" - Interesting, how this Pygmy was observing me with one eye :-) Taken at Raja Ampat, West Papua.
Took snorkeling on the North side, by DiveTech using Nikonos V with 1:2 exten tube. Fugi 100 iso film.
Nudi close-up D200/105 VR
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
Runner Up Monthly HotShots
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different, Yves knows how to fill a frame!
Close-up of the cerata of an aeolid nudibranch. Nikon D200, Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes. 105mm, 2x teleconverter, 2x dioptre.
Who likes blue eyed blondes ? Hermit Crab in Cerro Godo Beach, Puerto Rico. Taken with Canon G9 in Patima Housing and double stacked macro lenses.
2 pygme's, far Northern Great Barrier Reef
Bargabanti Pigmee seahorse, size +/- 1,5 cm. Picture taken with 60mm lense.
I don't remember how many Sea Whips I looked at before I found this Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger), but it was a lot. .. > <((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·.¸Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses
Another Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) during a dive at Menjangan island, Bali. (Canon G9, Inon strobe D2000w, UCL165 macro lens)
This Sibling Sea Star Shrimp (Periclimenes soror) was a pain to capture as it was on the underside of a Crown of Thorns Starfish... > <((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·..Canon G9 & Inon UCL 165 macro lenses
Father (or mother) Pygme and son (or daughter), Shot in the cod hole, Norther Great Barrier Reef!
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