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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Close-Up

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Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies LESS THAN 50% of frame
Mouth brooding Cardinal fish
Leafy seadragon - Phycodurus eques
Olympus
Olympus
Face to face with a Limacia clavigera on a kelp leave
pigmy sea horse
peces en la boca
STENOPUS HISPIDUS
REUNION 2022
tried and tried and tried
This is always challenging to shoot , hairy shrimp
This is a long time coming as it was at 22m with current
Mullus surmuletus
MOTIONLESS
Synodus dermatogenys
MURENE PONCTUEE - GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS
REUNION 2023
With the poor vis, everything seems brown. You can't imagine that the right lighting allows to discover otherwise invisible details. Like in this close-up of a hermit crab photographed a few mt deep in the sea of Goa_2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f14,i.100)
Rhinopias frondosa.
HIPPOCAMPE Hérissé - hippocampus histrix
NOSY BE 2022
it takes two
porcelain
bunch
kardinal
Frogy
This is another photo of a coconut octopus in seashell. Taken at Anilao Pier, Batangas, Philippines.
RASCASSE VOLANTE - Pterois Miles
REUNION 2023
Eye detail of a flathead fish found hidden under the sand during a diving in Goa. Once identified, it can be photographed without problems thanks to its peaceful nature & the belief that it will not be discovered!_2023
(Canon100,1/200,f13,i.100)
Scorpaena porcus
PORTRAIT
Beauty in the eyes of the beholder!
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