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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not 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 NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
white on white... playing with a very patient shrimp. the fused background is achieved pointing the main strobes to the sand
It's a rock with an eye!!! and a mouth...
'Pay attention!' Triple fin blenny
— Subal underwater housing, Canon 5Dmk2, Canon EF100mm macro, f11, 1/160, ISO200, Inon Z240 strobe, Subsee +5 diopter
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Bling Bling. Slender Pipefish - Trachyrhamphus longirostris. Bali, Indonisia - EM5-Oly 60mm-1250-f2.8-iso200-Inon D2000x2
Eye contact
Peppermint Shrimp (Lysmata pederseni), Roatan, Honduras
Olympus OMD EM5 MkII, 60mm Macro Lens, Nauticam Housing, Dual Inon Z-240 Strobes, 1/80, f/6.3, ISO320
Using a home-made snoot to highlight the eyes of the arrowhead crab.
Simply Yellow, a Dwarf Golden Moray
Warty Frogfish, Nikon D7000
This banded coral shrimp was buried in the lilac vase sponge and I had to contort myself to capture the image. I love the way the sponge looks like soft fabric.
Blenny Obsession
The Gatekeeper. Mantis Shrimp - Lysiosquilla sp. Bali, Indonisia - EM5-Oly 60mm-1/125-f6.3-iso200-Inon D2000x2
Harlequin shrimp~
red on blue
Weedy scorpionfish aka Rhinopias at Badang Bai, Bali.
Tiny shrimp in soft coral
Hermitcrab & Scorpionfish
Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesi)
Anilao, Philippines
Alien - with a flea on its shoulder
Periclimenes imperator
Rhinopias – size ca. 3 cm
Funambulist
Anemone Shrimp
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Something for the Weekend. Peacock Mantis Shrimp - Odontodactylus scyllarusi. Bali, Indonisia - EM5-Oly 60mm-1250-f2.8-iso200-Inon D2000x2
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Frogfish sitting on a barricade net at 3m. Taken at ND Divers, Bum Bum Island, Semporna,Sabah, Malaysia.
White christmas Tree worm from Bonaire taken in October. No diopter was used - this is with the Olympus m.zuiko 60mm macro lens only.
All dressed up and nowhere to go. Flamboyant cuttlefish
— Subal underwater housing, Canon 5D mk2, Canon EF 100mm macro, f14, 1/125, ISO320, Inon Z240 strobe
YELLOW GOBY~
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