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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)
Rhino City, Ambon
..but I was not invisible?
Little underwater forest (coral abstract)
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp in a pink tipped anemone. I visited this little critter on three different dives and he was always extremely cooperative and curious. Shot with a Nikonos V, 28mm lens, Aquatica tubes and 105 Speedlight.
Spiny Tiger Shrimp (Phyllognathia ceratophthalma)
Anilao, Philippines
Frogfish yawning - Antennarius commerson
Nursery. Coconut octopus laying eggs. Canon g12, Inon s2000 strobe.
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Snooted Flathead......peering out of the darkness
White-stripe urchin shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis)
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L I N E A R
sea urchin needle shrimp
Coral Banded Shrimp
Shy seahorse hiding in the feather star. Taken in Dauin, Philippines. Used: Canon G12 + external strobe.
Face to face...
'The Scream of Nature'
I used snoot lighting to just bring out the jaws and snout of this Spotted Moray Eel, in the process creating a marine tribute to Edward Munch's great artwork by the same name.
Banded Egg Cowrie (Margovula bimaculata)
Anilao, Philippines
"Groovin"
This Cleaning Gobe found of colorful groove to hang out in.
"Sections"
Bearded Fireworm crawls along a Gorgonian.
"Blending"
A Neck Crab chilling in a Gorgonian.
"Blenny Garden"
A Secretary Blenny poses for the camera.
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"Flower Hands"
A close up of a Neck Crab.
Anilao
Canon G12 with two DS51 strobes
C A N D Y - C A N D Y
Candy crab (Hoplophrys)
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. March 2014
A sweet daddy
maned seahorse
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Flamingo Tongue
H E L L O
Cowrie (Cypraea)
Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. March 2014
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B E A N - S P O T
Decorator crab
Anilao, Philippines. May 2014
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