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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)

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Great diving at Seraya, can you find number 2? by Christian Nielsen
Great diving at Seraya, can you find number 2?
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Axinella Sponge, particular by Marco Gargiulo
Axinella Sponge, particular
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Waiting for the journey by Marco Gargiulo
Waiting for the journey
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Gobies laying and fertilising eggs. by Valda Fraser
Gobies laying and fertilising eggs.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 23, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Japanese warlords helmet... ...or Zebra crab on sea urch... by Uwe Schmolke
Japanese warlords helmet...
...or Zebra crab on sea urchin?
Have fun watching.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 22, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Chilean Sea Indonesia
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Persian carpet flatworm (Psuedobiceros bedfordi). d7000, ... by Alistair Bygrave
Persian carpet flatworm (Psuedobiceros bedfordi). d7000, nikon 60mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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arlequin crab on sea star,nikon D800e 105macro,Gangga island by Puddu Massimo
arlequin crab on sea star,nikon D800e 105macro,Gangga island
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The star's color make it look like a rug with the crab gently sitting on it. Nice.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 21, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Porcelain crab on soft coral pink Nikon D800E, 105 micro... by Marchione Giacomo
Porcelain crab on soft coral pink
Nikon D800E, 105 micro Nikon, twin strobo
Lembeh strait
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Flamingo Tongue by Michelle Davis
Flamingo Tongue
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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colored shrimp with eggs,nikon D800e,105 macro,Gangga island by Puddu Massimo
colored shrimp with eggs,nikon D800e,105 macro,Gangga island
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 19, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Shrimp by Nonna Pokras
Shrimp
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 18, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Bubble coral shrimp Olympus EPM1, Olympus 60 mm macro, S... by Yoav Lavi
Bubble coral shrimp
Olympus EPM1, Olympus 60 mm macro, Sea@sea YS-D1.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Snubnose? Sculpin by Jeremy Axworthy
Snubnose? Sculpin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Frogfish on the reef at Capt Don's Habitat in Bonaire. It... by Robert Michaelson
Frogfish on the reef at Capt Don's Habitat in Bonaire. It reminded me o an opera singer finishing an aria.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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mantis shrimp with eggs by Giancarlo Zambelli
mantis shrimp with eggs
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Arrow crab form "Under the Bridge" by Beate Seiler
Arrow crab form "Under the Bridge"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 17, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Gattuccio's egg by Marco Gargiulo
Gattuccio's egg
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date posted posted: Monday, September 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Porcelaine Crab.... :O) by Michel Lonfat
Porcelaine Crab.... :O)
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date posted posted: Monday, September 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Indonesia
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Frog fish by Helmy Hashim
Frog fish
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date posted posted: Monday, September 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Dimensions are not important by Giancarlo Zambelli
Dimensions are not important
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date posted posted: Monday, September 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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gobi,nikon D800 e 105mm macro,Gangga island by Puddu Massimo
gobi,nikon D800 e 105mm macro,Gangga island
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date posted posted: Monday, September 16, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Hermit crab on yellow sea-fan by Marco Gargiulo
Hermit crab on yellow sea-fan
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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C by Paal Mathiesen
C
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 15, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Mediterranean Lizard Fish by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Lizard Fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A very special photo as I was in a lot of current and cou... by Helen Hansen
A very special photo as I was in a lot of current and could not go anywhere but up smile While swaying backwards and forwards I managed to get part of an wreck called S.S. Numidia
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 14, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Saw this row of small bubbles on top of some blade fire c... by Michelle Davis
Saw this row of small bubbles on top of some blade fire coral. Anyone any idea what causes them?
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date posted posted: Friday, September 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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sea horse by Niky Šímová
sea horse
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date posted posted: Friday, September 13, 2013
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Croatia
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