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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)
Bubble Coral Shrimp, Vir colemani on Bubble coral, Plerogyra sinuosa, Pintu Colada, Lembeh, Indonesia
Christmas Tree Worm/Photographed with a 60 mm macro lens at Isla Venado, San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Strike a Pose. We spotted this octopus with just part of the mantle and eyes peering from the sand. It popped up and struck a pose for the better part of a minute.Nikon D7200, 105mm macro lens, 1/250 s , f 22. Ikelite housing, dual DS161 strobes
Fimbriated Moray Eel/Photographed with a Canon 100 mm macro lens at Anilao, Philippines
Banded Tozeuma Shrimp/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Anilao, Philippines
Green Moray Eel/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at San Antonio Point in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Christmas Tree Worm/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at San Nicolas in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Sea Cucumber/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at San Nicolas in San Carlos, Mexico
Pacific Scallop/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at San Nicolas in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Unfolding sea-anemone revealing the less known side of it.
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With a bit of patience I managed to catch this yawning Hairy Frogfish. Nikon D7200, 60mm macro lens 1/250s f 20. Ikelite housing, dual DS 161 strobes
Blue-Eyed Crab/Photographed with a Canon 100 mm macro lens at Shangri La in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Fan Coral/Photographed with a 100 mm macro lens at Shangi La in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Crab and red coral/Photographed with a 100 mm macro lens at Shangri La in San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico
Sea horse/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens and Retra snoot at Lembeh, Indonesia
Coconut Octopus making a home. Nikon D7200, 60mm macro Nikkor, 1/320s, f13, dual Ikelite DS161 strobes
Candy Crab Hoplophrys Oatesi
Tulamben,Bali
Crown of thorns-beautiful but destructive
Lined seahorse in the soft coral.
Blenny in the sponge, Plataforma Tiburon México
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Tiger Shrimp,Tulamben,Bali,WonderDiveBali
Dancing with myself.....
Flamboyant Cuttlefish Eggs/Photographed with a Canon 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia.
This lined seahorse was an easy find even in poor visibility! This guy almost seemed to glow up against the dark background.
Blue giant clam with on camera blurred filter.
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A very tiny juvenile Oyster Blenny, Hypleurochilus pseudoaequipinnis, about the size of a pencil eraser peers out of an abandoned barnacle. It would disappear if it saw me move, then a few seconds later would peek out again, just it's eyes showing.
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Ambon Sole/Photographed with a 60 mm macro lens at Lembeh, Indonesia
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