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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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Ascidian..... (Compact camera Nikon Coolpix 8400 in Ik... by Marco Faimali
Ascidian.....
(Compact camera Nikon Coolpix 8400 in Ikelite Housing and two Epoque ES-150 DS Strobes).
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goby's House Nikon D80 with 15mm lens, One strobe Ikelit... by Pedro Padilla
Goby's House
Nikon D80 with 15mm lens, One strobe Ikelite DS160.
Shoot F/27 @ 1/125s ISO 200
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Golden Green Goby by Stuart Ganz
Golden Green Goby
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Sand Anemone- night dive by Lisa Hinderlider
Sand Anemone- night dive
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Bubba/ This guy is one of the sea urchin shrimps that you... by Peri Paleracio
Bubba/ This guy is one of the sea urchin shrimps that you can find in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"Squat lobster" on a feather star by Henry Jager
"Squat lobster"
on a feather star
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goby singing Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe Ikeli... by Pedro Padilla
Goby singing
Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe Ikelite DS160.
Shoot F/27 @ 1/45 sec. ISO 200
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Little Goby on a Coral in the waters of Lembeh Strait... ... by Michel Lonfat
Little Goby on a Coral in the waters of Lembeh Strait... Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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PETIT by Jörg Menge
PETIT
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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skathari by Stavros Paraskevopoulos
skathari
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Rhinopias Frondosa.Nikon F100.105mm,f11,1/60,YS-120,RVP10... by Allen Lee
Rhinopias Frondosa.Nikon F100.105mm,f11,1/60,YS-120,RVP100.
The Northeast Coast of Taiwan.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Taiwan
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Bargibanti seahorse by Els Van Den Borre
Bargibanti seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand ... by Patrick Tutt
Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand torch light
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Togetherness by Steffen Binke
Togetherness

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Editor's Comment
Steffen shows us how limited the depth of field is with macro lenses - it adds to this shot
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Frogfish, Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe ikelite D... by Pedro Padilla
Frogfish, Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe ikelite DS160.
Shoot F/22 @ 1/200 sec.ISO 20
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Sea horse... by Timucin Ucar
Sea horse...
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Sculpin hiding by the anchor chain at a divesite called T... by Morgan Ashton
Sculpin hiding by the anchor chain at a divesite called The Needle off Carmel.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Little Symbiotique Goby on a Wip Coral in Lembeh Strait..... by Michel Lonfat
Little Symbiotique Goby on a Wip Coral in Lembeh Strait... Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mutated chocolate chip cookie dough(sea cucumber). On a r... by Patrick Smith
Mutated chocolate chip cookie dough(sea cucumber). On a reef off of Clearwater
Florida.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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We found this Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) wande... by Brian Mayes
We found this Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) wandering around in the middle of a sandy patch at about 24m. It didn't have a mate with it, so maybe it was in search of one or something to eat.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Basket star shrimp (Periclimenes lanipes) by Reidar Opem
Basket star shrimp (Periclimenes lanipes)
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date posted posted: Friday, July 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Harlequin shrimp by Aleksandr Marinicev
Harlequin shrimp
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Aleksandr posted another similar one this month proving great shots are like buses. You wait a long time and they all come at once!
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date posted posted: Friday, July 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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spider or crab? by Claudio Stoppato
spider or crab?
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Eyes!!! Shot on Canon G10 with no strobes & no photoshop ... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Eyes!!! Shot on Canon G10 with no strobes & no photoshop used...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Yellow soft coral bloom at night by Jon Kreider
Yellow soft coral bloom at night
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Blue Ring Octopus Found in Derawan Jetty by Eunice Effendi
Blue Ring Octopus
Found in Derawan Jetty
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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Thor amboinensis taken at Derawan islands, east borneo. ... by Eunice Effendi
Thor amboinensis taken at Derawan islands, east borneo.
No cropping.
Canon 7D, 100 mmL f2.8 macro lens.
INON Z240 strobes
Nauticam Housing
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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