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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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Mantis shrimp with eggs by Aleksandr Marinicev
Mantis shrimp with eggs
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Frogfish ready to spawning Shoot f/22 @ 1/10 sec ISO 200... by Pedro Padilla
Frogfish ready to spawning
Shoot f/22 @ 1/10 sec ISO 200 with 105mm lens, 2 strobe Ikelite DS160.
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Frogfish with your fishing rod, waiting for his dinner. ... by Pedro Padilla
Frogfish with your fishing rod, waiting for his dinner.
Shoot f/11 @ 1/180 ISO 200. With 105mm lens and two strobe iklelite DS-160.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Hermit crab up close. 105mm by Larissa Roorda
Hermit crab up close. 105mm
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 12, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Sargassum Anglerfish. by Adolfo Maciocco
Sargassum Anglerfish.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Anilao shrimp by Patrick Neumann
Anilao shrimp
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 11, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Anemone showing off by Jon Kreider
Anemone showing off
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Cuttlefish. Plymouth. D3, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Cuttlefish. Plymouth. D3, 60mm.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 10, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Poker face/ this blue ring greet me on one of our night d... by Peri Paleracio
Poker face/ this blue ring greet me on one of our night dives in Anilao, Batangas
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Sargassum Anglerfish It took me 20 min. to get this litt... by Adolfo Maciocco
Sargassum Anglerfish
It took me 20 min. to get this little fellow in focus as it was standind on amoving rope at 20cm of depth .
But it was worthy:-)
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Somewhere near Santiago coast by Nick Roitman
Somewhere near Santiago coast
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 9, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cuba
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MACROPODIA by Antoine Desbordes
MACROPODIA
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) France
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Yellow Headed Jawfish with peek at his eggs. by Jon Kreider
Yellow Headed Jawfish with peek at his eggs.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Parrotfish at rest. 105mm by Larissa Roorda
Parrotfish at rest. 105mm
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Night dive, found this shrimp when we were in safety stop~~ by Tommy Liu
Night dive, found this shrimp when we were in safety stop~~
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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Allied Cowrie (Cuspivolva tigris) by Brian Mayes
Allied Cowrie (Cuspivolva tigris)
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Brian had three shots that could be hotshotted this month - here's my fave
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 8, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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hairy froggy by Dave Baxter
hairy froggy
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Shrimp, shot taken muck diving in Milne Bay, PNG by Michael Gallagher
Shrimp, shot taken muck diving in Milne Bay, PNG
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Sand goby. Criccieth beach. D3,105mm. by Derek Haslam
Sand goby. Criccieth beach. D3,105mm.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Irish Sea United States
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Taken with Canon G10&Epoque strobe by Sean Cooper
Taken with Canon G10&Epoque strobe
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blue Spotted Stingray by Julian Cohen
Blue Spotted Stingray
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Moray eel by Jagwang Koo
Moray eel
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A Long-snouted seahorse met in the waters of Lembeh.... Q... by Michel Lonfat
A Long-snouted seahorse met in the waters of Lembeh.... Que du bonheur... :O)...
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Textures & Lines by Lisa Hinderlider
Textures & Lines
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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another seahorse by Andy Kutsch
another seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Shrimp on coral. Taken with an Olympus Evolt e-300 and I... by Jeri Curley
Shrimp on coral. Taken with an Olympus Evolt e-300 and Ikelite DS125 on a night dive.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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We followed this stargazer around for about 10 minutes...... by Joel Sarver
We followed this stargazer around for about 10 minutes...it would swim away, bury itself, then unbury itself, etc.
Canon S90 with Fix Housing and Inon S-2000 Strobes
Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, FL
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date posted posted: Monday, July 5, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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