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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)
Forster's Hawkfish. D3, 105mm.
Flowers of the sea Fuji S5 pro/105 VR + UCL
"What's up ?"... Encounter with this little Spinyhead Blenny coming out of it's hide-out... Que du bonheur... :O)...
Lizardfish, taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 and UCL165
striped surprise. This tiny zebra goby hides on the reef at Anacapa Island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel and 60mm f/2.8 lens in Ikelite Housing with dual DS51 strobes.
Yawning frogfish
Pink Frog fish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
Ribbon Eel at Paradise, Tulamben area
a couple of periclemenes imperator,nikon d2x 60mm micro
Featherduster worms, shot on Kodachrome 64 with a Nikonos V 35 mm and macro tube for 1:2
twins !!!! or brother and sister ????
The Frederiksted Pier, best 32 food dive I have ever done..... Shot with a Nikonos RS and 50 mm Macro, 2 Ikelite SS 200's using Kodachrome 25.
Sea squirt , taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 an UCL165
Fringed blenny
Yellow Rhinopias shot on the fantastic Cannibal Rock in Komodo.
Olympus E330, 50mm macro and single Ikelite DS125 flash
nikon d2x 60mm macro,night dive
Grape Coral
Small Shrimp in nice surroundings.
Olympus E330, 50mm macro and 2 Ikelite DS125
Soft Coral Crab. Tulamben, Bali
Porcelan crab , taken at wakatobi with Canon S70 and UCL165
Marbled shrimp
shortlistedShortlisted!
coloured crab in lombok,nikon d2x 60 mm macro

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
crabs don't get as much coverage as other macro beasties. Not fair, as Puddu proves, by this guy with pink claws
Yellowmargin moray taken in Na'ama Bay.
some kind of coral ? taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70
A tiny procelain crab hiding inside a finger coral at night. Canon XSi with EF 100mm USM macro in Ikelite housing with DS-125 strobes.
"Out of the Shadows"
Soft coral shrimp
Komodo 2009
Nikon D200, 60 micro,twin strobo
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