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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)
Xeno Crab, Tulamben
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Hairy! Canon 20D 100mm Macro
Coral crab
Boxer Crab with Eggs
Octo on the Black Bart
seahorse @ Gangaroo
Happy! This little blenny looks like he is having a great day! G9/Ikelite DS160s/Stacked Inon UCL165s. No Cropping.
my dive buddy 'aving a look at a seahorse
A very small one taken in Layang-Layang !
Crab in soft coral
Anemone taken at Crystal Palace, Rottnest Island WA. Canon 20D 60mm Macro Lens
A. commersonii - these guys are such fun to look at big grin
My little buddy, the dwarf moray. Lanai Lookout, Oahu
Xeno Crab. Bob's Rock, East Timor.
Anemone's crab
Yawning Hairy Frogfish. Photo taken in Anilao, Canon G10, dual Inon UCL165 lenses. Dual Sea and Sea Strobes.
Female Mandarin Fish cropped.Used Nikon D300,60 mm Micro Lense, Sb 105 and Ikelite 160 strobes
Steinitz' shrimpgoby.
Long spined scorpion fish. Menai straits. D3, 105mm.
Find during a dive in the channel between pasmann and zut
Hairy Squat Loster in Lembeh. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens +4T diopter
lonely white crab at purple sea pen..(canon G10 + 1pcs micro lens)
Crocodile Fish in Komodo. G9/Ikelite DS160s.
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I love the emphasis on features by the strobe lighting. Croc fish usually look so bland (it's their job to blend in) so creating texture is the challenge
Little Blenny in a hole - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000, UCL165)
Mantis Shrimp w/ Eggs...Canon G10, and dual UCL165, image is not-cropped in anyway. Sea and Sea Strobes. Trying to get the colour right; first time using RAW on this trip! EDIT: saturation
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great behavior shot, reminds me of Jeff CDG's mantis shot
Dayang,Talicud Island, Davao
"Filter Feeder" found in Manado
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