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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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Xeno crabs, Tulamben. The female is carrying eggs. by Doug Anderson
Xeno crabs, Tulamben. The female is carrying eggs.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ebalia tumefacta, Bryer's nut crab. by Christian Skauge
Ebalia tumefacta, Bryer's nut crab.
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This looked like a PhotoShop zoom filter but no, it's on a shell and that shows how a background makes an ordinary subject special.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: North Sea Norway
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Just love this shot... by Bernard Maglana
Just love this shot...
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Peacock Mantis Shrimp with eggs. D300-60mm by Larry Polster
Peacock Mantis Shrimp with eggs. D300-60mm
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"Big belly" by Sangut Santoso
"Big belly"
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Graceful Spindle Cowry at Cod Hole Dive Site in Byron Bay... by Ken Thongpila
Graceful Spindle Cowry at Cod Hole Dive Site in Byron Bay, Australia
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Orange Banded Cowrie by Martin Dalsaso
Orange Banded Cowrie
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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long snout elbow crab by Enje Im
by: Enje Im
long snout elbow crab
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This was a small starfish laying amongst dead bleached co... by Chloe Taylor
This was a small starfish laying amongst dead bleached coral, this was my first ocean scuba dive.
Abrolhos Islands
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Xeno crab Nikon D200, twin strobo 60 micro Manado 2008 by Marchione Giacomo
Xeno crab
Nikon D200, twin strobo 60 micro
Manado 2008
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Goby shot with D300 and 105mm macro lens by Lee Arbo
Goby shot with D300 and 105mm macro lens
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Whip coral goby, taken at Marsa Bareike - Canon G10 with ... by Sean Cooper
Whip coral goby, taken at Marsa Bareike - Canon G10 with Epoque ds150 strobe.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Gaudy Clown Crab in the black volcanic sands of Lembeh. D... by Larry Polster
Gaudy Clown Crab in the black volcanic sands of Lembeh. D300-60mm.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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PG flat worm by Adam Skrzypczyk
PG flat worm
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pontowii Pigmee Seahorse in Wakatobi, 60 mm marco lense. by Rob De Vries
Pontowii Pigmee Seahorse in Wakatobi, 60 mm marco lense.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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sea-worm taken on island Vis / Canon G9, Inon D2000 strob... by Melita Bubek
sea-worm taken on island Vis / Canon G9, Inon D2000 strobe, macro lens
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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A pair of gobies in Anilao. G9/DS160. by Richard Witmer
A pair of gobies in Anilao. G9/DS160.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Goby on purple coral by Adam Skrzypczyk
Goby on purple coral
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Arabian Sea United Arab Emirates
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Red Lipped Blenny shot with D300 and 105mm lens by Lee Arbo
Red Lipped Blenny shot with D300 and 105mm lens
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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anemone shrimp & fish / Canon 450D + 100mm + 1.4 TC focu... by Enje Im
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anemone shrimp & fish / Canon 450D + 100mm + 1.4 TC
focus at shrimp and waiting fish background.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Shy leopard blenny. Fuji f50 and fantasea nano strobe by Cigdem Cooper
Shy leopard blenny. Fuji f50 and fantasea nano strobe
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The angle of this picture makes it look like I was being ... by Patrick Kobylanski
The angle of this picture makes it look like I was being smiled at. This is one of my favorite uw pictures I have ever taken as it looks as though the eel is genuinely happy to be photographed.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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Tridacna, Sony w-300 YS-17 Strobe by Pietro Formis
Tridacna, Sony w-300 YS-17 Strobe
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blue spotted ray resting. Canon G9 with Inon 2000 by Alex Lim
Blue spotted ray resting. Canon G9 with Inon 2000
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Eyed Cowrie by Martin Dalsaso
Eyed Cowrie
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Dance of color... Another one of my Tube Worm studies ca... by Andre Yanco
Dance of color... Another one of my Tube Worm studies captured in Fethiye on the Southeast Coast of Turkey. Nikon D70s with 60mm Macro in a Sea&Sea Housing. Nikon SB800 Strobe in Fantasea Housing in TTL mode.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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A. comersonii - orange colored and hiding in the middle o... by Daniel Strub
A. comersonii - orange colored and hiding in the middle of the soft corals. Picture was take at "the Pier" in Dauin. big grin
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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