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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)
Pipefish head!
In Fiddle Garden, Sharm El Sheikh.
Red Sea Pipefish
Grand Rotana house reef, Sharm el S
Hairy Squat Lobster. Taken next to the USAT Liberty wreck in Tulamben, Indonesia. Lighting was done by angling strobes down the channel of the barrel sponge from each direction. G9/Ikelite DS160s/stacked Inon UCL165s.
Bubble coral shrimp , taken with Canon S70 and 2x UCL 165
Xeno Crab, Tulamben
I agree, those giant clams really are suggestive.
Orangutan crab (Achaeus japonicus) - (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
Taylors Eel - another angle of this shy eel. Full Frame D200, 60mm +2 diopter.
Coral Garden,Talikud Island, Davao
shrimp and squat lobster in featherstar
taken with Sony T3 point n press
Two tiger shrimps of Anilao. Canon G10
Crab on coral.
Let the sun shine in ! smile I have encountered this tube worm in Kabatepe during my weekend dive trip. Requires looots of patience. Nikon 60mm Macro in a Sea&Sea Housing + YS-110 with TTL converter.
Olympus C 8080
Leaf fish from Madivaru, Rasdhoo Atoll - Maldives.
Snake Eel and a face dancing/cleaning Shrimp keeping his friend clean... Personally I would find it very annoying having a shrimp wriggling across my face all day, but then again I'm not a Snake Eel, so what do I know...
Trypterigion delaisi
Pregnant.....
Sea whip mother said to son: I'll take care of you until you grow up...
Octopus out of his burrow in Anilao. Canon G10, Sea and Sea Strobes.
Home Sweet Home. An Island Kelpfish living in an old scallop shell at Anapapa island. Shot with a Canon Digital Rebel in Ikelite Housing using a 60mm f/2.8 lens and dual DS51 strobes.
I found this Shrimp at Bunaken-Manado in Indonesia.
I used Olympus SP-350 + Ikelite DS-125
flatworm horns
Sawblade acrobats, one Sawblade Shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) balances on the tail of the other. Photographing them is easy, but teaching them to be stunt shrimps is difficult. ;-) ....¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9
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Zebra Shrimp on a Feather Star Fish
Reach for the Sky! Reef Crab with eggs. He thought this was a stick up because I had a "canon" in his face smile ... hahahaha. Canon G9/Ikelite DS 160s/ Stacked Inon UCL165s.
Crown of thorn starfish / Canon G9 with Ikelite housing
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