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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)
banded cleaner shrimp just hanging out
Flamingo Tongue taken in La Ramona area of Dominican Republic
This one is very slippery...
taken in Anilao with Canon 400D/Hugyfot housing
Hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
"One Armed Bandit" Harlequin Shrimp Full Frame. Nikon D200 60mm + 2 diopter. ISO 100 f/18 1/125
peak a boo
An abandoned fishing cage (surface line most probably cut by divers) becomes a home for fish. The pipe visible is one of the bottom supports of the cage. One of the few examples where humans contributed to the habitat. Oly 5060 + inon closeup lens
HERMIT CRAB. 1 " long
Ghost Gobi Taken on trip between Bali and Komodo
Babusanta, Talikud Island, Davao
Two tiger shrimps.... Anilao. Canon G10 Inon S200 strobe. twin macro
My what a big mouth you have.
Taken off St Abbs Head Scotland with Canon A570is and Epoque es-150 ds strobe.
This stripped burrfish posed for his portrait at Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach Florida. Photo was taken with 50 mm macro with 1.4 extender and Inon Strobe.
Taken at Lembeh Straits. Well hidden!
funny angle! off Anilao Philippines. Casio exilim
There's macro and then there's macro....these guys were tiny
Macro shot of featherstar
Staring competition with a shrimp.
Long nose Hawk fish sitting pretty
Christmas tree worm in motion , taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 and double ClosUp Lens .
Portrait study of a Boxer Crab. Taken with D200, 60mm lens , 2T diopter.
" Pushmepullyou" Unusual to see a Seahorse and a pipehorse together but these two are attached to each other - just cute :o)
This shot was taken in Cozumel in March 2009. As I drifted over the reef this little guy...a Juvenile Rock Beauty...was sitting there watching me. Fortunately the current was not very strong at the time and I was able to get this picture.
Seahorse at Gangaro near Biograd
Red Morwong. Nelson Bay, New South Wales. Canon 50D, Canon 100 macro & Canon 500D close-up lens
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