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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)
Spotted muray
Periclimenes tenuipes - Long Arm Shrimp
Anemone close-up
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a deceptively simple shot made interesting. Note how Larissa placed it with the rule of thirds
My brothers find...
Go away and come back after I'm done eating! Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D, Canon 100 macro & Kenko 1.4X teleconverter
Feather star on a nightdive at Wakatobi , taken with Canon S70 and CloseUp Lens.
Whip coral goby. Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Dragonet with beautiful fins
Slow motion
A little bit pregnant.
Point Lobos kelp shot.
Taken in Anilao. Canon G10 with Inon D2000.
Pipefish
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging
Another small fish shot... Internal strobe on the Casio exilim ex z 1200
Spider crab
Orange cup coral on Sankinsan Maru -Chuuk Lagoon
Count the Crabs smile
Snake eel. Lembeh. D200, 60mm.
Porcelain Crab
Nikonos V - 35 mm lens with macro extension tube
" Doomed" Anemonefish with a parasite in its throat which will threaten its life.
Taken in Puerto Gallera Philippines. Casio Exilim EX-Z1200
Freckled Hawkfish
Crayfish in Rivaz, lake Geneva
Worm cucumber
close -up -flamingo tongue at falling rock dive site in parguera area! PUERTO RICO
Eyes in the sand.
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