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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)
Yellow frog fish. by Miguel Cortés
Yellow frog fish.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Malaysia
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Change of clothes.... I was lucky enough to watch from my... by Kay Burn Lim
Change of clothes.... I was lucky enough to watch from my viewfinder this shrimp molt and kick off it's old shell in front of me! This is the last of a 5 part sequence of shots.
D300, YS-110a Strobes. Lembeh Straits, Night Dive
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Two Devil Scorpion Fish side by side but facing different... by Adriano Trapani
Two Devil Scorpion Fish side by side but facing different directions and indeed looking at difeerent kinds of coral and therefore camuflaging accordingly!
75 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Myanmar (Burma)
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Corals - Lythophyton arboreum by Vito Lorusso
Corals - Lythophyton arboreum
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Arrowhead crab on the edge... taken in Bunaken. D300 - 60mm by Yin Sern Lim
Arrowhead crab on the edge... taken in Bunaken.
D300 - 60mm
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka. by Anouk Houben
Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Sri Lanka
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Phyllognathia ceratophthalmus - Tiger Shrimp by Michael Henke
Phyllognathia ceratophthalmus - Tiger Shrimp
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Beautyfull Gold Blennius that's waiting for... Take with... by Francesco Pacienza
Beautyfull Gold Blennius that's waiting for...
Take with Nikon D60 with 18-55 VR Nikon in Easydive housing, Nikon SB-105 and Sea&Sea YS-300 strobes.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A pair of Colemen Shrimp nestled in their colorful Anemone. by Chad Ordelheide
A pair of Colemen Shrimp nestled in their colorful Anemone.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bobbit Worm, Lembeh Straits, D300, YS-110a strobes by Kay Burn Lim
Bobbit Worm, Lembeh Straits,
D300, YS-110a strobes
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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lembeh strait,nikpn d2x 60 mm macro by Puddu Massimo
lembeh strait,nikpn d2x 60 mm macro
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Corals by Vito Lorusso
Corals
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Gammarus pulex, is a fresh water amphipod. The eyes are q... by Daniel Strub
Gammarus pulex, is a fresh water amphipod. The eyes are quite funny :-))
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Switzerland
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Hippocampus Bargabanti, Pygmy Seahorse, D300, YS-110a s... by Kay Burn Lim
Hippocampus Bargabanti, Pygmy Seahorse,
D300, YS-110a strobes
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the subject is nicely isolated from it's background
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemone Crab taken on Similan Island #4. Using Canon Ixus... by Johan Van Der Windt
Anemone Crab taken on Similan Island #4. Using Canon Ixus 75.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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I just love these simbiotic porcelain crabs (neopetrolish... by Daniel Strub
I just love these simbiotic porcelain crabs (neopetrolishtes oshimai)
:-o)
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a very delicate study
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Done to death, but beautiful none the less by Sharon English
Done to death, but beautiful none the less
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Vanuatu
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Stonefish by Beate Krebs
Stonefish
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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local seahorse enjoying the spotlight by Dave Baxter
local seahorse enjoying the spotlight
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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BIG MAMA :-) by Michael Henke
BIG MAMA :-)
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It's a bit hard to work out this one. I see the smaller shrimp, is that it's Mommy? Wow
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hawkfish by Vittorio Durante
Hawkfish
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Jawfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 20D & ... by Ross Gudgeon
Jawfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 20D & Canon 100 macor.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Undulated moray taken on a night dive with a Canon G9 and... by James Dawson
Undulated moray taken on a night dive with a Canon G9 and internal strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pregnant Seahorse by Steffen Binke
Pregnant Seahorse
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Jellyfishs - Pelagia noctiluca (detail) by Vito Lorusso
Jellyfishs - Pelagia noctiluca (detail)
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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After checking again, I then knew which portion is its mo... by Tommy Liu
After checking again, I then knew which portion is its mouth...
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Taiwan
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beneath the dock at buddy dive by Patrick Smith
beneath the dock at buddy dive
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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