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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)
Spirographis sp.
Olympus c-7070 and Ys 60

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nice abstract Carlos
Queen Conch, Critter Corner, St. Vincent, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
A Tiger pipefish, Photo taken at Chowder Bay Sydney, with an Olympus C8080
What's going on down there? Yet another disapproving look from one of my subjects. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 40D & Canon 100 macro.
nikon d2x 60mm macro
Look into my EYE!
(I'm getting braver and braver to get into the face of terror!)
Yellow Edged Moray.
"PATCHWORK" Sea star with Imperator shrimp.
Flowers
My new home :-)
hard corals. 60mm macro
Bristle worm abstract, Petit Byahaut, St. Vincent
Dumageute, Philippines, D300, 105VR
A beautiful Spotted Moray... :O) ...
tiny painted frogfish
Eat or be eaten ;o)
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l'occhio di pappagallo,450d+60macro canon
A whip coral shrimp taken in Kota Kinabalu. When magnified, through the transparent parts of the shell, there are round things, like eggs??
Long-spined scorpion fish.
Aughrusmore, Connemara.
60mm.
2 Moray Eels and Company. Another case of being in the right place at the right time. I didn't even know the hermit crab was there until I was preparing photo for printing. Take with Canon 10D, Sigma 60mm macro lens and Sea & Sea strobes
Parablennius rouxi
Secretary Blennie, Pigeon Island, ST. Vincent and the Grenadines
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D300,105VR
Open up wide...
Cropped a little.
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Green detail
WHIP CORAL HIGHWAY. Probably Pontonides unciger, less than 1 cm. long. Photo taken in Sanghihe Islands, Pulau Nenung, with a Canon EOS 400D with Canon 60mm Macro lens, Canon 580EX II strobe.
This guy was crawling all over this anemone in the sand at Bari Reef, Bonaire, N.A. Photo taken with a Canon 10D with Sigma 60mm Macro lens, Sea and Sea strobes.
Something for lunch! Shot with Olympus FE 360 using macro setting, flash w difuser on housing. November 2008
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