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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)
Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) on a sea star - Seraya, Bali (Canon G9, D2000, UCL165)
portrait of a proud nudibranch laying eggs
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Undescribed octopus hiding in plain sight
Chapon, (Scorpaena scrofa). Canon G9 & Inon D2000
Anemone "neon" Canon G9
Snake eel, laying in wait, St. Vincent
D300, 105VR
resident yellow painted frogfish, photo taken at critter cove, samal island with canon 350-d with patima housing and inon z240 strobes.
Nikon D80,60mm
Tompot Blenny, Trefor North Wales. Nikon D80, Ikelite Housing and DS125 strobe
Blu Ray
Tiny Pygmy Seahorse. I never seem to stop beeing amazed of theese small creatures. D70, 105mm, 2x DS125 - and 2 tanks of Nitrox smile
Owesome red garden!!
Just hanging out (frogfish on an anchor)
A Christmas Tree for everyone in the holiday season!!
"Hawkfish" from the Maldives.
Anemone "mouth"
Arrow Crab & Anemone shot in Bonaire, N.A. using Canon 10D, Sigma 60mm macro lens with Sea and Sea strobes. This picture is a good example of being at the right place at the right time.
This is Fred, the frog fish. He lives at Half Moon Bay Wall on Roatan. I did this picture with an Olympus C5050 camera.
hold.....
Serpula vermicularis, S. Maria al Bagno - Lecce - Italy, Canon G9 with nanoflash fantasea.
Red-dotted Coral Crab (Trapezia cymodoce). During the day, they hide deep in the coral, like this one. At night they climb up to the edges and spread their arms to feed on plankton...¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165's
reef hermit crab (dardanus lagopodes) taken in Na'ama bay.
Triton Scorpionfish - Taken with my 20D F/5.6 1/60s ISO 200 w 18-55MM lens.
Coral
Crinoid crab
Scorpion Fish using an Olympus SP-350 with a Sea&Sea YS-27 strobe.
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