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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)
nikon D80, 60mm
Snake Eel hunting breakfast, D300, 105VR
colorful mantis, no strobe
Coral close-up, (Galaxea fascicularis). Canon G9 with Inon D-2000 strobe.
Close up of soft coral
Oohhh again
Crustaceans - Dardanus arrosor
deadly and tricky as usual - hard to see and even harder to "feel" (better not!)
I see you
california kelp frond
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Red sea horse on red spounge
leaf fish
A clownfish resting in his soft bed...
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This tiny hairy crab that measures only a few millimeters in size was perched for just a moment on top of a piece of coral on a reef off Anilou, Philippines.
Polyclad Flatworm (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
Fishface, D300, 105VR
Soft Coral Crab. Lembeh Strait, Indonesia. Canon 20D, Canon 100 macro & Woody's dioptre.
Orange blenny.They are quite long when free swimmng,head probably about 10% of body length
Corals - Dendronephthya Sp. (detail)
A colony of ascidians off Apo Island in the Philippines.
Open up WIDE! Giant Frogfish taken at Seaventure House Reef, Mabul Island, Sabah.
Scaly-Tailed Mantis, Sugar Pier, Aguadilla, PR.
Flamingo Tongue Snail @ El Escambron. San Juan , PR
A moray eel approaching a Banded Coralshrimp, contemplating lunch or maybe a clean. Puerto Galera, Philippines.
The colours though never cease to amaze. Casio exilim zx1200
First ever squat lobster that was not moving all over the place, Lembeh D200/ 105 VR
mantis shrimp going for a walk
Greasy grouper, (Epinephelus tauvina). Canon G9 with Inon D-2000 strobe.
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