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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)

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Raggy Scorpionfish portrait (Canon G9, Inon D2000w) by Marco Waagmeester
Raggy Scorpionfish portrait (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Spotted Seahare, El Natural. by Abimael Márquez
Spotted Seahare, El Natural.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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my first pygmy seahorse encounter, i was very very excite... by Michelle Ng
my first pygmy seahorse encounter, i was very very excited about it! Taken with a p&s Sony T100.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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One of several seahorses at Bloody Bay Marine Park, Nikon... by Larry Polster
One of several seahorses at Bloody Bay Marine Park, Nikon D300, 105mm lens, twin Ikelite D125 strobes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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different angle of the stargazer. Nikon D80, 60mm by Andy Kutsch
different angle of the stargazer. Nikon D80, 60mm
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Fluted Giant Clam (tridacna squamosa) by Marko Perisic
Fluted Giant Clam (tridacna squamosa)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Octopus posing quietly... by Thierry Lannoy
Octopus posing quietly...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Gorgonian wrapper, leopard anemone, Canon S70 , Macro Lens by Beate Krebs
Gorgonian wrapper, leopard anemone, Canon S70 , Macro Lens
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Cavalluccio marino by Torresan Patrick
Cavalluccio marino
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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the eye,nikon d2x 105mm macro by Puddu Massimo
the eye,nikon d2x 105mm macro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Eye of the Scorpion - Canon A640, Full Frame, Inon Z240, ... by Ng Steven
Eye of the Scorpion - Canon A640, Full Frame, Inon Z240, Single Macro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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"Two Bargibanti Buddies" ... Ok ... if you spot three ... by Henry Jager
"Two Bargibanti Buddies" ... Ok ... if you spot three of them, I won't negotiate ;-). Taken at the Raja Ampat, West Papua. Touched up background, but left animals untouched in PS.
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Wouldn't this be the best pygmy shot ever (if it weren't photoshopped!)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Cluster Duster, I took this photo today while decompressi... by Fred Lentz
Cluster Duster, I took this photo today while decompressing "Enjoy"
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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flamingo tongue.(cyphoma gibbosum) by Durand Gerald
flamingo tongue.(cyphoma gibbosum)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Venezuela
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Taken on the same shoot as last months enty - I can't dec... by Grahame Massicks
Taken on the same shoot as last months enty - I can't decide which one I like best - you will have to let me know!! Taken at Seraya, Bali, on my Olympus 5060.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Indonesia
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monster from the abyss by Vincenzo Zangrilli
monster from the abyss
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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sponge crab by Geoff Spiby
sponge crab
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Leaf Scorpionfish by Marco Waagmeester
Leaf Scorpionfish
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Gold-dotted Flatworm (thysanozoon) even more spectacular ... by Marko Perisic
Gold-dotted Flatworm (thysanozoon) even more spectacular when free swimming. South Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Do any of you happen to have seen my false teeth ? I can... by Beate Krebs
Do any of you happen to have seen my false teeth ?
I can't find them !
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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A smiling (well sort of ) Scaly-headed Triplefin (Karalep... by Brian Mayes
A smiling (well sort of ) Scaly-headed Triplefin (Karalepis stewarti). <> <> <> <> Canon G9, Inon UCL-165 macro lens
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific New Zealand
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smiling blenny.. Canon A640 InonZ240 by Ng Steven
smiling blenny.. Canon A640 InonZ240
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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octopus by King Lim
octopus
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date posted posted: Monday, June 30, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Malaysia
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frog fish hide in sponge by King Lim
frog fish hide in sponge
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Malaysia
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Odontodactylus scyllarus, PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP. My fir... by Larissa Roorda
Odontodactylus scyllarus, PEACOCK MANTIS SHRIMP. My first one!! What a wacky - alien creature!!
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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An armour of a crab. This knight seems to be untouchable. by Svetoslav Dimitrov
An armour of a crab. This knight seems to be untouchable.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Nikon D80,60mm, subal housing by Andy Kutsch
Nikon D80,60mm, subal housing
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 29, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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