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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)
The Lanzarote seabed is full of surprises! Can anyone tell the worms official name?
60mm macro, Nikon D80
Dancing shrimp - Similan islands - 105 mm macro
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Coral
Xiao Liu Qiu, TAIWAN.
I had to lie in the sand, hold my breath, not move, and wait to get this shot. Mantis shrimp are very fast and very shy. Cozumel. Canon 400D 100mm.
Squat Lobster...taken at Bunaken, Manado
motion
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close up look to feather duster worm at crash boat dive site in aguadilla,P.R.
little seahorse (hippocampus ramulosus) in seasalat, izola, slovenia
Spotted Linckia, common star in Hawaiian waters.Taken in 30 FSW w/20D 60mm macro F4 1/60s.
Hairy Blenny on the lookout.
Crab on the lookout
Sea urchin. Olympus c-7070 and YS-60 Stob
A rather skittish pipefish posing for my A640 by Luke Ho
by: Luke Ho
A rather skittish pipefish posing for my A640
Wind
Tompot blenny - Parablennius gattorugine - Island Cres - 100 mm macro

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Editor's Comment
Nice mugshot Dejan
nikon f90x 105mm macro
Sea urchin, Bora Bora cybershot T5
"Bulb Tentacle Anemone" Photo taken 17 February 2008 during dive in Yokosuka Bay, off the Miura Pennisula coast. YES it was COLD :-) Water was 47F! Thank God for drysuits! ;-) Canon A630/set on Manual/Ikelite DS125 Substrobe/w/Manual Controller.
An Arrow crab feeds itself. Cozumel. Canon 400D 100mm.
Bearded Fireworm, Cerro Gordo, Vega Alta
Blue-Spotted Urchin, taken on Oahu's eastern shore in 60 FSW. I used my 20D W/60mm lens F5.6 1/125s.
Nikon D200
Sea urchin @ Lembeh strait
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tiny cowrie well camouflaged on a soft coral
Nikon F-100 with 105mm macro lens
60mm Nikon D80
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