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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)
Ribbon eal
Orange Devonshire Cup Coral. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens
2x strobes. St. Abbs.
Happy new year to all.
shrimp on a whip. samal island. canon 350D
Starfish On Brain Coral GBR
2007/12/29 Xiao Liu Qiu. Taiwan.
Nudibranch in Fiji
Searching - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, 105mm lens, Aquatica housing and Ikelite strobes.
Crab approx 3mm big, night dive 15m fanadir, Hurghada. Canon EOS20D, Aquatica housing, 60MM Macro lens,autofocus set to single focus point, 18W HID (Salvo) as light source- Tiny crab was deep inside the coral- check the eye- very chuffed :-)
Netted Ceratosoma;taken with an Olympus stylus 400 @ Steve's Bommie
Coryphella verrucosa 16mm
T. Morosa up close and personal, Paradise Beach Resort, Samal Island. Canon 350d, Inonz240, 18-55mm with 10X diopter, 250 shutter speed, iso100, f22
Anemone Hermit Crab (Dardanus tinctor) taken on a nightdive in Na'ama bay.
This photo of a pair of Christmas Tree Worms was taken while diving on Mikes Reef in Nassau.
My first Harlequin, Punto Argentina, North Pacific, Costa Rica
Lion fish on the U-352 off north Carolina Coast, Moorehead City. Shot with an Oly c8080
Kune's Chromodoris
Ribbon reef #10;Pixie Pinnacle
Spiny Lobster taken at The Maze, East End, Grand Cayman
Crawling Up A Hill (Olympus E330; Macro lens 50mm)
portrait of a crab on a seapen
This brittle star was climbing around the Southern Barrier Reef.
This image of a Banded Coral Shrimp was taken off COCO View Wall during a trip to Roatan in October 2007.My dive buddy Paint found him inching his way out of the sponge he made as home.
Southern Stingray, British Virgin Island
A up-close view of the Lettuce Sea Slug (Elysia crispata).
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Final RoundThrough to 2007 awards final round judging

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This is really up close an personal Jim
Taken at Tenggol Island - Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Parrot fish
Nikon f90x with 60mm lens
Another Macro Beauty from Redang Island. Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro
Hermit Crab taken while diving an off-shore reef at Hayama, Japan. I was using a Canon A630 in an Ikelite housing and an Ikelite DS125 Substrobe.
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