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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)
Brillant colours of the Fat Anemone(Cribrinopsis crassa) Calvi Corsica.
Blue Ring Taking a Break After Modelling for a few Divers..
Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro
nudibranch, wakatobi house reef
Pygmy seahorse taken somewhere in Anilao, Batangas.
Pink Flabellina (Flabellina affinis).Finding its way.Calvi Corsica
Flamingo Tongue,Humacao,Puerto Rico
Borneo. Fireworm on sponge. DX8000
Limacia clavigera nudibranch on red sponge. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 60mm + 1.4 teleconverter.
Meet Humpty & Dumpty at Redang Island - Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Stay here! Two nudies in Safaga, Red Sea, Egypt.
This photo of an aneomone was taken during a dive last week in Roatan. I used my DC500 w/both flash units turned down to one and a diffuser.
A rough spined urchin Maui, HI
Beautiful flat worm, Nikonos V 1:1 macro extension tube
leafy scorpionfish, taken at wakatobi with d70 and 60mm
who you calling strange??
Yellow frogfish compresses on seeing a camera.
Sealife DC1000, sealife strobe
Dusky Squirrelfish, Humacao, Puerto Rico
Goby taken at Sharksbay. According to Red Sea Reef guide this is a undescribed species of the "Trimma" similiar to the Sheppard's pygmy goby.
Close-up of a dahlia anemone, Urticina felina. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 105mm VR
Twins having a Vacation at Redang Island - Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Stretch - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikonos V, 35mm lens and extension tube for 1:1 image, SB105 strobe.
Northern Prawn
voose reef firth of forth
Scotland
Blenny taken at Sharksbay with E300 and 105mm lens.
Taken using an Olympus c8080 in talima, mactan.
Night Dancers - Image of orange cup coral taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, Aquatica housing, 105mm lens and Ikelite strobes.
Squat lobster on cushion star
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Final RoundThrough to 2007 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
Christian could have put the squattie in the center but rightly opted for a 'rule of thirds' composition
"Hard Coral Polyps" - try to imagine its real size!
Theese eyes...
Picture taken during a night dive off Padang Bai, Bali.
EOS 5D, 100 mm macro, ...
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