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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)
Clear Reflection: Orange cup coral reflection in an air bubble on the ceiling of a cavern. Lanai, HI Nikon D80
Brittle star, Ophiotrix purpurea draped across long polyp leather coral, Sarcophyton sp. Picture taken in Maldives.
nudibranch dar es salaam
crayfish close up, taken in the Blausteinsee, close to Aachen in Germany
Beautiful Gill! Taken In Tenggol Island with Canon G7.
Pair of nudibranchs, Risbecia pulcella. Picture taken off Weligama, Sri Lanka.
Glassshrimp on Anemone
Mataking Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
copyright by Juerg Ziegler
Alien's Foot.
Stalked jellyfish - Little Killary, Connemara.
60mm.
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Nice natural history shot always in demand by phot libraries
Rock Cod with cleaner shrimp taken on Abdulla's TillA
Tiny blenny taken with E300 and 105mm lens.
Calm in The Storm, Stoplight Parrot Fish in Andros Bay, 35 knot winds on surface at night.
Yawning yellow Frogfish
sleepy frogfish, taken with EOS 30D in INON X2 Housing, EF-S 60mm and optical triggered INON strobes.
Purple tipped anemone close-up.
Giant Sea Anemone,Humacao, Puerto Rico,Camera DC310
taken in tenggol island.
X-rayed Seahorse in Lembeh Strait
Anemone crab at Bida Nai, Phi Phi Islands, early in the morning the dude had breakfast, nicely exposed. Canon EOS 350d + YS-90auto
Nudibranch, Chromodoris albopunctata. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Serpula Vermicularis worm
Yellow sea horse. Nikonos V 1:2 extension tube
The Gorgonian and its fingers have lots of color. This photo was taken during a dive at Henekin Wall in Nassau, 3 weeks ago.
Nikon D200
Scale-eating sabretooth blenny, Plagiotremus tapeinosoma. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Flabellina affinis
Nikon coolpix P5000, housing Ikelute, strobe Ikelite DS 50
Cleaner shrimp taken at Marsa Bareika with E300 and 105mm lens.
Striped triplefin, Helcogramma striata. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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