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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)
Mantis Shrimp captured using High Definition Video Camera
Flame in the Sea
coral
get close & see the texture
Netherlands - Oosterschelde
Netherlands - Oosterschelde
This whip shrimp was lurking and kept running round the whip to hide. Eventually his position framed him with the coral for a colourful shot of the indonesian critter.
U/W COLORS!! Taken at Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands with Canon G2 and Ikelite Housing, and on-camera flash. The colors jumped out as I swam by, and I couldn't pass up the underwater floral arrangement.
A crab (Necora puber) taken with a Nikonos V using 1:1 extension tube.
Nudibranch: taken at Kwajalein Atoll with Canon G2 and Ikelite housing with on-camera flash and macro setting.
Hawkfish w/Angel
Night Hawkfish - Saipan Isla
Arc Eye Hawkfish - Saipan Isla
Nudibranchs (Flabellina sp., I think), taken in Baleal, Portugal, with a Nikonos V and 1:1 extension tube.
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Camoflagecrab on softcoral, taken at väderöarna on the swedish westcoast. Nikonos V
Eye of the beholder. Simpa with diver, taken in the swedish fjord gullmar`n with nikonos V
gas flame nudibranch taken in Sodwana bay South Africa

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
I'm always a sucker for a brightly colored nudibranch!
Arc Eye Hawkfish
Arrow Crab, Freeport Grand Bahama- Taken with Nikon coolpix 995
This seahorse is about the size of a small fingermail. It was taken in the Lembeh straits North Sulawesi, Indonesia towards the end of 2001
Chichirivichi, Venezuela.
Chichirivichi, Venezuela.
Chichirivichi, Venezuela.
Sea hare (Aplysia punctata) taken with a Bonica Seaking Snapper (34mm, 1/125s) with 1:6 macro in Baleal (Portugal)
"BIG MAC" a doughboy scallop .Rye pier Melbourne Australia
trumpetfish, Grand Turk, Nikon 990
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