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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)

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Pygmy Seahorse (Hypocampus bargibanti) - (Canon G9, Inon ... by Marco Waagmeester
Pygmy Seahorse (Hypocampus bargibanti) - (Canon G9, Inon D2000, 2xUCL165)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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"Backlit" I decided to try some "Creative" lighting by pl... by Debi Henshaw
"Backlit" I decided to try some "Creative" lighting by placing one of my strobes behind the sea pen with other turned down to a minimum to light up the shrimp. 60mm +4 diopter. No cropping
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Black and White Lionfish from mombasa by Mert Gokalp
Black and White Lionfish from mombasa
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Kenya
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The eye of a scorpion fish, taken at Wakatobi with Canon ... by Beate Krebs
The eye of a scorpion fish, taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 and CloseUp Lens
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Along the soft coral by Giuseppe Piccioli
Along the soft coral
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Pederson's Cleaner Shrimp - enjoying a spot of lunch - fi... by Alan Lyall
Pederson's Cleaner Shrimp - enjoying a spot of lunch - finger licking good...
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Lion fish. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Lion fish. D200, 60mm.
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile cuttlefish (approx 15mm) putting on a neon displ... by James Dawson
Juvenile cuttlefish (approx 15mm) putting on a neon display during a night dive. Canon G9 and Ikelite strobe
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) in Anemone (St... by Marco Waagmeester
Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) in Anemone (Stichodactyla mertensii) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000)
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Crocodile fish waiting on rocks by Andy Hamnett
Crocodile fish waiting on rocks
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Hiding" Skunk Anemonefish hiding in its host anemone fro... by Debi Henshaw
"Hiding" Skunk Anemonefish hiding in its host anemone from the howling current blowing through. Uncropped
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date posted posted: Monday, April 13, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Egg carrier of the Thai water Fuji S5pro/105VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Egg carrier of the Thai water Fuji S5pro/105VR
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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taken at ducomi pier. by Steve De Neef
taken at ducomi pier.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 12, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Small Lezard fish hidding in the sand... Que du bonheur..... by Michel Lonfat
Small Lezard fish hidding in the sand... Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Painted goby. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Painted goby. D200, 60mm.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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arlequin shrimp in Richelieu Rock by Adriano Trapani
arlequin shrimp in Richelieu Rock
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 11, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Hanging upside down without disturbing the sponge and sca... by William Goodwin
Hanging upside down without disturbing the sponge and scaring the bejesus outta the peppermint shrimp inside, aiming the Light Cannon to light up the inside through the translucent wall of the sponge ... ahh, the travails of the u/w photographer.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Fish Tug O' War?..."You wanna piece of me?" ..¸><((((º><º... by Brian Mayes
Fish Tug O' War?..."You wanna piece of me?" ..¸> <((((º> <º)))> <....Red-Spotted Sandperch (Parapercis schauinslandi), Canon G9 plus Inon UCL-165 close-up lens and cropped.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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"Best Buddies" What a find... first a yellow thorny seaho... by Debi Henshaw
"Best Buddies" What a find... first a yellow thorny seahorse who is joined unprompted by a pygmy pipehorse who wraps his tail around the torso of the seahorse! What a wonderful encounter. 60mm +4 diopter. Uncropped :o)
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish Strike. This cuttlefish was huntin... by Richard Witmer
Flamboyant Cuttlefish Strike. This cuttlefish was hunting under the ledge. Right before he would strike, his colors would get really bright and then he would attack. G9/Ikelite DS160.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Sharknose goby by Alan Lyall
Sharknose goby
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date posted posted: Friday, April 10, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Orangutang Crab? by Dorian Borcherds
Orangutang Crab?
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Sea Horse - Nikon D70 60mm Macro by John Snyder
Sea Horse - Nikon D70 60mm Macro
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Little red coral (Corallium rubrum) into the epibenthic a... by Marco Faimali
Little red coral (Corallium rubrum) into the epibenthic assemblages of a Mediterranean coralligenous reef in Portofino, Liguria, Italy.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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A common crayfish taken at Three Sisters in Port Elizabet... by Anthony Wooldridge
A common crayfish taken at Three Sisters in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Sony W300 and a Fantasea Nano strobe
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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I am a sucker for green eyes. Canon G10 internal strobe o... by Andrew Macleod
I am a sucker for green eyes. Canon G10 internal strobe only. 2.2 digital teleconverter function used
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 9, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti). G9/Ikelite DS16... by Richard Witmer
Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti). G9/Ikelite DS160/UCL165.
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