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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)
The couple. The bigger one, is the female. Is it possible that the pink for girls and blue for boys comes from these animals?
Bali, Canon EOS 5D
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Nice Harlequins Arthur
"Star"
Personality - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikonos RS, 50mm lens with extender, and SB103 strobe.
moray suprise...
Yellow Encrusting Anemone (Parazoanthus axinellae) Calvi Corsica.
Peek-a-boo pygmy - photo taken in Samal Island with Canon Ixus60, no strobes
Just another nudi. Nikonos V 1:1 extension tubes
Ran into this monster (approximately 6' long) off the Noth Shore of Oahu.
Oh no - not another jewel anenome.. afriad so ..Isles of Scilly
Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera elegans. Picture taken at Seraya, North-East Bali.
Hawkfish & Seastar at Bohol
Spiny spider crab on soft coral taken on a night dive at Ras Caty.
"Softly"
2007/11/03
Oaten pipe hydroid. Menai strait's. North Wales. D200, 60mm.
Variegated lizardfish, Synodus variegatus. Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
These were a couple of tiny ( <1cm) plumose - which had settled onto two fine branches of bryozoan (?) - normally see them on more stable habitats !! - location - S Devon
close up of the tentacles of a sand anemone
False Bay, Cape Town
D-200, 60 macro with 2x converter
Harlequin shrimp. Hymenocera picta. North of Bali.
EOS 5D
Arrow Crab on Red - Image taken in Key Largo with a Nikon F4s, 105mm lens, Aquatica housing and SB-103 strobe.
"Will Be A Spanish Dancer"
My first Pygmy, At just 8mm tall I was extremely surprised at the size - enjoy. Sony W200 MMI T2 macro, twin TS25 auto strobes, 1/1000, F8.0.
it was hardly a static subject, but then it wasnt free swimming.. Tor those who have taken shots of these little guys, you will know that they are hard to photograph.
CANON 350D 60mm
Blue-rayed Limpet.
Farne Islands, Oct 07.
60mm.
Small Mantis shrimp. Picture taken at Tulamben, Bali.
A beautiful hippocampus from Aegean sea.
Tiny nudibranch from the Isles of Scilly, UK
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