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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not swimming

19908 Entries Found: Page 61  of  738
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)
Blue ribbon eel.
Scorpaena scrofa
BALANCE
Trachinus draco
COWRE
3P Romblon
Flamboyant Cuttlefish - Snooted
"Black Beauty" - Because of the seahorse's dark color, I chose to silhouette it with backlight, and frame it within the brightly-colored sealife it was hiding in.
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Red or Portuguese Blenny (Parablennius ruber) - Picture taken in Kenmare Bay, Ireland.
Photo is taken at shark point south of Rawey
Many-host goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) with eggs,housereef Raja4divers, Raja Ampat.
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Orange
my home
Bug-eyed squat lobster No.3, Montani, Puerto Galera
Squat lobster on feather star, Coral Garden, Bali
Friendly face
Stargazer.
Red anemone . Komodo.
Nikon D200 . 60 macro . Two strobo
Seahorse
"Christmas Comparison" - I photographed these same Christmas tree worms as an example for single strobe position. Shot with identical settings but moving the strobe further back to create more shadows, and hence, texture!
Aren't they cute?
Pseudechidna brummeri sp.
Pipefish Bokeh
Hippocampus guttulatus
Speckled Seahorse
Porcelein crab filter feeding.
seahorses - together forever
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My first pygmy seahorse. I would have loved to have him/her looking toward the camera - but I'm just happy he/she is in focus and I didn't cut off any body parts. These critters are much tinier and harder to see than I expected.
Imperial shrimp on nightdive, Renggis Island, Tioman Island
Mating polyclad flatworms. Photographed at San Nicolas dive site, San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. Canon EOS 70-D with 60 mm macro lens.
Lying in ambush (Cymbacephalus beauforti)
19908 Entries Found: Page 61  of  738