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<((((º>.....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses." title=""I spy with my little eye" an Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)......¸><((((º>.....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses." style="margin: 0px auto;max-height:650px;max-width:100%;" />
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posted Thursday, June 11, 2009
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<><><>Canon G9" title=""Dont mess with me!"............................ A snarling Mosaic Moray (Gymnothorax prionodon)<><><><>Canon G9" style="margin: 0px auto;max-height:650px;max-width:100%;" />
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"Warning over 18's only, close your eyes if you are under 18";-)..... Mating allied cowries (Pseudosimnia sinensis)
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
category:
Macro - Super macro
location:
South China Sea
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"Look into my eyes.......you are feeling sleepy.....vote for me."
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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"I love you little cuttlefish"
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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"I spy with my little eye....."
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Tuesday, October 6, 2009
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I guess if you are an Emperor you have the right to eat the others.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
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Commensal Urchin Shrimp (Allopontonia iaini) with eggs. Usually found at the bottom of fire urchins feeding on detritus in the sand.
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My first Xeno Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) head close up. They appear to remove polyps from their host whip coral and attach the polyps on to their shell for camouflage. I'm amazed the polyps don't die...Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 lenses, Full Frame
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Friday, August 7, 2009
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"Look into my eyes.....you are feeling sleepy........you will vote for me"......Canon G9, Inon UCL-165 lenses, full frame
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) close-up. Canon G9, Inon UCL-165 lenses, full frame.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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"Your buddy went that way"
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Friday, July 31, 2009
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"You wanna kiss?"
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Friday, July 31, 2009
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One shot from a sequence (on my flickr photostream) of two shrimps on two trailing nudibranchs....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 and Inon UCL-165's
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How does that man find such subjects, then shoot 'em pin sharp. Good job he has Jill as his spotter!
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Monday, July 13, 2009
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"Munch...munch...aha...delicious!".....Nembrotha chamberlaini, Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 lenses.
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Saturday, July 4, 2009
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A tiny Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) hiding under the gills of nudibranch (Jorunna funebris)....¸> <((((º> ...Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses.
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Monday, June 29, 2009
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While photographing a tiny painted frogfish, Larry shows the secrets of DIFO with his Canon G9 and stacked Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses...¸> <((((º> ....Everyone will be taking great macro from now on. ;-)
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Monday, June 22, 2009
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Sawblade acrobats, one Sawblade Shrimp (Tozeuma armatum) balances on the tail of the other. Photographing them is easy, but teaching them to be stunt shrimps is difficult. ;-) ....¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9
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Sunday, June 21, 2009
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Janolus species nudibranch.....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close-up lens
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That man Mayes has been away again...
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
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Tiny Painted Frogfish (Antennarius pictus) about the size of a fingernail...¸> <((((º> ....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses
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Friday, June 19, 2009
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"I'm going to suck the life out this green ascidian"....Nudibranch (Chromodoris lochi)..¸> <((((º> Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses
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"Mmmmm.....this sponge smells delicious!"....Hypselodoris nudibranch...¸> <((((º> ...Canon G9 and stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses.
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Friday, June 12, 2009
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"I spy with my little eye" an Ornate Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus)......¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 close up lenses.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
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A tiny baby Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata), even more beautiful than the adult version....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close up lens
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
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"Up periscope", Schultz's Pipefish (Corythoichthys schultzi) pops it's head up to look around....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close up lens.
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Common Lionfish (Pterois volitans) swimming at Takawide 1 in Lembeh Straits.....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
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I was surprised to find this tiny jawfish out in the open. After quickly trying to dig a burrow, it resorted to this open mouth threat posture. Unless of course it's saying "OMG, I going to be on Underwaterphotograpy.com"....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9.
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
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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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excellent behavior shot Brian
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Friday, April 10, 2009
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Whip Coral Shrimps (Dasycaris zanzibarica)......¸> <((((º> ......Canon G9 & 2 x Inon UCL-165 close-up lenses
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Sunday, April 5, 2009
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