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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - 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 in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)

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Pipehorse, but difficult to approach, there was still, I ... by Abimael Márquez
Pipehorse, but difficult to approach, there was still, I had to shout, stay stilllllllll!. Cozumel
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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A Slender Filefish trying to hide by Barbara Schilling
A Slender Filefish trying to hide
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Martinique
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Carangoides Bajad by Vittorio Durante
Carangoides Bajad
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The splendour red of the Zebra lionfish ..Found in a muck... by Michelle Choong_khoo
The splendour red of the Zebra lionfish ..Found in a mucky crevice@ Perhentian kecil . Shot with Canon G7,strobe & Hid light
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Malaysia
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When the reef sharks get curious, and you've got your 105... by John Scott Mcgougan
When the reef sharks get curious, and you've got your 105mm macro on the camera, this is what you get.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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Chromis flavaxilla & Pseudoanthias squamipinnis by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Chromis flavaxilla & Pseudoanthias squamipinnis
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A small clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) swimming away fr... by Joao Pedro Tojal Loia Soares Silva
A small clownfish (Amphiprion bicinctus) swimming away from its home anemone to confront the intruder (me). Shot using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro and Nikonos SB-105 strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fish by Vito Lorusso
Fish
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Hello by Mark Bakker
Hello
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date posted posted: Friday, June 20, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A shy goldentail moray peeking out from its home! Taken w... by Barbara Schilling
A shy goldentail moray peeking out from its home! Taken with a Canon EOS 20 D and 60 mm lens in a Sealux Housing and a Subtronic Strobe
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Martinique
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Angelfish, Bonaire. by Abimael Márquez
Angelfish, Bonaire.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Turkey fish. Depth 32m, visibility 5-7m. Camera Canon 40D... by Alexander Nikolaev
Turkey fish. Depth 32m, visibility 5-7m. Camera Canon 40D. Gulf of Oman, fujeira, UAE
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 19, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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D300, 60mm Macro by Kay Burn Lim
D300, 60mm Macro
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Lionfish by Volker Katzung
Lionfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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clown fish, NIKON D80 with SUBAL HOUSING, 60mm lens by Federica Bedei
clown fish, NIKON D80 with SUBAL HOUSING, 60mm lens
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Did you see my buddies? by Jun Tagama
Did you see my buddies?
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Twinspot goby...fully extending its fins...captured using... by Teguh Tirtaputra
Twinspot goby...fully extending its fins...captured using Canon EOS 400D with Sea and Sea housing and strobes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Clown fish in purple tip annenome by Stephen Juarez
Clown fish in purple tip annenome
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Plectropomus Pessuliferus by Vittorio Durante
Plectropomus Pessuliferus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Moray Eel by Zvi Dershowitz
Moray Eel
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Snake pipefish. North Wales. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Snake pipefish. North Wales. D200, 60mm.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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I was very fortunate to see these two Black-Saddled Tobie... by Jim Chambers
I was very fortunate to see these two Black-Saddled Tobies spiraling upward in a mating ritual. I got a sequence of about a dozen shots before the action ended. Dauin, Philippines.
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You're too modest Jim - it's talent (as well as luck) that creates keenly observed behavior shots like these
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Grouper by Volker Katzung
Grouper
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Frogfish on the move! by Barbara Schilling
Frogfish on the move!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Martinique
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Yellow-banded goatfish by Martin Dalsaso
Yellow-banded goatfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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A smooth trunkfish was batting its eyelashes at us throug... by John Scott Mcgougan
A smooth trunkfish was batting its eyelashes at us throughout the dive.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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A cute little cuttlefish. I just never get tired of them. by Michelle Ng
A cute little cuttlefish. I just never get tired of them.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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