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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)
Juvenile Spotted Drum, taken with a housed Canon S30 and internal flash. I "spotted" him in Key Largo, Florida. ;-)
Angel
Ornate ghost pipefish. frameing's abit off though frown Maumere bay, Flores. Sony T3 with Inon D200
Barbados Trunkfish. Olympus E330 and Epoque 230
That's a shot I haven't gotten before. Show those teeth!!
One more from the winning 6-pic collection at the 10th Open Fotosub Isla de El Hierro.
D200, Sigma 17-70, Subtronic Gamma plus
Having been bitten by one of these whilst snorkling I thought I'd get my own back by forcing one to be a model! Found this one in a gap in the coral and kept it there by repeatedly flashing my strobe at it!
Goby.
Isle of Lewis, Hebrides.
D200, 60mm.
Juvenile spotted trunkfish. Curious and accommodating. Common to Caribbean reefs. Roatan, Bay Islands. Enjoy!
Moon jellyfish against sunlight. shot taken during safetystop after gourgeous dive in Little Cayman
Electric Eyes Lionfish !!
Speckled sandperch. S2PRO, 60mm.
Lizard fish - see those teeth !
Olympus E330 and epoque 230ds strobe
I'm not sure about this. Is it a Sharpnose Puffer?
Taken off the East End of Grand cayman with a Nikon D200, 60mm lens
'Tapestry' Like a mini flying carpet this flatworm undulates across the shallow reef in the Cebu Sea. Enjoy!
Arrow Blenny taken with Canon 20D with 100mm Macro
These guys are just the cutest!
Fingerprint toby.
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Editor's Comment
The eyes are pin sharp (this should be your point of focus in a critter shot)
Another one from the 6-pic collection that won the 10th Open Fotosub Isla de El Hierro.
D200, 60 mm Nikkor, 2x tele-converter, 1 strobe Hartenberger 500 Ws
"eye of the needle ".
Sand Digger from the front
This fangblenny is eying up the damsel for a quick snack. They pretend to be cleaner wrasse and bite pieces out of unsuspecting fish. Cute fish but nasty habits smile
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Mandarin Fish on Mandarin Fish Wall, Yap.
Sand Digger
Arrow Crab, Nikonos IV with 1:3 close up lense.
Key Largo diving new Sealife camera.
Shore crab.
Aughrusmore Pier, Connemara.
D200 60mm.
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