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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)
Psssst... come here... Funny porcupine in Marsa Alam. Canon eos 1n+100mm macro in Seacam housing
Painted greenling having a siesta on a starfish in La Bufadora, MX. Canon 350D/60mm/Ikelite DS-125/HID Light Cannon 100.
Common prawn. Night dive in Menai strait. D200, 60mm.
The Queen!
Pair of raccoon butterflyfish. Canon 20D, Canon 60mm macro, single Inon 220s strobe.
Blenny !! What a cute one...
E900 plus macro..
Rankin Cod with Cleaner. D2x 105mm
Taken with DC 500
Grey Angelfish
Moray ell. F50, 60mm.
Menorca.
Adult and juvenile Clownfish taken at Sharksbay with E300.
Canon 20D, Ikelite 125, 100mm USM macro.
Perch at Capernwray yesterday.
D200, 60mm.
Open Wide Coral Cod and cleaner shrimp. Bali Olympus 7070.
Leopard blennies have eye-crossing camouflage that helps them blend with their corals and they are terribly skittish. I've had trouble getting just one and so was very happy to get this pair on my recent trip to Cocos Keeling Island (Australia).

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Very subtle, very different. You need to zoom this one to understand the subject
This barracuda was at least 5 feet long. Taken at Key Largo with a Sea and Sea DX3000.
'ZEBRA FIREFISH' Known by a variety of names throughout the Tropic, I particularly think this one fits this image of this fish. Taveuni, Fiji. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Mandarinfish. Kapalai, Borneo. 2006. Sea and Sea DX80000. Ikelite YS125 strobe.
PLACE: San Andres Isla - Colombia
F 6,3 Shutter 1/250
CAMERA: Canon 20D
LENS: 100mm Macro USM AF
STROBE: Ikelite 125
HOUSING: Ikelite
flying nassau sealife reefmaster
Stickleback - the fifteen spined variety!
Aughrusmore Pier,Connemara.
D200,60mm.
'MR. TOAD' A VERY reclusive creature indigenous only to the waters in the vicinity of Cozumel. Rarely seen free swimming - thus this nice mug shot. Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Sea hare. St Abbs. Scotland.
F50, 60mm.
Heads up! Clown fish posing for the camera...taken at Tioman Island.
Rough Fileclams are the underwater version of venus flytraps
Fake eye spots on a juvenile Flying Gurnard

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Good stock shot showing the beast and it's behavior
Blue Chromis
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