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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)
Such a wide variety of these lil guys.
Glass eyed Snapper in his lair.
Night Cruise - taken during nightdive with Sea & Sea DX8000G with YS25 strobe
A curious Smooth Trunkfish. Canon A70 with internal flash .

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Give us a kiss!
Cornetfish. D200,60mm.
Leafy Seadragon, Rapid Bay S.A
Angelfish eye. Grand Cayman, July 2006. D70, 105 macro.
clown family
Beautypuss. This is the equivalent of the octopus sitting on its front porch. The bottle was its home. We waited but it wouldn't go back in although it came teasingly close
This little guy was spotted on a night dive in Cozumel, shot with Olympus EZ500 at about 20'.
Nemo and his son.
Juvenile drum fish aboard the Spiegel Grove in Key Largo.
Spotted Drum. The red coralline algae contrasts his its black markings.
up close and personal
This Black Grouper had pulled into a cleaning station, and the little cleaner fish were already at work. Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.

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Open wide!
Trunkfish at night. Can see texture of skin, due to oblique angle of single strobe. Sea and Sea DX5000, Grand Cayman.
Goldsinny. Scotland. D200,60mm.
Pterois volitans - Brothers Island - canon 60 mm Macro
Fish Soup 2. Galapagos 2006.
Puerto Galera.
Burrfish with eye sparkle.
D2x 60mm

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A super portrait. Dig those alien eyes!
Roatan, Honduras.
Lionfish taken with an Olympus Camedia with built in flash while diving in Fujairah
Filefish going with the flow.
Turtle in cave
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2006
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The hardest thing to do is take a simple portrait. Well done Martin
Moray holdup in a sponge Bare Island Sydney
Catching this tiny juvenile spotted drum is almost as difficult as trying to catch a samba dancer in the middle of the carnival...!
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