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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)
Spent 30 mins with this cute octopus watching him. He got very friendly and let me get in close to get this eye shot. Zoom in and see the detail...fascinating. Taiwan with E900 and 2x INON macros
A Siphonophore, relative of a jellyfish, and one of the stranger creatures of the sea.
glass fish in the blue
Leatherjacket against a pilon under the Pertamina Pier. Olympus C8080
The goby. Nikon D100, 105 macro, two S&S strbo. Lankayan 2005
Masked puffer fish. 60mm.
Octupus climbing through hole in rocks, Carr rocks off Burnmouth, Scotland. 21 June 2006.
Salp Colony--shot upwards with the sun as backlight; Anacapa Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
This shrimp wanted to clean my camera and just kept coming too close to be able to focus. Usually I have the opposite problem smile
Found this little fish with his head out of the bottle, when I approached he hid inside. Managed to get the strobe to shine through the glass. Lembeh
Hypselodoris bullocki Nudibranche, taken in Mabul
Blenny taken at Sharksbay with Olympus E-300.
Leaf scorpionfish taken at Sipadan Island, East Malaysia
On the lookout. Taken at Cristo Rei with Olympus C5050 and internal flash.
Picasso Triggerfish - NikonD70, 105mm
This photo was taken at Salt Pond, St. John, USVI when the new Olympus SP500 camera in an Ikelite housing and a single Ikelite substrobe.
It looks like these two Tobies (Sharpnose Puffers) are friends.
Finding NEMO!
Hard little guys to photograph...using an 18-55 lense. or any lense.
Night Dive in Vanuatu Olympus 7070
This is what I call postcard pic. no touch ups added. He wasn't camera shy to say the least.
Peek-a-boo
Masked butterflyfish
I did not know glasseye's were so red until I took the picture.
Come on give me a kiss!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Hey Hotlips!
Something in my Eye !!! Puffy Eye.... Taiwan...
This is the real Tompot Blenny - my last shot I downloaded was intended to be this one but by mistake I used an image of a fan coral ...oopps... Hope you like this one
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