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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)
Flamboyant cuttlefish. Manado, Indonesia. Nikon F90X, 60mm
Sipadan 2005
A couple of anemonefish from Palau
last one for the year! Merry Christmas Y'all. Oh yeah taken in Bonaire :-)
Long nosed Hawkfish in a black coral bush. Rare and beautiful. Taken with a Canon EOS 20D in a Ikelite house, EF 2.8 100mm USM macro, Ikelite DS-125 strobe. Port Sudan, Sudan.
Free swimming flatworm....night dive in Wakatobi
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2005

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Not an easy one to capture!
LizardFish c5060 Tetra Housing, Macro Lens
Nohu Pinao - Hawaiian Lionfish. Always a lucky day (in Hawaii) to photograph one of these.
Coral cod, taken during a night dive with a EOS20D and EF 2.8 100mm USM macro and a Ikelite 125 strobe. Port Sudan, Sudan.
Yo, Rocky...
Ningaloo reef, Western Australia
D2x
Spanish dancer swimming around...
Love the colors of this Blue Triggerfish. Taken in Moorea, 2005 using Nikon D70 with available light.
Leafy Seadragon.
This is a green turtle that came up towards my lens during the beginning of a night dive last Octobre.
Mosshead Warbonnet. Port Hardy, B.C. Canada
D2x
August 05. Shaw's Cowfish at a Nightdive in Kelpforest, Tasmania, Australia
These little guys are hard to catch during the day, but are drawn to the lights at night.
Taken in Moorea in 2005. Available light using Nikon D70. My wife calls him Nike!
Kauai - D70 -
"Off to Kauai School" D70
Octopus.
Sound of Mull.
F90X, 60mm.
mandarinfishes mating Manado KBR resort
Squid taken in the Cayman Islands.
Big Greenie taken in West Palm Beach Florida with a Canon 20D 100mm lens and dual strobes
Shot with the Canon Digital Rebel. These guys always seem to have a human characteristic to their look
Taken in Bahamas in Dec. 2004
Two's Company
Taba Sept 2005
Kauai - Nikon D70, Ikelite Housing, D125 Strobe
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