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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)
A curious comb wrasse, off Shark Point in Sydney. These fish are relatively common and unafraid of divers. He was looking at his reflection in my macro lens adaptor!
"Conch Eyes"
Diving off the Nekton Pilot in Belize, I spied this conch inching his way across the sandy bottom. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally inched himself out of his shell to peek at his reflection in my lens.
Lionfish Isle of Rota CNMI
Red Hind taken in Red Sea 2004. Nikon F90x with twin flash.
Yellow Alert / Los Roques, Venezuela
Sleeping fish. Night shot.Red Sea. Nikonos V, 35 mm lens with 1:3 macro tube.
Juvenile Prinnate Batfish - Lembeh Strait - October 2004
Juvenile White Tip- Saipan Grotto
Bellet Dancer / Los Roques, Venezuela
Grey Angel - Cozumel
Roatan, Bay Islands.
spanish dancer, Hanish island Yemen,
wow what a sight in only 20ft of water
these guys kept their distance but kept coming back
Cuttlefish photographed at Gangga, Indonesia in Sept 04. 60mm lens on F90X with Aquatica housing and twin flash.
Juvenile drum in Barbados shot with Nikon N90x with 105 Macro lens
Two pregnant sea horses "Hippocampus ramulosus". Spring time in the Black Sea. Nikonos-V,35 mm lens with close-up outfit.
do not know what to say about this one
turn strike pose now hold it!!!!
Lemon Butterflyfishes taken in Southern Egyptian Red Sea in November 04 using 60mm lens and two flashguns. The exposure has been set to bring out detail in the black eye area while not burning out yellow.
Squid on a night dive in Dominica shot with Nikon n90x in Ikelite housing with 105 Macro lens
This is a Scorpion Fish that I shot while diving in the Dominican Republic last summer. Be careful where you step!
Picture taken to the maldives (15days before disaster in Asian SE). Few cm of water near the sea shore of Bolifujii island (Male sud)
Father-lasher taken during winter time in Denmark..
I found this crab in very shallow water so a strobe wasn't necessary.
He seems ready to attack smile
Malaysia, Perhentian island,Sony Cybershot P9.
Barbados Turtle. Nikonos with closeup kit.
these little creatures are great if you catch the eye in the right angle they are blues during the evening and awesome greens during the night
came on this big fella 1 morning in Cozumel on a wall dive. he did not seem to mind me getting close but did warn me with a bump into my camera when I did get too close. look closely for the parasite on his lower jaw
I tried and tried to get close to these Queen Angels, but they just wouldn't let me. Finally I figured out how to.
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