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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)
Nudibranch, Belize NikonF4, Aquatica housing 105mm Macro
scorpionfish PNG new Brit. Walindi Nik.RS
red sea night dive with Nikonos V... a dream come true
Frog band & Frog wife. Lembeh Straits. Pregnant female frogfish on the right.
Lionfish with little fish, Ponta Mamoli-Mozambique.
Jackknife Fish, Cozumel @ night off Viablanca pier, Reefmaster RC, 8X macro
Baby Frogfish from Dumaguete, Philippines
Goatfish with cleaner wrasse, Nuweiba, Egypt. F90X and 60mm lens
A green turtle and his pal, off Kailua-Kona. Nexus housed N90S.
Damselfish, Fiji (Nikon F4/105mmMacro/Velvia)

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This little guy has expression, and a good crop, at the precise moment
Tang, Safaga - Egypt, Nikon F50 w/ Sunpak flash
Dumaguette House Reef
Night dive at Key Largo... 60mm macro with Nikon D100 and Sea and Sea Housing
The Temple - Red Sea the ideal training school for photographers
Big murene, Hurghada, egypt. May 2003. Olympus 5050 with PT-015 housing and Sea and Sea 90DX flashlite.
Leaf me alone, Fiji 9/03 aboard the Fiji Aggressor II
Boo! / Taken while snorkelling in Boca Raton, FL (depth of aprox 10 feet, with a Nikon D100, Sea & Sea Housing and YS-60)
Grand Catman Opympus 4040 Terta Housing 2 strobes and wet swap macro
Very confident in despite its nature this boxfish has been following me during the whole night dive in the Red Sea
Wakatobi reef at night - and suddendly a small pigmy seahorse freely gliding in the water A special sight never to be missed
Lucky shot of a seahorse on Bonaire, taken with Sea and Sea MM II with a macro lens 1:2
Wrap-around - Taken while snorkelling in Boca Raton, FL.... The constant change of colours was just beautiful....
French Angel, Florida, Nikon F4 Aquatica housing 105mm
Pink anemonefish photographed on the Sankisan Maru in Truk. An example of how lush the marine life is in, on, and around these wrecks. Equipment: housed N90s, 105mm lens, Ikelite Substrobe 200.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2003

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Editor's Comment
We get thousands of clownfish shots but this one sticks out. Good composition makes any subject. Here it's a frame within a frame (purple of anemone) and the fish lined up.
angelfish, bonaire, MM 11 macro 1:3
Solo swimmer in Sulawesi night dive this solenostomus paradoxus was really an exciting discovery
Red Sea Anemonefish taken with Nikon Coolpix 5000 in a subul housing
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