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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Pretzel
Close up of a beautiful Elysia ornata flatworm with its typical translucent greenish-yellow color dotted with black & white and the broad parapodia each bordered by an orange band and a black margin_Goa_Dec 2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f18,iso100)
Bumble bee shrimp
"Eye of the Queen"
Queen Conch - Key Largo, FL
Panasonic LX100 w/ Nauticam Housing
Light & Motion Sola 9600 Lights
3rd place Monthly HotShots
This is a photo of a porcelain crab on sea pen. Taken at Anilao, Batangas
Thiis is a photo of a lemon goby in his natural habitat. Taken at Anilao, Batangas.
Paracentrotus lividus
SEA URCHIN
Octopus macropus
EYE
This is a photo of another whipcoral shrimp on his natural habitat. Taken in Anilao, Batangas.
Ladybug.
Marine flatworms are often very little creatures, easy to spot when diving and, if you have a good macro lens, you can well focus on them as I tried in this photo taken in Goa, India_2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
CAPRELLA SPP.
REUNION 2023
eggs
red eyes
Only found on the bow of the ES Antilla wreck this tiny blenny is called Acanthemblemaria aceroi
What an extraordinary face fireworms have!
Flabellina rubrolineata_Goa_2023
(Canon100,1/250,f16,iso100)
Felimare picta eggs
NEW GENERATION
Bothus podas
EYE
Elysia ornata_Goa_India_Dec 2023
(Canon100,1/200,f18, iso100)
Saron marmoratus (marble shrimp). (f/8, 1/100, ISO-100, 5... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Saron marmoratus (marble shrimp). (f/8, 1/100, ISO-100, 50mm, UCL-165 & UCL-67 stacked, SOFTPro). - Erik
Brittle Star on a Azure Sponge - Shot on Olympus TG-6 at Captain Dons House Reef - about 1 inch brittle star
Shrimp Inside Tunicate
Portrait goby .. with pastel background
legs
This is a photo of a cryptic shrimp trying to disguise himself as a soft coral. Taken in Anilao, Batangas
Antennarius pictus (Juvenile painted frogfish)
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