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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not 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 NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)

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Ceram blenny (Salarias ceramensis) by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Ceram blenny (Salarias ceramensis)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yellow Frog fish by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Yellow Frog fish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Lion fish portraid Olympus EM1 MarkII Olympus 60 mms mac... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Lion fish portraid
Olympus EM1 MarkII Olympus 60 mms macro and Inon S2000X2 F11 S250
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 7, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This is a photo a Melibe Colemani nudibranch which has be... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo a Melibe Colemani nudibranch which has been dubbed the holy grail of nudis. I'm honoured to be able to take a photo of this beautiful rare slug.Hope they multiply as sightings of them were recently rare. In Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 30, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Cardenalfish Apogon sp Olympus EM1 MaarkII system by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Cardenalfish
Apogon sp
Olympus EM1 MaarkII system
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda) Nikon D200 Nikon 1... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Blacktail comber (Serranus atricauda)
Nikon D200 Nikon 105 and Inon Z240 F11 1/250
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Spinyhead blenny(Acanthemblemaria spinosa) by Magali Marquez
Spinyhead blenny(Acanthemblemaria spinosa)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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This is a photo of a juvenile scorpionfish sitting on har... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of a juvenile scorpionfish sitting on hard coral. Taken in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 24, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pike by Abimael Márquez
Pike
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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This is a photo of an octopus inside a large beer bottle.... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of an octopus inside a large beer bottle. She seems to be happy living inside this bottle, she's always spotted inside it. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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camouflage is key to survive this cruel underwater world,... by Tommy Harivaldo
camouflage is key to survive this cruel underwater world, you don't want to be standout. i accidently found this bigger whip shrimp while i try to take the smaller whip shrimp. he laying at the bottom/sand.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 21, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This is a photo of a juvenile hairy frogfish (Antennarius... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of a juvenile hairy frogfish (Antennarius Striatus). This guy is a little sandy and dusty. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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this is a pregnant skeleton shrimp, u can see the eggs wi... by Tommy Harivaldo
this is a pregnant skeleton shrimp, u can see the eggs with her translucent body. this mother just hanging around and look up to the surface.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 20, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Young sweet leeps by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Young sweet leeps
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini), als... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Valentin's sharpnose puffer (Canthigaster valentini), also known as the saddled puffer or black saddled toby
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Tiny crab in soft coral. Nikon D800, Nikkor 105mm, ISO 1... by Margriet Tilstra
Tiny crab in soft coral.
Nikon D800, Nikkor 105mm, ISO 100, f/29, 1/125. Ikelite housing with two Ikelite strobes.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Very small and shy clownfish by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Very small and shy clownfish
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date posted posted: Monday, April 11, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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THOUGHTFUL LOOKS by Salvatore Ianniello
THOUGHTFUL LOOKS
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 10, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Yawning Frogfish by Penn De Los Santos
Yawning Frogfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 3, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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This is a photo of a juvenile spotted white frogfish. We ... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of a juvenile spotted white frogfish. We fondly called him, Speck. Taken in Anilao, Batangas, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 31, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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shark Egg in the adriatic by Andy Kutsch
shark Egg in the adriatic
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 29, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Clowny Decorated Crab. Mauritius, Indian Ocean. Nikon D... by Margriet Tilstra
Clowny Decorated Crab.
Mauritius, Indian Ocean.
Nikon D80 in Ikelite housing with two Ikelite strobes. Nikkor 105mm, ISO 400, f/22, 1/100.
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 27, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Hairy algae shrimp carrying eggs Philippines, Dauin, Luc... by Willem Ooms
Hairy algae shrimp carrying eggs
Philippines, Dauin, Luca Sanctuary
Olympus TG5 in Sea Frogs housing, Back Scatter Macro 4300, Back Scatter Optical Snoot, 57mm, ISO 400, f/5, 1/320s
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 19, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Completely Relaxed by Peet J Van Eeden
Completely Relaxed
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 19, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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This is a photo of a juvenile nudibranch - nembrotha kuba... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of a juvenile nudibranch - nembrotha kubaryana. Taken in the dusty waters of Montani dive site in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 16, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish Nikon D700 camera and Nikon ... by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Pelagia noctiluca jellyfish
Nikon D700 camera and Nikon 105
F19 1/125
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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March is the favourite time for searching in the german l... by Joerg Lietzmann
March is the favourite time for searching in the german lakes, here the Bodensee, for snails as it's the time for mating. The shot was done with a little help of a tube and some extra background underwater.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Germany
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