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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)
Back Lit Paddle Flap Rhinopia
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Unusual lighting for this subject! Very nicely done!
Red Shrimp
Walking on lily bulbs
Wire Coral Shrimp
Pygmy watch!
The Voyeur
S T A R I N G
Redbanded cleaner shrimp in the spotlight or better in the snootlight !
Hairy yawn
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Pump Station
"You cant see me!" (Pygmy Seahorse -Hippocampus bargibanti)
Anker's portrait
"Spring Cleaning!"
A banded jawfish expels sand from its mouth as it clears out a new burrow. It will take the jawfish up to eight hours to create the home.
In a blue mood.....
B L U E - I N K
Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera picta)
Tulamben, Indonesia. July 2015
Baba's Crinoid Squat Lobster
Rainbow Eyes
Face
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Great hair day
Shy Seahorse (Pontohi Pygmy)
Insider and Outsider
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Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging
crab with eggs on a sponge
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"I told you you should have trimmed your lawn, Neighbour!" (Secretary Blennies, Bonaire)
It took me quite a few tries to get a good image of this spinyhead blenny.
Mediterranean deep red
Deadly Beauty at Mabul Island
Creative picture of a featherstar
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