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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)
This little guy was about 3mm by Larry Polster
This little guy was about 3mm
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) Dumaguete, Ph... by Henley Spiers
Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)
Dumaguete, Philippines
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 24, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Diminovula culmen, rigged egg cowrie. by James Deverich
Diminovula culmen, rigged egg cowrie.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Zebrida adamsii by James Deverich
Zebrida adamsii
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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D U A L Soft croal porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakas... by Irwin Ang
D U A L
Soft croal porcelain crab (Lissoporcellana nakasonei)
Malapascua Island, Philippines. December 2014
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date posted posted: Monday, June 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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warty corallimorph abstract by Arun Madisetti
warty corallimorph abstract
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Tiger Shrimp by James Deverich
Tiger Shrimp
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flat mate photo bombers / Snoot play with a subject I kno... by James Deverich
Flat mate photo bombers / Snoot play with a subject I know will not move too much.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Wire Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei) by Henley Spiers
Wire Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei)
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Peeking out by James Deverich
Peeking out
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Editor's Comment
Love the soft vibe here. Very well composed.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A pair of Pygmy seahorse by Hon Ping
A pair of Pygmy seahorse
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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A Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) posing in front of some... by Yeehoo Wai
A Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) posing in front of some "fireworks".
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Hermit Crab Face with Baby Blues by Jan Morton
Hermit Crab Face with Baby Blues
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Excellent colors and very nicely captured!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Popcorn shrimp by Beate Seiler
Popcorn shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Flamingtos on a sea fan by Emma Camp
Flamingtos on a sea fan
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Cayman islands
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"Spot Light" An Octopus protecting his prized conch she... by Dusty Norman
"Spot Light"
An Octopus protecting his prized conch shells.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Warty Frogfish by Taco Cheung
Warty Frogfish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Yellow Pgymy Goby (Lubricogobius exiguus) Anilao, Phili... by Yeehoo Wai
Yellow Pgymy Goby (Lubricogobius exiguus)
Anilao, Philippines
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Geometric moray eel - Reunion Island by Takma Lherminier
Geometric moray eel - Reunion Island
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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true beautiful eyebrow can you see the hydrozoa it uses ... by Eda Çıngı
true beautiful eyebrow
can you see the hydrozoa it uses for camouflaged on its eyes and head...
18/12/2014
Nikon D300 60 mm 1/250s f/5.6 ISO 200
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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The sentinel by Raoul Caprez
The sentinel
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Flamingo toungue by Beate Seiler
Flamingo toungue
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Tiny cryptic teardrop crab just inside a vase sponge. by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Tiny cryptic teardrop crab just inside a vase sponge.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Brain coral - I love the canyons and movement in this cor... by Patricia Sinclair
Brain coral - I love the canyons and movement in this coral. While I was focusing this little goby jumped into the picture.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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"Colorful Shrimp" This is a new find for me in Cayman. I... by Dusty Norman
"Colorful Shrimp"
This is a new find for me in Cayman. I'm thinking it is a Long-tail Grass Shrimp.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Sunny Eye's" A close-up of a Seahorse. by Chase Darnell
"Sunny Eye's"
A close-up of a Seahorse.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Stick Pipefish, Pulau Weh by Doug Anderson
Stick Pipefish, Pulau Weh
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Indonesia
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