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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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Gobi on a seapen by Beate Seiler
Gobi on a seapen
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Captures nature in all its beauty and glory. I would hang this in my living room without hesitation.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile Sydney pipe-horse fish shoot with the 105micro a... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Juvenile Sydney pipe-horse fish shoot with the 105micro and +10 subsee no crop
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Clown Fish in Siquijor, The Philippines. Taken on Oly E-... by Jan Morton
Clown Fish in Siquijor, The Philippines. Taken on Oly E-M1 with 60mm Macro.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Saron shrimp detail, tangerine lace. by Steven Miller
Saron shrimp detail, tangerine lace.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Blue Heron Bridge Octo Eyes by Robin Bateman
Blue Heron Bridge Octo Eyes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Frogfish in brown" - the only time that I saw this colou... by Andre Philip
"Frogfish in brown" - the only time that I saw this colour variation
Moalboal, Cebu, Philippines
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Corals by Beate Seiler
Corals
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Bad hair day - decorator crab in the Philippines by Tracey Jennings
Bad hair day - decorator crab in the Philippines
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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With visibility less than ideal for the wreck dive, I dec... by Brian Lasenby
With visibility less than ideal for the wreck dive, I decided to use my 100mm macro rather than a wide angle lens. It paid off when I spotted this Bearded Fireworm on a sea fan.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Nudibranch catwalk by Sean Chinn
Nudibranch catwalk
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Maldives
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Flower power by Beate Seiler
Flower power
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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[:b:]It's not a bottle, it's my home[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
It's not a bottle, it's my home
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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A couple of Peppermint shrimp hide away in a beautiful pu... by Jim Catlin
A couple of Peppermint shrimp hide away in a beautiful purple vase sponge!
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 18, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Bluffing - this octo was trying to scare us away. by Robin Bateman
Bluffing - this octo was trying to scare us away.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Face to face by Abimael Márquez
Face to face
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Full figure portrait of Pygmy Pipe-horse. by Gaetano Gargiulo
Full figure portrait of Pygmy Pipe-horse.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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yellow..... parazoanthus axinellae Croatia - mediterr... by Claudia Weber-Gebert
yellow.....
parazoanthus axinellae
Croatia - mediterranean Adria
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Golden Morey, Isla Cosos Costa Rica by Alejandro Topete
Golden Morey, Isla Cosos Costa Rica
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
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P I O V R A... Octopus... "Micropus" :-) as big as a 2eur... by Gaetano Gargiulo
P I O V R A... Octopus... "Micropus" :-) as big as a 2euro coin...
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Blue ringed octopus in Raja Ampat. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Blue ringed octopus in Raja Ampat.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A Blenny smiled by Abimael Márquez
A Blenny smiled
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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small blenny hiding in a dead muscle by Gaetano Gargiulo
small blenny hiding in a dead muscle
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Italy
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Rabbit or not rabbit ? by Raoul Caprez
Rabbit or not rabbit ?
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Spinyhead Blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa), St Lucia Ol... by Henley Spiers
Spinyhead Blenny (Acanthemblemaria spinosa), St Lucia
Olympus OMD-EM5 Nauticam housing
Olympus 60mm with Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobe
f16 1/250 ISO 200
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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denise pygmy seahorse no crop 105 mm + 15 saga by Eda Çıngı
denise pygmy seahorse no crop 105 mm + 15 saga
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 10, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Coral Sea Indonesia
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Lined Blenny by Joerg Blessing
Lined Blenny
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Florida tongue by Beate Seiler
Florida tongue
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 8, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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