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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)
Mantis shrimp with eggs
Octopus in a bottle
abstraction.......
tube worm close up in b/w
Pygmy Seahorse
Froggfish. 1 inch long, cute!
Happy Holiday!!
Raja Ampat, Indonesia
Nikon D800 + Nauticam NA-D800
Nikon 105mm micro VR + Nauticam SMC
2 Inon Z-240
F/13, 1/100sec
ISO 160
shortlistedShortlisted!
Xenon Crab
curves........
featherstar macro - close up
shortlistedShortlisted!
Glass worm
Moostierchen - Cristella mucedo
Stunning sand diver...
NA-GH4 with Oly 12-50mm
This is after that the tube worm retracted after this shot the shrimp fled into the anemone that was at the base of the rock
Skeleton Shrimp
Dreaming of a white Christmas / Unexpectedly Christmas themed photo. Happy not to have to clean up the dust spots :P Merry Christmas.
"A bugs' life" found this little shrimp walking across a Sabella and could not resist... I had to take a shot :D
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2014
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Amazing background, looking forward to seeing this one in high res.
Hairy squat lobster Manado
"Iguana In The Coral Garden"--Finally got a full-length fluorescent dive here on Grand Cayman! This bearded fireworm crawling across coral makes me think of an iguana in a garden. Photographed with a Nightsea fluorescent kit.
Two Coleman shrimps in a fire urchin
Feeding time
What do you want?
F O L L O W - M E
Commensal Whip Shrimp on Whip Coral
Anilao, Philippines. December 2014
Small Decorating Crab
Mashroom Coral Pipe Fish, Portrait
shortlistedShortlisted!
'Simplicity is complicated'
Fingerprint cyphoma
Happy holidays, anemone shot with red filter, and back lighting
Leaffish and flatworm
tranquillity...
tube worm macro
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