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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)
Macro close up of a tiny hermit crab, focusing on its green eyes
A magnificent partner shrimp with eggs with little eyes visible. Taken in Lembeh with Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF 100mm f/2.8L IS USM lens and +5 diopter
Gnathophyllum elegans
Photo Bomb...
Seahorse
Frog face
small goby
Brown shrimp on Sun anemone (SeaLife DC1400 no strobe)
This was my first time seeing this particular species of octopus, no snoot, though it almost looks snooted, just a single strobe trying to shoot with minimum strobe power to avoid stressing the octopus.
hiding 2
Banded Cleaner Shrimp
catch me if you can
Under the umbrella
Eyes
Secretary blenny on the lookout for food...what it does all day. Symbolic image for a personal crazy 2013 where good prevailed over bad. I wish everybody a great 2014!
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A Rhinopia at Nudi Falls in Lembeh taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with EF100mm f/2.8L IS USM lens
Peek-A-Boo meets Hide & Seek at Lembeh Strait
black and white sea horse. smile Happy new year!
A Tozeuma shrimp with Eggs taken at Tandurusa with Canon EOS 5D Mark III with Canon EF 100mm f2.8 macro lens
hiding
Double yellow Bargibandi pygmy seahorses in Anilao.
Black eyes.
Polyps out feeding
Dwarf hawkfish, resting. Looks like a scene on a tropical island to me.
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Meeting
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Unidentified pseudoceros flatworm on a rock
ACTION!
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