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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)
A tube anemone retracted its tentacles as I swam past. This is what I saw when I peeped inside.
Lips
xenocrab,nikon D800e 105 macro,gangga island
Great diving at Seraya, can you find number 2?
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Axinella Sponge, particular
Waiting for the journey
Gobies laying and fertilising eggs.
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Japanese warlords helmet...
...or Zebra crab on sea urchin?
Have fun watching.
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Persian carpet flatworm (Psuedobiceros bedfordi). d7000, nikon 60mm
arlequin crab on sea star,nikon D800e 105macro,Gangga island
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Editor's Comment
The star's color make it look like a rug with the crab gently sitting on it. Nice.
Porcelain crab on soft coral pink
Nikon D800E, 105 micro Nikon, twin strobo
Lembeh strait
Flamingo Tongue
colored shrimp with eggs,nikon D800e,105 macro,Gangga island
Shrimp
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Bubble coral shrimp
Olympus EPM1, Olympus 60 mm macro, Sea@sea YS-D1.
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Snubnose? Sculpin
Frogfish on the reef at Capt Don's Habitat in Bonaire. It reminded me o an opera singer finishing an aria.
mantis shrimp with eggs
Arrow crab form "Under the Bridge"
Gattuccio's egg
Porcelaine Crab.... :O)
Frog fish
Dimensions are not important
gobi,nikon D800 e 105mm macro,Gangga island
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Hermit crab on yellow sea-fan
C
Mediterranean Lizard Fish
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