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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)
Whip coral crab, taken at Gato Island, Malapascua, Philippines. This was a hard shot to get due to the shallow depth of field and having to maintain buoyancy while manual focusing as there was nowhere to rest on the seabed. Taken at f5 105mm macro.
The orbicular burrfish seemed very much at home in this old paint can
pigmy denise
One of my favorite critters in Ambon Bay
Some sort of Brittle star over coral
Something Special at "Something Special" Bonaire. Secretary Blenny
The birth of a baby Seahorse.
Double ribbon
Guy with a problem.
Argentine sea anemone
arlequin shrimps in ther natural enviroment
longnose
Taken with a 100 mm macro lens on a Canon 7D in an Ikelite housing and (2) Ikelite 125 strobes, F11, 1/80th, ISO 100.
Male Seahorse
Taken with a 100 mm macro lens on a Canon 7D in an Ikelite housing and (2) Ikelite 125 strobes, F8, 1/80th, ISO 100.
boxer crab with eggs - Tulamben ( Bali )
Whip Coral Gobie
Hairy frogfish
Found a sleeping octopus in Secret Harbor, St. Thomas USVI.
Finding a critter that is as intent on feeding as I am intent on photographing gave me more moments to compose and photograph!
Nikon D200, 105 mm macro, F8, 1/160th, ISO 200
Anemone from Puerto Madryn
A shrimp with a nice piece of real estate!
shrimp
Rough Box Crab
I AM INNOCENT
Seraya Bali
Banded Coral Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus)
Goby in Tulamben
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