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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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Flamingo Tongue found on sea fans at the Sugar Wreck. Thi... by Steven Anderson
Flamingo Tongue found on sea fans at the Sugar Wreck. This wreck offers lots of marine life and sits in 2 pieces off the Bahamas in shallow water.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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This is a snap of a very young moray who for a couple of ... by James Laker
This is a snap of a very young moray who for a couple of pics was posing for me before he suddenly lost his nerve and shot off at high speed under another rock!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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A little fish (Ariosoma balearicum) buried inside the san... by Ferdinando Meli
A little fish (Ariosoma balearicum) buried inside the sand of the bottom's sea.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Periclimenes sagittifer by Mathieu Foulquié
Periclimenes sagittifer
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celtic Sea France
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A fish inside sand of the bottom sea. by Ferdinando Meli
A fish inside sand of the bottom sea.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 5, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Starfish by Niky Šímová
Starfish
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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A Crab on a rope but what a kind is it? Cheers jörg by Jörg Menge
A Crab on a rope but what a kind is it?
Cheers jörg
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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MOTOTI Poison Ocellate Octopus_Octopus mototi_Giftiger... by Jörg Menge
MOTOTI
Poison Ocellate Octopus_Octopus mototi_Giftiger Ocellatus Oktopus_
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Eye of juvenile scorpio fish by Stan Flachs
Eye of juvenile scorpio fish
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Meditator / During a night dive, we came across a crab si... by Richard (qingran) Meng
Meditator / During a night dive, we came across a crab sitting on an ascidean as if it is a meditating master. Nikon D700 + 105mm macro lense + Sea&Sea housing.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Goby on whip coral by Stan Flachs
Goby on whip coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Crab of the caves (Herbstia condyliata). by Ferdinando Meli
Crab of the caves (Herbstia condyliata).
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A fish (Symphodus ocellatus) sleep inside a bryozoan (Myr... by Ferdinando Meli
A fish (Symphodus ocellatus) sleep inside a bryozoan (Myriapora truncata). Night dive.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Thachinus draco inside the bottom's sea. by Ferdinando Meli
Thachinus draco inside the bottom's sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Tiger Shirmp....my find for today : ) by Bernard Maglana
Tiger Shirmp....my find for today : )
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Sand eel. by Anouk Houben
Sand eel.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Interspecies hide-and-seek. Nobody will find me a gaping... by Kevin Bryant
Interspecies hide-and-seek. Nobody will find me a gaping pikeblenny, neither. . . :-)
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Thorny Seahorse by Erich Reboucas
Thorny Seahorse
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 3, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Call of the Wild..... by Suzan Meldonian
Call of the Wild.....
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2011

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55 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Hinge-back Shrimp, Tulamben by Doug Anderson
Hinge-back Shrimp, Tulamben
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Goby on hard coral, PNG by Michael Gallagher
Goby on hard coral, PNG
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Hiding blenny by Stan Flachs
Hiding blenny
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Sea starfish (Ophidiaster ophidianus). by Ferdinando Meli
Sea starfish (Ophidiaster ophidianus).
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Coupling of cave's crabs (Herbstia condyliata). The crab ... by Ferdinando Meli
Coupling of cave's crabs (Herbstia condyliata). The crab small is female.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 1, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sea Pen sprouting out of the muck by Marylin Batt
Sea Pen sprouting out of the muck
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Sailfin Blenny in full sail. by Suzan Meldonian
Sailfin Blenny in full sail.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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I fumbled around in a panic when he yawned (belched?) and... by Kevin Bryant
I fumbled around in a panic when he yawned (belched?) and only got one shot off. I'd *still* love to shoot a sailfin blenny some day, but nobody'll show me one. . . :-)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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