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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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Blue Throat Pike Blenny, in love . . .with himself. He'd ... by Suzan Meldonian
Blue Throat Pike Blenny, in love . . .with himself. He'd set up camp near a pocket mirror that must have lodged in the sand. How our discards can effect the balance of nature.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Arrow Crab on Cozumel's Big Horseshoe Reef by Steven Daniel
Arrow Crab on Cozumel's Big Horseshoe Reef
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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I took this picture around christmas time, and even the r... by Andrew Paul Cunliffe
I took this picture around christmas time, and even the reef around Lanzarote seems to festive with decorations too, lol. Hope you like it as much as I did taking it
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Christmas tree worm on brain coral by Wiljo Jonsson
Christmas tree worm on brain coral
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Trinidad and Tobago
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Nemos home , taken at the wonderful house reef of Alam Ba... by Beate Seiler
Nemos home , taken at the wonderful house reef of Alam Batu Bali, with Canon G12
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Eye contact - Blue Spotted Stingray at night - Red Sea, E... by Michael Gallagher
Eye contact - Blue Spotted Stingray at night - Red Sea, Egypt
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Durban Hinge-beak Shrimp, Canon G10 UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Durban Hinge-beak Shrimp, Canon G10 UCL165
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Federstar , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Federstar , taken with Canon G10 and UCL165
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nice surprise!!!! by Eric Fly
Nice surprise!!!!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Weedy Scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa). 110 feet deep an... by Beate Seiler
Weedy Scorpionfish (Rhinopias frondosa). 110 feet deep and strong current . This is where they live.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A Male Dragonet rattles his tail and fanning his fins to ... by Suzan Meldonian
A Male Dragonet rattles his tail and fanning his fins to win the heart of a nearby female.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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sawblade shrimp by Mona Dienhart
sawblade shrimp
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Baby and it's mother... Coleman shrimps by Ahmet Yay
Baby and it's mother... Coleman shrimps
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Skeleton of a sea urchin at 3m, taken on a Casio Z85 with... by Andrew Paul Cunliffe
Skeleton of a sea urchin at 3m, taken on a Casio Z85 with internal flash on soft
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Blenny.."Bokeh style" ;-) by Rico Besserdich
Blenny.."Bokeh style" ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Cleaning shrimp during its work... by Dave Benz
Cleaning shrimp during its work...
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one of a couple of nice cleaner shots this month
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Leaffish posing... by Wijnand Plekker
Leaffish posing...
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Silly Seaweed Blenny by Suzan Meldonian
Silly Seaweed Blenny
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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CROC-EYES by Marko Perisic
CROC-EYES
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Say Aaaaaah!!! by Mona Dienhart
Say Aaaaaah!!!
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Emperor shrimp hitching a ride on the back of an orange n... by Michael Gallagher
Emperor shrimp hitching a ride on the back of an orange nudibranch, Komodo, Indonesia.
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this shot is all about the colour contrast
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The horse... Really horse... by Ahmet Yay
The horse... Really horse...
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Soft coral grabs microscopic plankton from the water. by Mark Hoevenaars
Soft coral grabs microscopic plankton from the water.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Leaf Scorpionfish in red , taken with canon G10 and UCL165 by Beate Seiler
Leaf Scorpionfish in red , taken with canon G10 and UCL165
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sea Moth - I LOVE these! by Victoria Mackenzie
Sea Moth - I LOVE these!
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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craby eyes..sealife DC1000.. by Richard Campbell
craby eyes..sealife DC1000..
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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"small but brave" - Juvenile ( only 6-7 cm. ) cuttlefish ... by Rico Besserdich
"small but brave" - Juvenile ( only 6-7 cm. ) cuttlefish (sepia) is giving me a "warning".
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date posted posted: Friday, February 18, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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