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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)
Sawblade shrimp
Tiger Shrimps. D300/Inon Strobes/105mm.
Orange Mantis Shrimp (Lysioquilloides mapia)
frog fish
Phyllangia
Cute Little shrimp. Luckily this one seemed to want its picture taken and was happy to have the lens so close. Shot with sea and sea dx-1g with ys-110a strobe at Sinandigan, depth 25 m.
A lot of patience and my Canon G9.
"The Mushroom Forest". All it's missing is a gnome.
long nose hawk fish
Face to Face with this beautiful white Frog Fish... in Lembeh Strait... Que du bonheur... :O)...
Seahorse at BHB
Backlit with off camera strobe
D300 105mm
squat lobster on a long arm feather star...
Colemann's shrimps.
A Feather Duster
GAZE
Pederson's shrimp. Grand Cayman. Common, but after I looked at the shot topside, I saw the anemone in the background. Just managed to achieve a soft transillumination with the strobe that looks really nice.
Sharknose goby on coral. Love the "3D" effect of the coral and the depth of field.
Moray eel getting some dental matters attended to.
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Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging
Parablennius gattorugine
Sailfin Blenny
Nikon D80 with 105mm, one strobe. f/22 @ 1/125s ISO100
Lobster
Nikon D80 with 105mm + TC f/16 @ 1/125s ISO100
portrait of a lobster...
Sabella worm
Shrimp in a scarlet sea fan
Bat Wing Crab posing pretty!
"Two Bubble Coral Shrimps"
Oly E-3, 50mm macro, 1,4 teleconverter, f20, 1/250, Iso 100
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Back lit seahorse at BHB
D300 105mm
Off camera strobe triggered on slave
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