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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)
Wonderland by Sofia Malacalza
Wonderland
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 24, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Living Stone. A stone scorpionfish from Gorgona Island i... by Carlos G. Munoz
Living Stone.
A stone scorpionfish from Gorgona Island in the Colombian Pacific. Photo taken at shallow waters (less than 10 m) with a Canon G10, with macro but no flash.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Colombia
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PETIT II by Jörg Menge
PETIT II
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ascidian..... (Compact camera Nikon Coolpix 8400 in Ik... by Marco Faimali
Ascidian.....
(Compact camera Nikon Coolpix 8400 in Ikelite Housing and two Epoque ES-150 DS Strobes).
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goby's House Nikon D80 with 15mm lens, One strobe Ikelit... by Pedro Padilla
Goby's House
Nikon D80 with 15mm lens, One strobe Ikelite DS160.
Shoot F/27 @ 1/125s ISO 200
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 23, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Golden Green Goby by Stuart Ganz
Golden Green Goby
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Sand Anemone- night dive by Lisa Hinderlider
Sand Anemone- night dive
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Bubba/ This guy is one of the sea urchin shrimps that you... by Peri Paleracio
Bubba/ This guy is one of the sea urchin shrimps that you can find in Anilao.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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"Squat lobster" on a feather star by Henry Jager
"Squat lobster"
on a feather star
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goby singing Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe Ikeli... by Pedro Padilla
Goby singing
Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe Ikelite DS160.
Shoot F/27 @ 1/45 sec. ISO 200
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Little Goby on a Coral in the waters of Lembeh Strait... ... by Michel Lonfat
Little Goby on a Coral in the waters of Lembeh Strait... Que du bonheur... :O)...
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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PETIT by Jörg Menge
PETIT
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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skathari by Stavros Paraskevopoulos
skathari
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Rhinopias Frondosa.Nikon F100.105mm,f11,1/60,YS-120,RVP10... by Allen Lee
Rhinopias Frondosa.Nikon F100.105mm,f11,1/60,YS-120,RVP100.
The Northeast Coast of Taiwan.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Taiwan
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Bargibanti seahorse by Els Van Den Borre
Bargibanti seahorse
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand ... by Patrick Tutt
Nigth dive in Marsa Shagra - Egypt - Canon S90 with hand torch light
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Togetherness by Steffen Binke
Togetherness

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Editor's Comment
Steffen shows us how limited the depth of field is with macro lenses - it adds to this shot
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date posted posted: Monday, July 19, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Frogfish, Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe ikelite D... by Pedro Padilla
Frogfish, Nikon D80 with 105mm lens, Two strobe ikelite DS160.
Shoot F/22 @ 1/200 sec.ISO 20
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Sea horse... by Timucin Ucar
Sea horse...
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Sculpin hiding by the anchor chain at a divesite called T... by Morgan Ashton
Sculpin hiding by the anchor chain at a divesite called The Needle off Carmel.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Little Symbiotique Goby on a Wip Coral in Lembeh Strait..... by Michel Lonfat
Little Symbiotique Goby on a Wip Coral in Lembeh Strait... Que du bonheur... :O)...
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Mutated chocolate chip cookie dough(sea cucumber). On a r... by Patrick Smith
Mutated chocolate chip cookie dough(sea cucumber). On a reef off of Clearwater
Florida.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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We found this Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) wande... by Brian Mayes
We found this Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera elegans) wandering around in the middle of a sandy patch at about 24m. It didn't have a mate with it, so maybe it was in search of one or something to eat.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 17, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Basket star shrimp (Periclimenes lanipes) by Reidar Opem
Basket star shrimp (Periclimenes lanipes)
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Harlequin shrimp by Aleksandr Marinicev
Harlequin shrimp
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2010
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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Aleksandr posted another similar one this month proving great shots are like buses. You wait a long time and they all come at once!
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date posted posted: Friday, July 16, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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spider or crab? by Claudio Stoppato
spider or crab?
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Eyes!!! Shot on Canon G10 with no strobes & no photoshop ... by Tim Ho
by: Tim Ho
Eyes!!! Shot on Canon G10 with no strobes & no photoshop used...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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