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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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Face to face with this beautiful little cleaning schrimp.... by Michel Lonfat
Face to face with this beautiful little cleaning schrimp... Que du bonheur.. :O)...
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date posted posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Crab race in Lembeh, D300- 105 by Larry Polster
Crab race in Lembeh, D300- 105
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Nikon D70S - 105macro - DS160 - Bunaken Sulawesi by Alberto D'este
Nikon D70S - 105macro - DS160 - Bunaken Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Xeno Crab, Tulamben by Doug Anderson
Xeno Crab, Tulamben
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date posted posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hairy! Canon 20D 100mm Macro by Mick Tait
Hairy! Canon 20D 100mm Macro
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date posted posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Coral crab by Sean Cooper
Coral crab
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 28, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Boxer Crab with Eggs by Chris Holman
Boxer Crab with Eggs
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Octo on the Black Bart by Greg Bleakley
Octo on the Black Bart
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: United States
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seahorse @ Gangaroo by Andy Kutsch
seahorse @ Gangaroo
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Happy! This little blenny looks like he is having a grea... by Richard Witmer
Happy! This little blenny looks like he is having a great day! G9/Ikelite DS160s/Stacked Inon UCL165s. No Cropping.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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my dive buddy 'aving a look at a seahorse by Dave Baxter
my dive buddy 'aving a look at a seahorse
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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A very small one taken in Layang-Layang ! by Raoul Caprez
A very small one taken in Layang-Layang !
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Crab in soft coral by Tony Makin
Crab in soft coral
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Anemone taken at Crystal Palace, Rottnest Island WA. Cano... by Mick Tait
Anemone taken at Crystal Palace, Rottnest Island WA. Canon 20D 60mm Macro Lens
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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A. commersonii - these guys are such fun to look at :-D by Daniel Strub
A. commersonii - these guys are such fun to look at big grin
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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My little buddy, the dwarf moray. Lanai Lookout, Oahu by Scott Rettig
My little buddy, the dwarf moray. Lanai Lookout, Oahu
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Xeno Crab. Bob's Rock, East Timor. by Doug Anderson
Xeno Crab. Bob's Rock, East Timor.
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea East Timor
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Anemone's crab by Alberto D'este
Anemone's crab
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Yawning Hairy Frogfish. Photo taken in Anilao, Canon G10... by Stephen Holinski
Yawning Hairy Frogfish. Photo taken in Anilao, Canon G10, dual Inon UCL165 lenses. Dual Sea and Sea Strobes.
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Female Mandarin Fish cropped.Used Nikon D300,60 mm Micro ... by Dorian Borcherds
Female Mandarin Fish cropped.Used Nikon D300,60 mm Micro Lense, Sb 105 and Ikelite 160 strobes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
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Steinitz' shrimpgoby. by Sean Cooper
Steinitz' shrimpgoby.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Long spined scorpion fish. Menai straits. D3, 105mm. by Derek Haslam
Long spined scorpion fish. Menai straits. D3, 105mm.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Find during a dive in the channel between pasmann and zut by Andy Kutsch
Find during a dive in the channel between pasmann and zut
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Hairy Squat Loster in Lembeh. Taken with D200 and 60mm le... by David Henshaw
Hairy Squat Loster in Lembeh. Taken with D200 and 60mm lens +4T diopter
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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lonely white crab at purple sea pen..(canon G10 + 1pcs mi... by Tan Tammy
lonely white crab at purple sea pen..(canon G10 + 1pcs micro lens)
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Crocodile Fish in Komodo. G9/Ikelite DS160s. by Richard Witmer
Crocodile Fish in Komodo. G9/Ikelite DS160s.
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I love the emphasis on features by the strobe lighting. Croc fish usually look so bland (it's their job to blend in) so creating texture is the challenge
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Little Blenny in a hole - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000... by Marco Waagmeester
Little Blenny in a hole - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000, UCL165)
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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