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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)
Frogfish on Moray beach, Nha Trang, Vietnam.
Pair of crabs. Dibba Rock, U.A.E. Cannon 40D
Portrait of a Connemara clingfish (Lepadogaster candollei) perched on Pentapora foliacea. Taken with a Fuji e900 compact camera in Ikelite housing and DS51 strobe using 2 stacked INON UCL-165AD Close-up lenses.
Crab taken on night dive off Buddy Reef in Bonaire
Yellow frog fish at Lembeh Straits.
Blenny off Buddy Reef in Bonaire.
Christmas Tree Worm abstract
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Shrimp on a sea star (Periclimenes soror). He has a little friend behind him smile G9/Ikelite DS 160s/stacked Inon UCL 165s. Cropped.
Shrimp in anemone taken at "oil slick" on Bonaire with D300/Nikon 105mm lens and Ikelite DS 160 strobes
Sweet dreams.
Muck dive Lembeh, Cowrie gathering.... D300-60mm
Oral siphon of Gold Ascidia (Polycarpa aurata) which is covered with ciliated slits.
Nikon 801s+60 macro- Ikelite strobe&housing.
Yellow Froggi taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot
Talikud Island, Davao
"Gone Fishin'" Porcelain Crab doing what he does best = filter feeding. Full Frame :o)
Devil scorpion fish. Lembeh. D200, 60mm.
Whip Goby and shrimp.
The shrimp was so small I could only see after downloading... about 6mm.
Tiny shrimp spotted in a small crack in the coral at Pearl Point, Bandar Khayran, Muscat Oman.
Photo taken in manual mode.
Camera: Sea & Sea DX1G
Black goby male trying to look as big and bad as possible while he is protecting his eggs (look carefully below/behing and you'll see them).
Hermit crab on a night dive at Wakatobi House reef , taken with Conon S70 and CloseUp lens , Inon Z240
Soft Coral Crab in Anilao...lots of photographers behind me wanted a shot of this guy! Canon G10, 2x Inon UCL165, Sea and Sea YS110a and YS27DX
shrimp with eggs,nikond2x 60mm macro
Whip Coral Goby (Bryaninops yongei) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
In a different interpretation...
Moray in Anilao. Canon G10, Inon closeup lenses, Sea and Sea 110 alpha and YS27DX Strobes!
Eyes of the conch. Culebra, PR
Orange Stripe Goby showing off its beauty...
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