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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)
Painted frogfish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm. by Derek Haslam
Painted frogfish. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Snake eel blenny by Reidar Opem
Snake eel blenny
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Squat Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) - Tulamben, Bali ... by Marco Waagmeester
Squat Anemone Shrimp (Thor amboinensis) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This cute pygmy was perfectly framed in its own little he... by Debi Henshaw
This cute pygmy was perfectly framed in its own little heart - all say Arhhhh!
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super framing, like the square crop too
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Heart Urchin-Skeleton-Bonaire by Richard Goluch
Heart Urchin-Skeleton-Bonaire
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Spotted Moray saying Hi! by Alex Lim
Spotted Moray saying Hi!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Zanzibar Shrimp on Whip Coral.Cropped. by Dorian Borcherds
Zanzibar Shrimp on Whip Coral.Cropped.
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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Big-eared radix, night dive, 5°C water temp ... great viz... by Daniel Strub
Big-eared radix, night dive, 5°C water temp ... great viz ... great dive in Lake Geneva
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Switzerland
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Periclemenes on Anemone with Clowns in the background... by Andrea Severino
Periclemenes on Anemone with Clowns in the background...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Pillar Coral by Mark Reasor
Pillar Coral
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Blue Ribbon Eel by Larissa Roorda
Blue Ribbon Eel
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Pygmy Seahouse (to 2 cm) by Milla Chang
Pygmy Seahouse (to 2 cm)
60 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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short-snout Hawk fish. by Allen Lee
short-snout Hawk fish.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Taiwan
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Red Sea combtooth blenny - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; sing... by Alan Lyall
Red Sea combtooth blenny - Canon EOS350D; EF-S 60mm; single DS-125
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot housing by Patrick Neumann
taken with Canon 400D/Hugyfot housing
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the right moment
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Hello neighbor II, taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 and D... by Beate Krebs
Hello neighbor II, taken at Wakatobi with Canon S70 and Double ClosUp Lens
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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The little giant by Reidar Opem
The little giant
54 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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shy one, Lembeh,Manado with Canon G10 by Michelle Choong_khoo
shy one, Lembeh,Manado with Canon G10
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indonesia
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Clavelina lepadiformis on Paramuricea clavata. Taken with... by Francesco Pacienza
Clavelina lepadiformis on Paramuricea clavata. Taken with Nikon D60 and Nikkor 18-55VR. Nikon SB105 and Sea&Sea YS300 strobes. No macro lenses.
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Seahorse-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro by Richard Goluch
Seahorse-Bonaire-Canon 5D 100 mm macro
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Niht by Sergiy Glushchenko
Niht
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sea urchin going off by Eric Fly
Sea urchin going off
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 23, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Caught this Blacksided Hawkfish resting on a coral head. ... by Stuart Ganz
Caught this Blacksided Hawkfish resting on a coral head. Taken with Canon 20D W/60mm macro F 5.6, 1/125 ISO 100.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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After about 20 tries I finally got the exposure right, bu... by Kip Nead
After about 20 tries I finally got the exposure right, but from such a distance that I had to crop significantly and lost sharpness. I'll try again next trip. Canon SD550.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"Whip Goby" on his favourite coral. Taken at the Dhuni Ko... by Henry Jager
"Whip Goby" on his favourite coral. Taken at the Dhuni Kolhu, Maldives. (macro 50mm with a 1,4x TC; 1/250; ISO 100; f/16)
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 22, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Thorny Seahorse portret by Michel De Ruyck
Thorny Seahorse portret
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Probably Dikerogammarus villosus, a Ponto-Caspian amphipo... by Sven Tramaux
Probably Dikerogammarus villosus, a Ponto-Caspian amphipod species, who invaded Swiss lakes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 21, 2009
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Switzerland
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