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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)
Corals
Aidablennius sphinx. "My house is a calm".Canon G9,housing Canon,strobe Ikelite AF35.
Ecsenius opsifrontalis: Comical Blenny
Yellow frog fish.
Change of clothes.... I was lucky enough to watch from my viewfinder this shrimp molt and kick off it's old shell in front of me! This is the last of a 5 part sequence of shots.
D300, YS-110a Strobes. Lembeh Straits, Night Dive
Two Devil Scorpion Fish side by side but facing different directions and indeed looking at difeerent kinds of coral and therefore camuflaging accordingly!
Corals - Lythophyton arboreum
Arrowhead crab on the edge... taken in Bunaken.
D300 - 60mm
Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Phyllognathia ceratophthalmus - Tiger Shrimp
Beautyfull Gold Blennius that's waiting for...
Take with Nikon D60 with 18-55 VR Nikon in Easydive housing, Nikon SB-105 and Sea&Sea YS-300 strobes.
A pair of Colemen Shrimp nestled in their colorful Anemone.
Bobbit Worm, Lembeh Straits,
D300, YS-110a strobes
lembeh strait,nikpn d2x 60 mm macro
Corals
Gammarus pulex, is a fresh water amphipod. The eyes are quite funny :-))
Hippocampus Bargabanti, Pygmy Seahorse,
D300, YS-110a strobes
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the subject is nicely isolated from it's background
Anemone Crab taken on Similan Island #4. Using Canon Ixus 75.
I just love these simbiotic porcelain crabs (neopetrolishtes oshimai)
:-o)
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a very delicate study
Done to death, but beautiful none the less
Stonefish
local seahorse enjoying the spotlight
BIG MAMA :-)
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It's a bit hard to work out this one. I see the smaller shrimp, is that it's Mommy? Wow
Hawkfish
Jawfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 20D & Canon 100 macor.
Undulated moray taken on a night dive with a Canon G9 and internal strobe.
Pregnant Seahorse
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