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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)
Pipefish taken with my Canon S70 with CloseUp Lens
found in Lembeh, D200
Crocodilefish. D200, 60mm.
Yes, one more Arrow Crab, this photo was taken while diving on the Mr Bud, during a dive trip in 2006.
Flabellina! The nudi was laying eggs in the seegrass.
What's not to love about blennies? Colourful triple spot blennie proud as punch.
Couple of shrimps
Keys simnia, Neosimnia spelta.
Red Sea Walkmann taken with Canon S70 and CloseUp Lens
Resident moray at Seraya
Crab
Cuttlefish egg - even in the egg you can see that it has colour change cells activated, albeit only white for the moment!
You talkin' to me? Two Sailfin Blennies in what appears to be a territorial dispute.
A red Sea Horse... :O)...
The Mediterranean hermit crab Calcinus tubularisis is special, the female, occupies attached tubes, the male, occupies loose shells.
Shrimp Portrait,
D300, 60mm AF-S
two small air bubbles suspended above coral. Casio exilim
1/250 @ f14
Tough to get a shot of these guys feeding but when they do I think it looks spectacular. Like little fishermen casting their nets. Shot with two strobes, next time I'm going to try side lighting to give some more depth.
fish / Canon G9, inon strobe d2000 / f8, 1/200s
Sabella pavonina. Last summer most of them are eaten by a new predator for the Netherlands, the Tubulanus superbus.
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Signs Of Life
Cockatoo waspfish portrait - Ablabys taenionotus. looking more like a floating leaf than anything else. D300, 60mm Macro
Scorpaena Scrofa
breakfast upside down
Little Bryaninops amplus lookking at it's breakfast.
The look of the Spotted Hawkfish resting on it's coral... :O) ...
Climbing creature...
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