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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)
Elegant Shrimp (palaemon elegans)
Seastar (Fromia nodosa). Canon G9 & Inon D2000 strobe
A little fire and brimstone for Halloween. The effect was produced using a Sealife macro lens and external flash, and was completely unexpected, and have never been able to reproduce it since. This guy was found on haul of he Shakem at about 90ft.
shortlistedShortlisted!
resting. night dive photo
Radioactive? Tiny white crab that I found on my Lembeh trip last year that looks like it's glowing when lit by the strobe. Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi. Canon 20D, Canon 100 macro & Woody's dioptre
It is amazing what you see when you stop to smell the roses...got this shot in water waist deep nearby a crowned part of 7 mile beach
Moray
the web.....
Big smile
The train
Nikon D200 , 60 micro, twin strobo
Lembeh 2008
Fascinating creatures and master of camouflage.
I was only stung twice trying to get these shots. Portuguese Man of War found off the Coast of Lanai, HI.
Tompot Blenny under Swanage pier in October 2008. Taken using Nikon D100 & 6omm lens
Long nose hawkfish taken with Canon G9 and internal strobe
You looking at me? Taken in Anilao with Canon G9, Inon Z240 strobe & lenses.
Shot on right side of Seraya, Tulamben
Joli petit crabe dans son anémone a White island à Camiguine au Philippines
Eggs (?)
well, look closely as he had a bad hair day!
Help !!! I'm stuck
Antilao, Philippines, D300, 106VR
Blenny. Canon 40D, SIGMA 50mm macro.
Sinous Sea Fan, Bubble Raft shell or Violet Snail this particular one is called Janthina exigua, photographed at Patridge Point, in False Bay, South Africa
"Siesta" - This fish I've shot with a 50mm Macro lens. Despite it's bigger than 7,5cm, it fits better in this category than in wide angle. Found at the Raja Ampat, West papua.
Porcelain Crab taken on Aliwal shoal, taken with W17 Sony and used internal flash.
welcome to my home
nice symbiosis in the sea
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