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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)
Catshark Egg Nikon D80, 60mm
Blue ring octopus. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
A Giant Tun the size of a football
flat worm in chimenea dive site at parguera area PUERTO RICO
Invading someone's home. Casio exilim
Yellow Moray Eel angry with my lens, Anilao, Philipines
sea whip goby.Nikon F100,60mm,f19,1/90,YS-120*2,RVP50
night dive manado -- canon 400 d +ys 110 + nikonos sb 105
Mantis shrimp doing its spring cleaning (carrying out and throwing away dirt form its burrow)
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Snake Eel on a night Dive !!! Tools: Canon S1 IS, Inon D2000
xenocarcinus tuberculatus--lembeh strait, canon 30D in ikelite housing, 2x inon strobes
gramps or gremlin
Texture of a sea urchin skeleton.

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Editor's Comment
nice abstract Helena
Resting in a coral
Got this close up of a Giant Tun about the size of a football while snorkeling on a boat trip. I had to hold on to a rock so I did not float back to the surface. Captured using my Finepix F31d and underwater housing
We have ovulids in the Mediterranean as well!
This nice family of Neosimnia spelta on a Leptogorgia, found on a sandy bottom in front of Capo Noli (SV).
nice feather duster at v.j.levels dive site in parguera PUERTO RICO
micro frog fish
Crab on gthe prowl
This fish had bitten off more than he could chew! Fortunatley the little fish swam free with a little help from myself.
Tasmanien Blenny. This little fellow was quite happy to pose for the camera :D
Shot was taken with Canon A85 in Canon Housing, internal flash under Blairgowrie Pier, Port Phillip Bay, Melbourne, Australia in about 4m depth.
A common crab taken at Moonie Reef in Port Elizabeth South Africa
Corals - Dysidea avara
Smiley Prawn! Taken with Canon G9 with strobe and single ... by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Smiley Prawn! Taken with Canon G9 with strobe and single macro lens.
we are family
Hippocampus Kuda
Sea-horse pregnant.
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