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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)
Softcoralcrab, Sony P5
Resting on a Beadlet Anemone A Periclimenes Amethysteus. A first for myself happy days. Komiza Vis.
And now sleep:
Nikon D200, 60 macro, two strobo
Walea 2008
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Harlequin Shrimp
soft coral
This is a flamingo tongue shot in Turks and Caicos while snorkling, not easy to focus.....
Striped Triplefin (Helcogramma striatum) in Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, D2000w, UCL165)
Also Crabs in Anilao smile taken wit Canon 400D/Hugyfot housing+100mm lens
A shy Thorny Seahorse (Hippocampus hystrix)..¸> <((((º> `·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> `·..Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 macro lens
blue spotted ray
Scorpion Fish on the Sunabe Sea Wall.
My Orange Home! Taken in Perhentian with Canon G9, Inon Z240 strobe and lenses.
Nikon D80, 60mm
Harlequin shrimp, Similans, Thailand. Taken with Canon G9. Took ages to get this shot as he was well hidden!!
Anilao is not only good for Nudis, you know.. smile
Taken with Canon 400D+100mm macro lens
Anemone Crab with extra green eyes and hairy legs !
Canon S70 with macro lens and Inon Strobe Z240
Crocodile Fish (Cymbacephalus beauforti) at Menjangan Island, Bali. (Canon G9, D2000w)
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Close-up of a norwegian cup coral. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes.
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After my previous shot with the 60mm lens i returned with the 105mm for a close up of the Giant Jawfish eggs. Nikon D2x 105mm lens Sulu Sea Sabah Borneo.
This little white frog (size of my thumbnail) had seen something in the hole and started fishing for it with his lure! I waited but nothing came out
Large crab spotted on coral during a night dive north of manado. Canon 40D, 100mm Macro, Inon Z240.
Corals - Eunicella cavolinii
Is this my best side?
Blennies off S. Carolina coast.
Split-Crown Feather Duster seen on July 2008 at Grand Cayman. Photo taken with a Canon SD550.
Giant Jawfish brooding eggs. Nikon D2x, 60mm lens manual exposure. Sulu Sea Sabah Borneo.

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Editor's Comment
Does this look like Jabba the Hut? or what!
Tiny crab found on a giant anemone off the island of Curacao.
taken with a canon a570is using an inon close up lens
Lobster.
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