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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)

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Toby with parasite, Kalimaya House Reef, Sumbawa by Tobias Reitmayr
Toby with parasite, Kalimaya House Reef, Sumbawa
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 21, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Softcoral Crab at Sangeang Volcano by Tobias Reitmayr
Softcoral Crab at Sangeang Volcano
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Red or Portuguese Blenny (Parablennius ruber) - Picture t... by Gary Carpenter
Red or Portuguese Blenny (Parablennius ruber) - Picture taken in Dunmanus Bay Ireland
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 12, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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Blenny Blenniidae by Patrick Ess
Blenny Blenniidae
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date posted posted: Monday, June 11, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Under the red focus light. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Under the red focus light.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The yellow variant of a feather duster worm by Peet J Van Eeden
The yellow variant of a feather duster worm
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 9, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Turret sponges by Peet J Van Eeden
Turret sponges
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date posted posted: Friday, June 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Taken in Anilao, at the dive site called Coconuts. A yel... by Patricia Sinclair
Taken in Anilao, at the dive site called Coconuts. A yellow goby pair was very obvious on thee abandoned tube, so while going around the tube, we located the eggs they were so carefully guarding, eggs are about a day or two away from hatching.
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date posted posted: Friday, June 8, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Hairy yellow goby. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Hairy yellow goby.
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 7, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Doto greenamyeri is one of the favorite objects to shoot ... by Catrin Pichler
Doto greenamyeri is one of the favorite objects to shoot when visiting Tulamben, Bali. They are very shiny and fragile and are living on hydroids.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 4, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Hello friendly Nemo by Igor Tarasevich
Hello friendly Nemo
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Laccidive Sea Maldives
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"Chiaroscuro" - I photographed this arrow crab using one ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Chiaroscuro" - I photographed this arrow crab using one strobe to give strong shadows and light. The title is a reference to the Italian word for this kind of lighting, found in Renaissance paintings.
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Magnificent lighting and spot on focus.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Reality by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Reality
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Japanese style...hahaha... by Xiaomeng Pang
Japanese style...hahaha...
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 3, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Saw blade shrimp. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Saw blade shrimp.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 2, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Parablennius gattorugine Always curious by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
Always curious
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date posted posted: Friday, June 1, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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The other side of the shrimp by Salvatore Ianniello
The other side of the shrimp
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Voracious Appetite The rare walking sea-anemone has le... by Peet J Van Eeden
Voracious Appetite
The rare walking sea-anemone has left only the skeleton of a multicolored sea fan
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 31, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Blue ribbon eel. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Blue ribbon eel.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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small octopus hiding in the neck of a beer bottle at Blue... by Stacy Groff
small octopus hiding in the neck of a beer bottle at Blue Heron Bridge near the East span.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Basket Star Feeding by Peet J Van Eeden
Basket Star Feeding
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Parablennius gattorugine by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Parablennius gattorugine
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date posted posted: Monday, May 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Hippocampus pontohi Romblon by Patrick Ess
Hippocampus pontohi Romblon
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date posted posted: Monday, May 28, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Flaming Beard A close-up look at a perched bearded scorp... by Ann Donahue
Flaming Beard
A close-up look at a perched bearded scorpion fish.
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 26, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Watchmen by Xiaomeng Pang
Watchmen
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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squad lobster by Philippe Eggert
squad lobster
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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squad lobster by Philippe Eggert
squad lobster
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2018
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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