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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)
spearing mantis shrimp - 60mm canon
Red seahorse at Town Pier in Bonaire
Anemone (Alicia mirabilis) up close and personal. Shot in Sesimbra using a Canon EOS 300D in Nimar housing, Sigma 50mm macro, Ikelite MV and Nikonos SB-105 strobes.
Seastar in shallow water. Sony DSC W90.
Ghardaqa sea star taken on a night dive at Ras Caty with E300 and 50mm lens.
2007/09/25
Patterns - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikonos RS, 50mm lens and SB105 strobe.
now you sea me now you dont!
The grumpist fish i ever saw...
Fingered Dragonet.
Get me out of here before all the smurf's hatch
Happy - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, 105mm lens, Aquatica housing and Ikelite strobes.
Dumaguete 2007/09/25
Blue spotted ray, Safaga.
Found it Hidding Between the rocks.. Taken with Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Teardrop blenny, Ecsenius lineatus. Picture taken in Maldives.
Masked pufferfish resting on fire coral! Taken on a night dive at Ras Caty with E300 and 50mm.
Giant Frogfish.
Cylinder anemone (Cerianthus) with a Hermit-crab (Pagurus) in the background making its way. Calvi Corsica
decked out home
Hermit crab sitting on dead mens fingers soft coral. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
Nudibranch, Cadlinella ornatissima. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Just Waiting - Image taken in Grand Cayman with a Nikon D100, Aquatica housing, 105mm lens with Ikelite strobes.
Harlequin shrimp
"Soft Coral Polyps"
Whip coral partner shrimp.
Blenny, Ecsenius sp. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2007
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2007 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
We get lots of blenny shots but few with as much character as this goofy guy - well done Anouk
Portrait of the squat lobster Munida rugosa, photographed at Romslo, south-east of Bergen, Norway. Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
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