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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)
Prised for its beauty Red Coral (Corallium rubrum).Is being over fished in the Mediterranean.Specimens like this are few and far between.
Taken at Tioman Island, Malaysia.
Spiny spider crab taken on a night dive at Ras Caty with E300 and 50mm lens.
Harlequin Shrimp
Portraite of a Red Starfish (Echinaster sepositus) Porto Corsica.
Taken in Anilao Batangas.
anenomae at around 25m clinging to a wreck, amazing delicacy
sitting pretty
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2007

Final RoundThrough to 2007 awards final round judging

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a study in Orange
Crocodile fish chilling in the sand. Sony DSC W90, WB housing.
2007/10/20 Kenting . 墾丁..
I can never resist christmas tree worms, perhaps one day I will take the perfect shot and never feel the need to try again. Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, 105mm lens, using an Aquatica housing and Ikelite strobes.
Lizard Fish off the South Shore of the Hawaii.
hiding octopus
This photo of a Brittle Starfish was taken in Roatan during a night dive. Amazing the creatures which come out at night.
Lion fish sticking around while I shoot and decided to take its picture too.
Porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Milk Conch Humacao, Puerto Rico
Sandperch taken at Sharksbay with E300 and 105mm lens
Porcellan Crab walking around...
Sabang, Puerto Gallera, Mindoro, Philippines
Taken during Night Dive at Redang Island. Olympus E-330 + 50mm Macro Lens
Porcelain crab on an anemone taken at Panglao Island, Bohol
Pufferfish, Arothron sp. Picture taken off Negombo, Sri Lanka.
Stenopus attack
There were 6 of these guys living in an old car tyre.
Goby taken at Sharksbay with E300 and 105mm lens.
Soft Corals looking out from a swim-through. Taken with a Canon G7 (no strobe)
Frog Fish Night Dive Ulua Beach, Maui HI
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