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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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"Black Beauty" - Because of the seahorse's dark color, I ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Black Beauty" - Because of the seahorse's dark color, I chose to silhouette it with backlight, and frame it within the brightly-colored sealife it was hiding in.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Red or Portuguese Blenny (Parablennius ruber) - Picture t... by Gary Carpenter
Red or Portuguese Blenny (Parablennius ruber) - Picture taken in Kenmare Bay, Ireland.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Ireland
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Photo is taken at shark point south of Rawey by Ralf Schmidt
Photo is taken at shark point south of Rawey
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Many-host goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) with eggs,housere... by Filip Staes
Many-host goby (Pleurosicya mossambica) with eggs,housereef Raja4divers, Raja Ampat.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Orange by Taner Atilgan
Orange
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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my home by Ralf Schmidt
my home
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Bug-eyed squat lobster No.3, Montani, Puerto Galera by Tobias Reitmayr
Bug-eyed squat lobster No.3, Montani, Puerto Galera
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Squat lobster on feather star, Coral Garden, Bali by Tobias Reitmayr
Squat lobster on feather star, Coral Garden, Bali
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Friendly face by Raoul Caprez
Friendly face
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Stargazer. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Stargazer.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Red anemone . Komodo. Nikon D200 . 60 macro . Two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Red anemone . Komodo.
Nikon D200 . 60 macro . Two strobo
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 2, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Seahorse by Michal Stros
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Friday, December 1, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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"Christmas Comparison" - I photographed these same Christ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Christmas Comparison" - I photographed these same Christmas tree worms as an example for single strobe position. Shot with identical settings but moving the strobe further back to create more shadows, and hence, texture!
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Aren't they cute? Pseudechidna brummeri sp. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Aren't they cute?
Pseudechidna brummeri sp.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pipefish Bokeh by Henley Spiers
Pipefish Bokeh
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Hippocampus guttulatus Speckled Seahorse by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Hippocampus guttulatus
Speckled Seahorse
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 22, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Porcelein crab filter feeding. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Porcelein crab filter feeding.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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seahorses - together forever by Gianluca Sometti
seahorses - together forever
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 21, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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My first pygmy seahorse. I would have loved to have him/... by Leslie Howell
My first pygmy seahorse. I would have loved to have him/her looking toward the camera - but I'm just happy he/she is in focus and I didn't cut off any body parts. These critters are much tinier and harder to see than I expected.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Imperial shrimp on nightdive, Renggis Island, Tioman Island by Tobias Reitmayr
Imperial shrimp on nightdive, Renggis Island, Tioman Island
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date posted posted: Monday, November 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Mating polyclad flatworms. Photographed at San Nicolas d... by Laurie Slawson
Mating polyclad flatworms. Photographed at San Nicolas dive site, San Carlos, Sonora, Mexico. Canon EOS 70-D with 60 mm macro lens.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Lying in ambush (Cymbacephalus beauforti) by Michal Stros
Lying in ambush (Cymbacephalus beauforti)
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date posted posted: Monday, November 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Gesticulated Mantis Shrimp - Lysiosquilla sp. Padag... by Stefan Follows
Gesticulated
Mantis Shrimp - Lysiosquilla sp.
Padagbai, Bali, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Monday, November 20, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Bobtail Squid by Leslie Howell
Bobtail Squid
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Hairy squat lobster by Leslie Howell
Hairy squat lobster
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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dancing in the spotlight by Lars Oliver Michaelis
dancing in the spotlight
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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S N O O T Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera picta) Tulamben... by Irwin Ang
S N O O T
Harlequin shrimp (Hymenocera picta)
Tulamben, Indonesia.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 18, 2017
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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