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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)
Moray eel who just wanted to pose for pics! Canon Powershot A510 with built in flash and underwater mode.
Yelloline Arrow Crab.
What you looking at? congrio dorado from patagonian fjord chile, the head was bigger than the camera
Cliona sponge and jewel anemones
Nikonos with macro lens and flash
Now you see me, now you don't....
octopus taken with a Nikon Coolpix 995 in Sealux housing and Subtronic strobes at the straits of magellan, Chile.
scorpion fish, off waikiki
Parazoanthus axinellae in the Mediterranean sea (-40 mt) - Nikonos V whit macrotube 1:2 and Sea&Sea 120 strobe.
double trouble.two nudis in anilao,philippines.nikon D200,ikelite housing,ikelite strobes.
Octopus: Taken on a night dive in Cozumel using a DC310 with external flash.
Extreme close-up view of banded coral shrimp. It looks different to me from this angle and distance. D70, 105 macro, +4 diopter add.
Leaf Scorpionfish. Shot taken in Haleiwa, HI. Found this little guy in in about 3 ft of water on my way back in from a shore dive.
Getting close to Christmas time, i already got my tree....Merry Christmas!
Piedersen's cleaner shrimp in a coralimorph, South Water Cay Marine Reserve, Belize
Flabellina affinis in the Mediterranean sea (-26 mt) - Nikonos V whit macrotubes 1:1 and Ikelite 100 strobe.
Crown of Thorns Starfish near Reichileu
Rock Thailand.
Nikonos V 28mm lense
Shocked nudi
Razor Coral. Photo taken in Haleiwa, HI. 100m macro w/ extension tube.
Nudibrunch...
Pure quality snake eel with shrimp accessories... e900 Aren't these guys greeaaatttt...

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Great subject Alex
frog fish
tiny eel, off waikiki near turtle canyon

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
The depth of field is limited when this close. Elizabeth succeeded in getting the most important area (the eyes) sharp
I know another Nudi, but it was a really pretty one. Found in a small cave in the coral, Rangiroa. Sea & Sea dx3100
Banded boxer shrimp. "Come on - just a little closer".
NikonD70 105mm.
Banded Coral Shrimp in Bonaire, Canon 20D.
a turtle
Spanish Shawl. This picture was taken during my first time diving with a camera.
Among the soft corals found off the Cayman Islands a popular find is the Flamingo tongue shell, shown here with it's mantle exposed. Pentax me
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