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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)
Octopuse palm beach.
'Can't see me...I'm in camouflage'
I love these colorful Imperial Shrimp. Taken with a Nikon D70 w/105 lens and dual Inon strobes.
tending the kids taken in solomons d70/nexus
Feather star. Sharks bay. D200,10.5mm.
Spotted this small Anemone while snorkelling with my new camera+60mm macro lens in the Grevelingen Lake in Zeeland(salt+freshwater)It was near an entry-exit of a popular dive site and had obviously been trampled under many feet and fins.....
Three Flamingo Tongues. I won't say what they're doing, but it's illegal in some places. :> )
Nikon D200 with 60mm lens.
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Menage a troi? can I even spell it!
Orange and green ,two color. Nikon D100 , macro 60 lens, two strobo. Take to Manado in August 2006

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Excellent use of perspective
Another particular nudi from Bunaken.
this little holothurian is very common, you can find this species asocciated with kelp beds and other algae like Gigartina at the Chilean channels and fjords in patagonia, Magellan region ,Chile
Seahorse at night. Bali 2005
Not in the mood for love.
Mandarin fish with a 'not tonight dear' headache. Must have been a lunar thing going on, because very little mating activity was observed that evening in Lembeh.
Elongated jewel anenome from the Scillies - Nikon D70s and 60mm macro
Spotted Cleaner Shrimp from Bonaire. Nikon 990 with Ikelite Pro II Video Light.
a beautiful dorid nudibranch from London Island (54°42'S)at the southern tip of South America, The Magellan region, Chile.
a tube worm enjoying the Thistlegorm!
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Why don't we get more CFWA? (close focus wide angle) They used to be the dominant theme (not macro). Done properly (like here) they're dynamic!
Taking a little peek ! d100 60MM
This small nudibranch (15 mm) is a Nembrotha sp found in Bunaken Park.
CEBU pescador island
Anemone. Grand Cayman. Sea and Sea DX5000.
This one's for you Brian! Shot taken ib Bali, Indonesia.
House
saron shrimp, location:east borneo(derawan island indonesia)
camera:nikon D200+60mm macro lens
Couldn't pass the colors on this bighorn nembrotha. Taken at Ras Zatar, Ras Mohamed Park with my E300.
If only I had seen what this nudi was doing; I would have stayed a bit longer just to take some more pictures, alas I only saw the eggs when the picture was on the screen of my laptop.C5050 Lembeh.
Moray with slit lip ...
Long Spined Urchin, Nikonos V 28mm
Never seen such a big nudibranch (Ceratosoma).
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