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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)
Mantis shrimps never get dull do they. This one was a golden colour with golden eyes. Very nice... PS anyone know what happened to picture of the month ?
Yellow scorpionfish hiding in the algae. Taken with Olympus C8080.
Sea squirt? Taken at Marsa bareika with Olympus E300.
Pygmy seahorse taken at Diaz Island, Samal Island, Philippines
Get out of my way with your camera! Don’t you see I have a role to play in a Chinese opera?

Roatan feathers. Fuji F810.
Oyster Toadfish and his big juicy lips =)
Chelidonura electra from the Whitsundays. A sophisticated Nudibranch, note the sleek lines and voluptuous body. A real posh Nudi !!!!

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Too posh to show it's gills
Beadlet anemone.
Anchor Bay, Connemara.
D200, 60mm.
Detail of Gorgonian Coral
Porcelain Crab from the Philippines... had to fight off the anenome fish to get this shot...
Hairy crab. Taken with Canon 10d.
Chromodoris at Sharksbay taken with Nikon Coolpix 4300.
I missed the snout of this Seahorse but still like the general look of it.
Eye of the Slug. I was very excited to find a couple of these Lumpy Sea Slugs on Oahu's North Shore.
Laying in Wait. Trumpetfish awaits prey on Little Cayman's Bloody Bay Wall.
My first stargazer!! taken with my Sea&Sea Motormaine II. This 80 minute night dive just off Cabilao is simply amazing.
An interesting "Christmas Tree" scene with the lace backdrop.
Celtic feather star. Lewis. Scotland.
D200,60mm.
'Traffic light' nudi from last week in the Philippines !!! 2x macro...
White Speckled Nudibranch (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)

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It's nudibranch month! I see gills but is it really a nudi!
The new generation of Bullock’s Hypselodoris is on is way!!! C5050
Speckled Sandperch ready for his closeup =)
Stargazer, Gili Banta, Indonesia, 2005. Nikkor 60mm.
Never to young to start blowing bubbles!!
This is Jasper 9 months with his dad in the pool.

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Hey Jasper, are you going to be an underwater photographer when you grow up?
Try to find me now. Well hidden Papuan Scorpian Fish. Nikon D100 60mm near Komodo.
Flounder on close approach
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