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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)
We have lovely marine life in the UK - jewel anemones from the Scillies are particularly nice....
Taken at Mantabuan Island, East Malaysia
Blueberry & Vanilla Flatworm. Taken with Olympus C-5050.
Cardinal wart slug taken at Nuweiba with Olympus E300.
"A neighborhood of Feather Dusters". These Feather Dusters have made their home on the bow of the Prince Albert directly off the Gazebo at Fantasy Island in the Bay Islands. Photo was taken w/ my DC500 and no strobes.
Any idea what this is? I believe it is a swimming crinoid. D100 in L&M housing with 105 lens. Turks and Caicos.
Casio Z-50 with additional Photo Light, taken at Ko Phi Phi, Thailand
The Pigmy. Nikon F90x, macro 105 , velvia 50, two ttl strobo
Coral banded shrimp. Canon Digial rebel. Grand Cayman 2/06
pygmy seahorse
at 25m 2 strobes
Two's always good company. Canon 300D, twin Inon. Had to hang upside down to get these nudis (Chromidoris I think) orientated right

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Nudi cuddle!
Frogfish portrait. Canary Islands, Spain. It's not easy to see them, but if you've seen one, you'll find more.
Taken at Jervis Bay, using a canon A620 without a strobe. Saw many of these sea stars around.
Taken at Mabul Island, East Malaysia
An efficient symbiosis - the blind but hard working Alpheid shrimp with the ever vigilant partner Goby.
Neptune's Cotton Candy. Taken with an Olympus C-8080
This is a closeup of star polyps open for feeding.
Nudi Party, with ghost guest in b/g (no digital trickery, I promise)--Beqa Lagoon, Fiji (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Pink Crab feeding on a coral. Photo taken during a night ... by Doy Tan
by: Doy Tan
Pink Crab feeding on a coral. Photo taken during a night dive in Outrigger house reef, Anilao, Mabini, Batangas
'ON THE WIRE' Colony of sea anemones on an overhead wire in the radio room of the Shinkoku Maru, Truk Lagoon. Housed Nikon F; Niko Mar III housing; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens. Enjoy!
Hairy crab Sulawesi
"Double Vision". Lobster with two sets of eyes? New to me. Found hiding in boiler room of wreck of RMS Rhone. Virgin Gorda. Fuji E900 with DS-125.
Called it SAWI nudi.Taken during my LOB trip to Tenggol Island.
Getting up at 5.30am paid off - I saw my first ever Blue ring Octopus! Unfortunately and unbelievably it got eaten before my very eyes! After one attack the flounder returned to finish off the octopus despite its deadly toxin. The flounder lived!
Taken at Mataking Island, East Malaysia
Snail.
Aughrusmore, Connemara.
D200,60mm.
Hermit crab.
Photographed in a tide poll on South Brazil.
Nikonos V, extension tube 1:1, Ikelite sb 50
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