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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)
Banded Shrimp macro shot yesterday in Taiwan... E900 plus two INON macro lenses
Another Balinesse beauty. Her name is Ornate Elysia.
Getting the munchies. Two nudibranchs enjoying a lunch of ascidians. Taken with Olypmus C8080
Taken at Kapalai Island, East Malaysia
Taken off the coast of North Caroina on the wreck of the Hyde.
White sandy bottom and up/down pictures don't look too good, but
this little fellow (1.5 cm) was found, and the picture taken under those conditions. Apparently it is a very rare siting, it goes by the name of Royal Cerberilla
Pugnacious Aeolid crawls over Sand Tube Worms, San Miguel Island, California (Nikon F4, 105mm Macro, Aquatica housing, Ikelite strobes, Velvia)
Foto is taken with a Nikon F80 and a 60mm Macro Lens.
Devonshire cup coral.60mm.
Scotland.
40 cm of beauty....fireworm at 24 meter.
pregnant pygmee seahorse in coral.
Frogfish/Kona HI
Right place at the right time.

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We love Nudi's
NUDI! Hilutungan Fish Sanctuary Cordova Cebu....
Tulamben has some very good looking nudis like this painted hypselodoris
Crown of thorns - North shore Oahu, Hawaii. 50mm macro.
Scallop with encrusting sponge. Even though the scallop can't move, it's alive and doing well.
Christmas Tree Worm. Nikron S3 digital with in-camera flash. Approximately .2 meters.
Cushion-seastar. This could be a beautyful design for a cushion for the sofa.
Tridacna on the Iro Maru in Palau.
Love watching these tubeworms in the current.. Taiwan..
Twin Chromodoris Nudibranch. Olympus C-8080WZ / Ikelite DS-125
One of the many Flamingo Tongues seen this April at Isla Mujeres. The photo was taken with a Cannon PowerShot SD 550.
These little guys were all over the reef taken with a Cannon 20D 100mm and dual DS125 strobes
sneaked up on a nice little snake eel and then played hide and seek
The Blue-Ring Sea Hare is pretty rare, and this is the first one that I've seen. About 2 cm.
Nikon D70 with 60mm lens.
Twin Pygmys Sulawesi Olympus 7070
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