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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)
"I love the smell of barnacles in the morning". Barkley Sound, B.C. Canada
Taken at Bali, Indonesia
South China Sea Gems....
Nikon Coolpix 5200 in Housing.
California Kelp Detail
Oly C5050
Seahorse posing just for me...it is the only one I saw in the ionian sea after more than 1000 dives there...
Big angry crayfish, or spiny lobster
Stiff breeze! Flabellina nudibranch at Comino caves near Gozo
Hairy squat Lobster in a sponge barrel taken with Nikon F100 and a 105 lens with 4T Dioptre
I am a big fan of Dr. Whorton´s photography and I wonder how he would have taken this one! I found these little guys in Kavieng, PNG.

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he would have shot it the same as you Raul!
This is a closeup of the bluespotted stingray. I liked the psychedelic nature of the blue spots...
Red Sea, Lionfish
The eye of the beast...octopus hiding in his lair...watchkeeping...
Nicely coloured nudibranch off Bunaken, Manado
Nudibranch with a twist, a greenwater background. D2x 60mm with Woody's diopter
Porcelaine crab
This is a Western Rock Lobster commonly known as a WRL or cray. They are very yummy to eat and we have plenty of them around here.
This is a close up of a yellow headed Jawfish that was cleaning during a shark feed in the Bahamas
Spider crab on sponge.
Menai Straits, N. Wales.
60mm.
Painted Thecacera.D70,105mm.
Kapalai,Sabah
Unduated Moray
Ma Ma! Well, not sure about that.
D2x 60mm Woody's diopter.
Sea snail
Smug blenny in a hole, Bunaken, Manado.
In this dive interesting were orangutan crabs (Achaeus japonicus), which I found sitting in bubble coral (comforable seat). Escape from the Orang Utan Sanctuary! Taken with C4040 double close-up lens.
Hey,(Bob) that flash is burning my eyes!
Mantis Shrimp. A shadowy figure on the reef. D2x 60mm Woody's diopter.
A gullet shot.
Nice pair of long nosed hawkfish on a ledge
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