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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)
Tiny Bonaire Yellowstrip Goby hiding under feeding coral
Roatan, Honduras.
Black Seahorse taken in Bonaire with a Canon 20D
Purple ring top snail on kelp frond. Barkley Sound, B.C. Canada
D70
'I have found you' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Bull Rout Taken in Nederland Oosterschelde
Bonaire Blenny
How about a hug?
A eolid mollusc "Flabellina affinis". Mediterranean Sea. Nikonos III with extension tube. Flash and servoflash.
frogfish, f100 and 60mm
Bonaire Christmas Tree Worm from a different angle
Hermit crab taken at night with Canon A95 using built in flash
Isnt it always the way, I was looking for a different coloured anenome for the whole trip but was unable till this, last dive of the trip, 5 mins till deco and 50 bar in the tank. Ah well I know where it is now and there's always the next trip.
The Emperor is cleaned.
Near Bangka, Indonesia
D70
'Sea star' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
A crustacean "Galathea strigosa" on the rock in the night time. North Tirrenian zone of Mediterranean sea. Nikon F with Micronikkor lensin UW housing. Flash and servoflash.
Peppermint Gobbie taken in Bonaire with a Canon 20D 100mm lens w/nexus wet lens and dual strobes
'Texture' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Red eyed blenny. Taken with the D2x and 105mm lens at the Pearl Islands, Panama.
Polyps of "Corynactis viridis" in Sicily Channel bottom (Mediterranean Sea. Equipment: Nikonos III with macro-complex, flash and servo-flash.
Need a clean, dad? :0) juvenile banded boxer shrimp hitching a ride on an adult, cleaning (haircut?) it at the same time..
Common prawn.
Aughrusmore harbour, Connemara.
F90X, 60mm.
Well blended horse. Costa Rica with Nikon D100 and 60mm at f16.
Boxers crabs taken with the Canon Rebel in Indonesia. First time I had seen them and they soon became a favourite of mine. Thanks to Dr. Bob
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Dr Bob has inspired many a photographer to take a good shot as this proves
What are you doing here, she said...
in cozumel with a sony DSCP10
Nudibranch, Great Barrier Reef c5060 tetra, single strobe, macro lens.
Got space for one more?!?
* Prelude to mating, taken off the tioman islands in malaysia.
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