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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)
This octopus attracted my attention as I swam by the crevass it was in because it was waving it's arms around. Octopus are one of my favourite underwater creatures. I took the slave strobe I use with my Bonica camera off the arm and held it free hand
'Pygmy threesome'
Imagine hunting for one, and finding three!
Wakatobi
I shot this picture in Fethiye/Turkey.
Funny those little blue eyes.
Canon A80
Very blue and ugly. Andavadok, Madagascar. C5050, no strobe.
Nudie, Wakatobi, Indonesia
A bit freaky!!
Nudibrank taken at a wreck site called H.M.S Maori in Malta
I took this with no flash but had a 50 watt lamp directed above the subject
sipadan
Smile your on candid camera!!
It took A long time for this fish to let me get A good view of its hitchhiker.
Tipical Worm of Mediterranean sea, called Vermocane.Picture taken in Catania with a coolpix5000 in Light&Motion housing
A common sight in north west pacific waters, this juvenile Puget Sound King Crab is colourful and easy to photograph.
Blue eyes. Taken in Lembeh Manado with F100,60mm,DS125s.
hang in there! Wakatobi, Indonesia
This albino devil scorpionfish caught my eye during a dive at Gunabarabara in Milne Bay, PNG. As I settled in for the shot, I noticed he seemed to be wearing his heart on his sleeve!
Mandarin Fishes mating,
Kapalai, Malaysia
Leaf fish gently looking at the camera
Lankayan Malesian Borneo
Stargazer at night in sulawesi indonesia.
Hermit Crab- This shot was taken during a night dive in Cathedral Anilao Batangas Philippines.
Seastar on Coral. Taken near Keppel island in Australia with my Canon EOS A2E in a Kenko/Delphinus underwater housing with a Sigma 50mm f2.8 macro lens
night shot in dominica
yellow seahorse in Cozumel, very rare, thought the soft coral was brown because of the depth was very happy to see the slide came out with the red
this mantis shhrimp was very proud to show me its eggs. sulawesi indonesia
A FACE ONLY A MOTHER COULD LOVE
Nudibranch.F90 housed,105 nikon lens.
Algarve,Portugal
When I returned to Linda's Reef in Milne Bay, just a day after taking this shot, these clownfish eggs had hatched. D100 in a Titan housing.
Hermit Crab. Loradeo Mexico, Baja California.
Used Cannon Powershot A40 no flash natural light. depth around 30 feet.
Croc.Fish. at Mabul Islanf, Borneo 2002
SONY DCS-P5 with home made magnifier/Macro lens
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