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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 shot of a Turet coral was taken during a night dive at Mashraba in Dahab, Egypt. I used a Nikonos V with 28mm and macro framer at F22, speed 1/60 and Sb105 set on TTL.
Eye of a sleeping parrot fish. I was only inches away from this eye on a night dive in the Turks & Caicos and he never moved. Taken with a lot of patience and an EOS Digital/Aquatica/100mm macro/dual Ikelite DS125s
Patterns; Flamingo Tongue Cowry; Grand Cayman; Housed Nikon F, 55 auto-micro Nikkor Lens
Dancing in the Night. I took this picture of Orange Cup Coral dancing with the flow of the current during a night dive in Bonaire.
Anemones; Pohnpei; Housed Nikon F; 55mm auto-micro Nikkor lens
Dead men's fingers leather coral, Oslo Fiord.
An encrusted mason jar makes a convenient pied-a-mer for this jeweled blenny. Taken in Milne Bay, PNG with a D100 in a Titan housing by Light and Motion.
Yucatanicus - anemone shrimp - Bonaire, NA. Housed Nikon F, 55auto Nikkor lens
On a night dive at Bunama in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, I had to shoot through a cloud of sea monkeys to capture this Corallimorpharian mouth.
Still illegal in 7 states! Lucky for the Volcano Hypselodoris, anything goes at Michelle's Reef in Milne Bay, PNG.
Carrot Patch: Nudibranch, Catalina Island, California; Housed Nikon F. 55 auto micro nikkor lens
nudibranchs. Redang Island, east coast Malaysia.olympus c-5050
Mediteranian sea 7/2004
''I'm watching you'' photo taken with housed Olympus C-750 uz in Malta
Xmas Tree Worm - Shot at Roatan with a Reefmaster 300 Digital, 18X macro lens and stobe with diffuser
Hey, wait for me!
Lanterns. Cancun. MMIIEX. This anemone just glowed. It's what I imagine an alien landscape to look like
Crinoid shrimp, photo taken in Bunaken, Indonesia with a Nikon F90X in an Underwave Igloo housing
Hermit crab with hydroids growing on its shell, taken south of Oslo, Norway with an Olympus 505 in a PT-015 housing and a 50W HLX torch.
The little guy was just hanging around, taken at Tulenben, Bali
I took this because I enjoyed the 'king of the castle ' kind of feel !
Anemoonvis Rode zee Nikon coolpix 5000
You can't see me.
swimming crab oosterschelde nikon coolpix 5000
Sentinel. Porcelain Crab. Derewan. MMIII. Was taking shots of panda clowns when their bodyguard popped up to object!
fireworm from bonaire
Lembeh Frogfish, Sulawesi

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Editor's Comment
Nice clean shot filling the frame Erin
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