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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 like the light coming through this Tube Coral in the Red Sea. Olympus C960 digital, no flash
more soft coral=Palau
Red Starfish, Mediterranean
Taken in 7m off the local dive shop on the south coast of NZ. This little guy would let me almost get him framed, then whizz off. After about 10 minutes of waiting for him to become more curious, he finally settled in this spot.
Masked Butterflyfish / Hurghada Redsea with 105 macro.-flash.
Clownfish / Hurghada - Redsea with 105 macro. and flash.
Soft Coral, (Dendronephthya sp)
Giant Clam, Red Sea.
Cowrie on wall- Marianas
Scorpionfish- Saipan Grotto
This Lionfish lives near Forbidden Island, Northern Marianas Islands and was taken with a MX-10 macro.
Scorpionfish - Saipan Grotto
Anemone- Saipan
This lionfish was spotted in the Coral Sea in 1998 using a MX-10 and macro.
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harpa amouretta 2-Saipan
harpa amouretta-Saipan
taken in LAE PNG using ikelite housing , no strobe
A tiny blenny inadvertently pointed out this flathead by taking cover under one of his fins. Taken in the Solomon Islands with an Olympus 3030 in a Tetra housing.
Key Largo -Florida -The hiring fish- Nikonos V 20mmWA Lens
Octopus in a hole taken in Baleal (Portugal), taken with a Bonica Seaking Snapper with macro and a flashlight
This Rhinopias was taken in Milne Bay, PNG with a Nikonos RS and 2 SB104's. I didn't realise that I'd captured this "yawn" until I developed the film.
Olympus 3030 in a Tetra housing. I played round and round the seafan with this Solomon Islands hawkfish before he finally took a breather.
Vampire Moray on Dominica, Tetra Housing Olympus 3040 and Ikelite Substrobe AI
White's seahorse (Hippocampus whitei) in Sydney Harbour seagrass bed. Nikonos III 35mm lens + 1:3 ext. tube. Single Aquasea strobe.
White Speckled Nudibranch taken in Turks & Caicos on a night dive with a Nikonos V and 1:2 macro lens.
Crab in Turpin Shell
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