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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)
Hermit Crab, Grand Cayman, N90s 60mm
Crab and Pederson Shrimp, Grand Cayman, N90s 60mm
This anemone left a Squat Shrimp out on its own, Los Roques, N90s 60mm
Lobster, Los Roques, N90s 60mm
Who is that bloddy diver like animal? Will it harm me? I am just a little shark...
Deco stop has always good subjects, especially when difficult to focus
subject: Stenopus Hispidus, place taken: Cayo Norte, Venezuela, Camera: Sea Master Pro Strobe: YS-60 TTL and Macro 1:2
Sea Urchin taken in 15 feet free dive on Tinian reef w/ digital still
Crown of Thorns in Marianas
Cypraea Eglantina off Saipan in cave
Frogfish taken in Hawaii with Nikonos V, a Nikonos close-up lens and an Ikelite MV strobe. Found this little guy sitting comfortably under a coral head.
Yellow Hairy Hermit Crab taken in Hawaii with a Nikonos V, 35mm lens, a Micro Lens III and an Ikelite Substrobe MV
Giant Clam, photo taken with MX 10 near Phuket,Thailand
Looking for Lunch - Star & soft coral - Palau - MX10 and Macro lens
Juvenille brittle star on Soft Coral on the Iro Maru {Palau} taken with MX10 and Macro lens
Grand Turk Nikon 8008 w/105
Orangeball Anemone taken in Bonaire, night shot with Nikonos V, Ikelight Ai and 1:3 macro
Prawn taken w/digital still in the Marianas
Hermit crab (night dive) Marsa Alam
Sleeping sergeon
Christmas tree nikon F50, 60 mm Nikor macro +housing
Blenney on a whip coral 60mm Nikor in Hugyfot housing

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Editor's Comment
Nicely observed behavior but I think a bit more of a diagonal composition would have been better...
Dendronephthya sp. (Soft Coral), Egyptian Red Sea, Nikon F50 – Nikkor 20-35mm, Flash Ikelite 200 + Ai slave
Sponge and brittle-star, Martinique, Nikon F50 – Nikkor 35-80mm, Flash Ikelite Ai
Coral, Martinique, Nikon F50 – Nikkor 35-80mm, Flash Ikelite Ai
Scorpaena maderensis (Rockfish), Azores (Portugal), Nikon F50 – Micro Nikkor 60mm, Flash Ikelite Ai
Alicia mirabilis, Arrábida (Portugal), Nikon F50 – Micro Nikkor 105mm, Flash Ikelite Mv
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