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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)
Fluoro flash + red, orange, yellow Luminance fill from Gamma lights.
~ Beautifully shy ~
Snoot, Canon 7DmkII, 60mm
Hairy frogfish
A colorful goby models for the camera atop star coral. I used a very shallow depth of field to focus only on the goby's eyes, and to make the rest of its translucent body blur into the backgruound.
Pygmy Bargabanti
My first seahorse ever, such a special sighting! There were a couple of them scattered around the reef, they seemed to enjoy the cooler temperatures at the bottom.
'Out On A Limb' - A flamingo tongue cowrie off the coast of Grand Cayman
A large Hairy Yellow Hermit crab peers at me from under his massive shell.
Snooted flamboyant cuttlefish.
Startled (Peppermint) Goby
Pederson's shrimp (Ancylomenes pedersoni)
Intelligence
Common Octopus at Long Beach, Simon's Town, sits patiently as I take a photo - observing me with his intelligent eyes. Canon 7dmkii, 60mm macro, Retra LSD
Jewels
Snooted image of strawberry anemones at Roman Rock Dive Site in Simon's Town, South Africa. Canon 7dmkii, 60mm macro, Retra LSD
Cerianthus . Lembeh strait
Nikon D800E , 105 macro, Sea and sea strobo with snoot Retra
Seacam Housing.
ISO100, F14, 1/100
shortlistedShortlisted!
~ Clam Eyes ~
'Welcome to the Ocean! I'll Be Your Guide.' A sharknose goby rests on coral in the waters off of Grand Cayman
Hairy Froggie
Brown blenny
~ Medusa's deadly heads ~
Orchid flower
Hairy encounter
Violet velvet
Tiger shrimp. Lembeh strait
Nikon D800E, 105 macro, two strobo
Yellow bean bag goby
~ Helicopter Mom ~
Blenny on eggs - False Bay, Cape Town
Canon 7DMKII, Nautical Housing, Snoot
blennies at home
Sexy Shrimp peering out at me, as if to say "Peek a boo!"
The Inimitable Gaudy Clown Crab
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