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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)
Sea flowers.
Seahorse at Gato Island, Malapascua.

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Editor's Comment
Anouk has got the macro categories nailed at the moment, this is one of many
brownspotted grouper (epinephelus chlorostigma) taken at sofitel house reef.
Orange Ball Corallimorph - Night Dive, Saba
White-eyed moray, Siderea thyrsoidea. Picture taken on the second reef off Negombo.
Green Nudibranch caring for her eggs
Disc anemone taken on a night dive at Marsa Bareika, Ras Mohamed Park.
Scaly-Tailed Mantis (Lysiosquilla scabricauda) not very common in the Caribbean. <> <> <> <> Ganon G7, Inon UCL-165, St Vincent.
Scorpion Fish
Leptosamnia pruvoti
hypselodoris sp.
Close up!! D50/105mm 1 strobe (Borabora)
Painted Grinner, taken at Lembeh Strait, Manado. Just hiding underneath the sand for preys...about 10 meters depth
Coleman Shrimp by Paul Ng
by: Paul Ng
Coleman Shrimp
Dahlia anemone. St.Abbs marine reserve Scotland
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temperate waters can be colorful too...
baby christmas tree in a fire coral at v.j.levels in parguera area!!
Partner shrimp on whip coral, Perhentian Islands Malaysia
Mediterranean Umbrella
Spot the Pygmy Seahorse! Taken off Mabul Island just in front of Seaventures Oil Rig. Current was extremely strong and some divers got swept away even before they could descend! Taken with a Sea & Sea DX-1G
Hunting Buddies
Seahors on a Black coral tree.
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Gasterosteiformes
Family: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Pederson Shrimp Eyes, Cozumel, Mexico, Spring Break
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Peacock Eye - Image taken in Bonaire with a Nikon D100, Aquatica housing, 105mm lens, and Ikelite strobes.
Giant angler fish, Antennarius commersonii. Kemod shoal, Malapascua.
chromodoris coi.
Sun anenome shrimp living on a sun anemone at the Corinthian in St. Kitts.
Taken at the SWV house reef at Mabul Island, Borneo. Taken with a Sea & Sea DX-1G
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