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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)
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Brilliant red seahorse! Bonaire. Canon SD550.

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At last, a real size seahorse!
Little hermitt crab.
One of my favorites, the Hawksbill Turtle
Beautiful Feather duster tube worms,
taken off Gunaha, Nikonos IV
with 1:3 macro extension tube
Stalactites and stalagmites in the Dos Ojos cave system in Yucatan, Mexico. Behind you see the sunlight coming through a sinkhole. Taken with strobe and wide angle.
smooth flower coral
paguro: Giannutri island
solitary polyp on orange encrusting sponge.
Crab on red sponge taken at Ras Caty with E300 and 50mm lens.
Cleaner shrimp hard at work. Canon SD550. Bonaire.
shrimp giglio island secca della croce reef
A strange crab on a whip coral.
Sea&Sea DX8000G
Shot in Manado
Lovely anenome shrimp ... 400D. 60mm macro
nudibranch giglio island
Pink frogfish using its lure. Bonaire. Canon SD 550.
a kind of eel i haven't seen before.
Yellowfin Fringehead, Anacapa Isl. CA
Canon 20D, 60mm, 2-YS90DX
A collection of crinoids. Maldives 2006.
Tube worm.
Close up of pipefish with E300 and 50mm lens taken at Sharksbay.
i don't know the name of this shrimp, but i know i have seen them before
Sniffing nudibranch ....
Resting Parrot Fish. I shot this during a night dive on Matt's Wall in Palau on 12/11/2006. This was a drift dive. No real setup, just a point and shoot moment.
Simplicity #2
Brittle star on a small sponge. taken in Gunaha, with Nikonos IV 1:2 Macro extension tubes
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