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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)
Look carefully for the stonefish in this pic, I was actually drawn to the eel and startled when I went to take the pic, the stoney moved his eyes to look at me and thats when I saw the outline of him.
Taken at Bali, Indonesia
Blue dragon, back wall, molokini crater.
Close up of anemone tentacles off Bunaken Island
An interesting pair, simple but captures the moment.
Nudibranch. EOS 10D in SEA&SEA housing. 100mm lens
Kelp strand in natural light. La Jolla, CA.
Three-band anemonefish, watching at the anemonefish getting clean-up, surrounded by a tiny Commensal shrimp. Taken by Olympus 4040 with double close-up lens in Sipadan.
Full framed blenny inside brain coral hole, usind a Canon 20D with 100mm macro + TC 2x.
Taken at Bali, Indonesia
This is a closeup of Green Knobby Cactus Coral. The coral head was bright green and just totally stuck out. I loved the patterns it produced.
Starry starry night octopus - My first ever photo using a borrowed camera on the Great Barrier Reef, about four years ago.
Porcelain crab on anemone. EOS 10D in SEA & SEA housing. 100mm macro.
Cup coral.
Calve Island, Sound of Mull.
F90X, 60mm.
Florida Regal Sea Godess - Governor's Riverwalk Wreck in West Palm Beach, Florida. Taken @ 90ft w/ Olympus SP-350 w/ UK HID Light Cannon as light source.
Full framed blenny using supermacro tech, Canon20D with 100mm lens_TC2x
Day Octopus - 'he'e mauli' West shore Oahu.
Mantis Shrimp. Canon EOS10D in Sea&Sea Nousing with strobes. 100mm Macro lens.
Harlequin Ghost Pipe Fish, Manado, North Sulawesi
Taken at Bli, Indonesia
Dusters: a cluster of white featherduster worms in Cozumel. Shot on a night dive with my Coolpix 5000.
Full frame of a large yellow margin moray. D100, 105mm lens. Maui, Hawaii.
pink soft coral
Rush Hour!
Flamingo Tongues in Bonaire.
Details of an urchin, supermacro 2:1 using a Canon 20D + 100mm Macro + TC2x
Nudi-Great Barrier Reef c5060
Found under the wreck of the Yongala. GBR
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