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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)
Shot with a +10 cropped vertical, the clear background is achieved blasting one strobe on the reflective sand no PS
" I think my house is too big..." Common marine hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus), Zeeland, The Netherlands.
Goby Got The Blues
Whipfan Goby, Secret Bay, Anilao
shortlistedShortlisted!
Pagurian
Through the looking glass
shortlistedShortlisted!
Hippocampus guttulatus
Speckled Seahorse
"Embedded"
This crab moved into the gorgonian to avoid being photographed, so I moved under it and quite like the result.
The Diamond Mine
Parablennius Marmorus
Seaweed Blenny
Helcogramma striata
shortlistedShortlisted!
Parablennius gattorugine
PIPE HOUSE
Another planet, arrow crab on a sea cucumber
Periclemenes shrimps,Raja Ampat.
No place for popcorn shrimps to hide themselves during the night dive.
E T I Q U E T T E
Hard coral crab
Yes I am....
Male Sailfin Blenny
Blue Heron Bridge
A huge hermit crab
Xenocarcinus conicus
A pair of Eggshell shrimps or Coral commensal shrimps(Hamopontonia corallicola), Raja Ampat.
Scyllarus arctus
The Floater - This tiny crinoid clingfish decided my lens port was a better hiding spot than the crinoid….
Lepadogaster lepadogaster
Up side down clingfish
The poser
Canon s120
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging

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Editor's Comment
Great position and background
black goby with eggs(Gobius niger), Zeeland, The Netherlands.
Eye
Seahorse at Blue Heron Bridge
shortlistedShortlisted!
An eating porcelain crab
Grump
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