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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)
Pink Wall, Sabang Phillipines
Sinister Scorpionfish
Off the coast of North Carolina.
You like my hat? Leafish on sponge taken in Mabul w/Nikon D70.
Toadfish: Took this one off the coast of North Carolina.
Got this little guy off the WW II Sub U-352 in Morehead City, N.C.
Little crab on black coral.
Perhentian island.
C-5050 with external strobe.
Yellowbarred Jawfish with eggs. Taken in Kapalai.
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Dragon Moray, Hawaii. D-100
This was taken in the Exumas with Canon 20D Ikelight DS 125 strobes
Pink Scorpionfish among pulsating Xenia
Puerto Galera, Phillipines December 2004
Taken using an Olympus c-700 series
I love the texture and color pattern on the fins and back, nature is truly beautiful.
Moray eel, Kona Hi. D-100
NUDIBRANCH: Take off the coast of Morehead City, N.C. on the German WW II Sub U-352
Crown Of Thorns/Sunburst
D-100, Kona
Moray Eel taken in the shallows Rarotonga.
Olympus C4040 Zoom.
Smile! Photo of a clown fish taken in Anilao, Philippines using a Canon Digital IXUS 400 (without strobes).
Peterson cleaner, Bonaire
This was taken with a video camera, Sony PC350 in a L&M Mako housing w/ambient light
Painted Telia. Bear Cove, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
Arrow Crab. Bonaire.
King Of The Sea. Photo of a lion fish taken in Anilao, Philippines using a Canon Digital IXUS 400 camera, without strobes.
Chain Moray. Bonaire.
Shrimp in Anemone. This was taken in Anilao, Philippines using a Canon Digital IXUS 400 camera without strobes.
This is a Yellow Margined Moray Eel taken at Pokai Bay, off of the west coast of Oahu.
Nude-ibranch. This is a picture of nudibranchs mating. Picture taken in Anilao, Philippines using a Canon Digital IXUS 400 camera.
Smile! U R on CAMERA! -zebra urchin crab Close up, taken with c5060z, fl20.
Taken in Cozumel Mexico with Sea & Sea MM II Ex and single strobe
Shot in Burma, Mergui Archipelago, on Black Rock with Nikon D100, 60 mm macro. Harlequin Shrimp in a fight with some kind of ghost shrimp.
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