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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - swimming

12968 Entries Found: Page 253  of  481
Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Strait from the dark...cornetfish
A tiny baby Spotfin Lionfish (Pterois antennata), even more beautiful than the adult version....¸> <((((º> .....Canon G9 & Inon UCL-165 close up lens
Puffer's details
boxy
A little jellyfish (Aurelia aurita), note the pink mature sexual apparatus.
Little Filefish (Monacanthidae sp.) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
Cuttlefish ready to run..
Taken in Biograd/Croatia
Night stranger
"Psycho" Still can't believe the riotous colours of these guys :o)
Blue Ribbon Eel portrait (Rhinomuraena quaesita) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, UCL165)
Nemo's Bandana
Robust ghost pipefish
"I like flowers in my house!"
The Encounter with a big Tench during one of my last dive... Que du Bonheur... :O)...
1 big one, 1 small one. A pair of my favourite angelfish caught in the same frame
Pelagia noctiluca, a untouchable beauty.
Canon G10, internal flash.
"Rim of Fire" Juv. Batfish taken under DuCoMil Pier :o)
Lionfish
Passenger
say squid ;-)
Hawaiian White Spotted Toby
Swimming cleaner shrimp (Urocaridella antonbruunii) - Tulamben, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
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how to isolate a subject from its background using depth of field!
Mom and Dad hanging out. D300-60mm
Clark's Anemonefish (Juvenile) from Madivaru, Rasdhoo Atoll - Maldives.
"Flying"
Canon G7 with external flash Inon D2000 Macro lens addition.
Full frame
"Pure Silk"
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