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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - 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 in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Lion fish
Ribbon Eel, Tulamben
Spotted by my wife at the end of a long dive. I just loved the contrast between the size of the baby clown and the white anemone heads
Annenome Crab
Clownfish
exceptional fluorescent coloration of a giant clam's open valve; cropped view.
pterois
Muraena mouth yellow
A tiny little cleaner shrimp. Taken with a Canon EOS 20 D and a 60 mm lens.
Cowfish, Lembeh
Taken on a drift dive at Musandam, got a bit too close for the liking of this little fellow!
False Clown Anemonefish (Amphiprion ocellaris) in Anilao.
shortlistedShortlisted!
posa perfetta
Fish
Clown fish close-up
Shyness.

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kinda different treatment - what with all that negative space
the beautiful blue-girdled angelfish, Raja Ampat
Snorkeling off of Catalina Island.
Fishs - Anthias anthias
Nemo, that little guy was making clicking sounds while I was taken this picture, Canon S70 with macro lens
Nikon D80, 60mm lens
Now that's protection. Lembeh straits. D200, 60mm.
Swimming Lion Fish in the Red Sea
Fish
Do you like my outfit? An beautiful image of a colourful flasher wrasse. They are so diffucult to catch on a picture cause of their constant fast moving.
plankton.or is it a UFO
a lucky aNEMOne fish in its beautifully coloured anemone. Taken in Dauin, Negros.
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