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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

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Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters, or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Flabellina rubrolineata_Dec 2023
(Canon100, 1/250,f16,iso100)
A Dennis seahorse in a flowering
Vir philippinensis shrimp on bubble coral
This very young frog fish was about 3mm in length. Difficult shot. Image was taken at Anilao, Philippines
Thorunna daniellae nudibranch_Nha Trang_March 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f18,iso100)
Hypselodoris maculosa_Nha Trang_March 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f13,iso100)
Warty/Yellow Crab - Eriphia verrucosa Eye
Coryphellina exoptata. I took a few to practice with the new wet super macro lens. And then this nudibranch is very photogenic and I really enjoy photographing it_Feb 2024
(Canon100,1/200,f13,iso100)
Chromodoris fidelis_March 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f14,iso100)
Goniobranchus albonares nudibranch_Feb 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
Coryphellina exoptata nudibranch _Feb 2024
(Canon 100,1/200,f14,iso100)
Nudibrach, Anilao, Philippines
Tiny coral fish_Feb 2024
(Canon100, 1/200,f16,iso100)
Ladybug (Amphipod)
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
CAPRELLA SPP.
REUNION 2023
Juvenile Feather Duster Worm (4mm across) located under Edithburgh Jetty(pier) South Australia
Juvenile candy crab
Winner Monthly HotShots
Red goby with eggs
Achaeus spinosus
Pretzel
Close up of a beautiful Elysia ornata flatworm with its typical translucent greenish-yellow color dotted with black & white and the broad parapodia each bordered by an orange band and a black margin_Goa_Dec 2023
(Canon100, 1/200,f18,iso100)
Bumble bee shrimp
"Eye of the Queen"
Queen Conch - Key Largo, FL
Panasonic LX100 w/ Nauticam Housing
Light & Motion Sola 9600 Lights
3rd place Monthly HotShots
This is a photo of a porcelain crab on sea pen. Taken at Anilao, Batangas
Thiis is a photo of a lemon goby in his natural habitat. Taken at Anilao, Batangas.
Paracentrotus lividus
SEA URCHIN
Octopus macropus
EYE
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