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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - Super macro

6023 Entries Found: Page 53  of  224
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)
Beautiful Pigmy - No crop
Skeleton shrimps with baby/Tulamben,Indonesia, Canon 5D MarkIII, 100mm Lens,NauticamSmc,Sea&Sea housing,Inon Z240*2, F29,1/200,ISO200
shortlistedShortlisted!
Hairy Squat Lobster (Lauriea siagiani)
Sea Monster!
Just another hairy one. by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
Just another hairy one.
shortlistedShortlisted!
H A I R Y - C O W R I E
Cowrie (ID pls)
Anilao, Philippines.
Hippocampus guttulatus
Diagonal charm
shortlistedShortlisted!
The amphipod by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
The amphipod
STRETCH
Lembeh Sea Dragon
Dactylopus kuiteri
"The nose comes at first" ;-) - The Ghost moray eel or Blue ribbon eel (Rhinomuraena quaesita)
Lady Bug's
Hippocampus Bargibanti, Lembeh strait, Sulawesi.
Lissoporcellana nakasone
Porcelain Crab with Egg
Canon 5DMkiv in Aquatica Digital A5DMkiv
2* Sea&SEa 250pro (manual)
100mmL with 37mm ext.tubes + SMC (no crop)
1/200 f16 iso200
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Perfect composition, great lighting and very lucky to find a crab with eggs
A sea star shrimp on a baby blue sea star
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
the focus on this little critter is just in the right place
"A Fantastic Find!"
A dwarf frogfish on Grand Cayman. This little guy was smaller than a pinky nail, and camouflaged to the color of the sand. This is only the second frogfish I've ever seen in over 500 dives in Cayman.
Marthasterias glacialis
It's like a well design garden.
P I N K - M A M A
Skeleton shrimps with baby (Caprellidae)
Padangbai, Indonesia.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Lissoporcellana nakasone
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging
Blenny
shortlistedShortlisted!
Clownfish embryogenesis.
super macro prison break by Chen Ji
by: Chen Ji
super macro prison break
shortlistedShortlisted!
A tiny broke back shrimp on a piece of bark. 100mm macro and +10 diopter.
Duck-Shrimp in the field of depht
SASIMI shrimp~~very tiny and beautiful shrimp, about 6-8 mm size. only can find at night dive
Hermodice carunculata
Rhythm of the bubbles
Tiger shrimp in Melasti, Amed, Bali
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