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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)
a couple of candy crabs on the softcoral
Acreichthys sp
Juvenile File Fish with Sea Pen
First time seeing these tiny bananas!
Smile and wave, smile and wave ... !
Porcelain Crab - Porcellanidae sp.
Mae Haad, Thailand
Bzzzzzzzzzzz
Gnathophyllum americanum
BUMBLE BEE
Double macro, Full moon night diving
shortlistedShortlisted!
Dance with me
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2017
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging

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Unique shot that did dance straight to the second place
Eumicrotremus orbis, Pacific Spiny Lumpsucker in soft focus
"I've got my eye on you", striped triplefin(Helcogramma striata), Raja Ampat.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Featherlight
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Beautiful super macro shot with great colors, compostition and focus
Caprella sp.
3 Ball ..in the side pocket
Acyrtus artius / Papillate Clingfishes
shortlistedShortlisted!
Dardanus calidus
Stunning looking
S I L K Y
Goby on Sea pen
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Small Coral Crab
Head Shot, Lebbeus grandimanus
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Elysia ornata
Squat Shrimp/Lembeh strait, Indonesia, Canon 5D MarkIII, 100mm Lens, Noodilab Moby,InonZ240*2,F22,1/160,ISO200
Hippocampus guttulatus
SELF CONFIDENCE
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Bumblebee Shrimp
Gnathophyllum americanum
"thou shall not pass!!!" blenny defending the nest full of eggs (some with eyes already) shot with 60/2.8 and bugeye
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Blenny from Ishigaki
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Special 1
~ Hatching ~
Anemone hermit crabs have a special relationship with a specific anemone: they find them and persuade them to set up house on their shells, where the anemones protect the hermit with their stinging cells, the hermit provides them with a mobile home.
Green algae shrimp with eggs.
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