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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)
Shrimp up close and personal
S C A R L E T
Pygmy seahorse
(Hippocampus bargibanti)
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Hermit Crab East of Doha - Qatar by Khaled Zaki Super Macro
Quick face to face (+10 diopter)
Squat lobster in a sponge. taken with a 20mm reversed 5:1 reproduction ratio
Crab, acting light a traffic police .
Red Snapping Shrimp (Alpheus armatus)
A whole new world .... Lemon Goby
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Tiny Mantis Shrimp shot with +10 and +5 Subsee diopters stacked (No cropping).
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~ Old Blue Eyes ~
gammaridean amphipod on a solitary gorgonian
Colourful's home
I didn't do it, I've been framed... This cute little pygmy seahorse was doing their usual trick of turning his back and looking away. However, a lot of patience finally paid off with him framed in an opening in the fan.
The domes... taken with a reversed lens, 5 times life size magnification
The eye of a hairy frogfish
Feather pillow
f18 1/320 ISO100 105mm
Nikon 7100 Nauticam
2x Z240 Strobes
Blenny face, Klein Bonaire
Secretary Blenny (Acanthemblemaria maria)
Mother's Day
Hippocampus bargibanti.
Christmas Tree Worm in the waters of the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. Olympus TG 4
The hatchery
Pipefish,
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Editor's Comment
Getting a shot like this is not easy! Very impressive and powerful image!
The porcelain pen
ISO100 F14 1/320 105mm
Nauticam 7100 Z240 x2
+5 Subsea
Shot was taken at sunset house sea-pool with a D300 nikon VR105mm in a Ikelite housing with two ds160 strobes Shutter-200 ISO-800 F-Stop -13 he was about a foot away from the waters edge i have never seen one there but the sea-pool is a great spot
Christmas Tree Worm (Spirobranchus giganteus)
Pipehorse in Saint Lucia
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