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Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not 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 NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Hermit crab hiding out in a tidepool at Devereux Beach in Isla Vista, California
Taken on TG-6 with Sola 1200 video light on PT-059 Housing
Sea horse family and shrimp
Seahorse and his baby
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Hipocampus, Pygmy Seahorse on coral fan. Taken off Anilao, Phillipines. Nikon D850, f25, 1/320th, ISO 640, 105mm
Blue striped Fang blenny
Who’s there?
Cucumber Art.
Detail of a Sea Cucumber. Malapascua, Visayan Sea.
Olympus TG-4 with INON strobe. ISO 200, Aperture f/6.3, Shutterspeed 1/200.
Frog fish
Golden seahorse - Hippocampus fuscus
In 1 lake I dive quite a lot in winter, there are frogs found under water. I really like that. The frogs are found at 16-20m depth. And the special thing is that you can see that the waterpressure makes the frogs flat. But they are still alive.
Carpilius convexus (variable coral crab) (f/5.6, 1/80, IS... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Carpilius convexus (variable coral crab) (f/5.6, 1/80, ISO-200, 50mm). - Erik
Milk conch With Marelux soft
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Small crab on corals in the Red sea. If you just swim over these corals you will not see the small crabs. You have to look really carefull and then you see them.
The cleaning shrimp Cuapetes sp. saying "Hi" and smiling ... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
The cleaning shrimp Cuapetes sp. saying "Hi" and smiling into the camera. (f/9, 1/100, ISO-500, 50mm, UCL-165). - Erik
proportion
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Seahorse taken in the Netherlands. A few years ago, a seahorse was rare in my country, but last year there were over 15 different seahorses found. It is amazing that we have these creatures in our murky waters.
hypselodoris with egg
Yellow Clown Frogfish
Periclimenes longicarpus (anemone partner shrimp) with En... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Periclimenes longicarpus (anemone partner shrimp) with Entacmaea quadricolor (bubble-tip anemone). (f/8, 1/80, ISO-200, 42mm, UCL-165). - Els
The Hide Away
Silvertip nudibranch taking shelter underneath a false plume sea-anemone
Juvenile Antennarius maculatus (warty frogfish) in its en... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Juvenile Antennarius maculatus (warty frogfish) in its environment. (f/5, 1/160, ISO-1250, 34mm, no strobe only torch). - Erik
white hat
Proud parent and off-springs. Sea anemones can reproduce normally but can also clone asexually
Hairy shrimp with eggs
okercrab
red chimney
A carpet of square-mouth striped anemones
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