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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)
"touch me" by Walter Bassi
"touch me"
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Ligurian Sea Italy
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Circles by Marco Gargiulo
Circles
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2014

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77 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Blenny by Marco Gargiulo
Blenny
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53 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 9, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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"ON THE TOP" by Isabella Maffei
"ON THE TOP"
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Camotes Sea Indonesia
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Dunga ocellata by Uwe Schmolke
Dunga ocellata
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 8, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Pigmy Squid by Marco Fierli
Pigmy Squid
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date posted posted: Monday, April 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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nikon D2x 105 micro by Puddu Massimo
nikon D2x 105 micro
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date posted posted: Monday, April 7, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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This baby Bobtail Squid came quite close, investigating t... by Jeannot Kuenzel
This baby Bobtail Squid came quite close, investigating the Alien intruders, visiting his world. Did you know that a Bobtail Squid is emitting just enough bio-luminescence towards the sea-floor to make him invisible against the surface?
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Look at me! The eye of a John Dori, looking at his reflec... by Jeannot Kuenzel
Look at me! The eye of a John Dori, looking at his reflection in the lens. The JD actually stopped and stayed motionless, staring at his reflection for about a minute...
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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This is Oceanic Art - the tail of a juvenile Slipper-lobs... by Jeannot Kuenzel
This is Oceanic Art - the tail of a juvenile Slipper-lobster glows in beautiful colors, just before he propels himself out of sight with a couple of contractions.
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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A Mediterranean Bobtail Squid in its near-perfect stealth... by Jeannot Kuenzel
A Mediterranean Bobtail Squid in its near-perfect stealth mode. They use their arms and suckers to cover themselves with sand and debris. When their pray gets close, they shoot up and catch it. Did u know that they emit bio-luminescence?
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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This is probably what a crab sees when it looks down its ... by Jeannot Kuenzel
This is probably what a crab sees when it looks down its arms... Did you know that these hairs can pick up water movement as small as the equivalent of the energy of a few photons (much like the body-hair on spiders). :o
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date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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An unknown species of plankton. I actually found this by ... by Jeannot Kuenzel
An unknown species of plankton. I actually found this by chance, since it could only be seen when lit from the side or from behind - as it is fully see-through and only 2cm long...
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
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Graphic lines, Branchiomma sp. by Marco Gargiulo
Graphic lines, Branchiomma sp.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pederson cleaner shrimp in corkscrew anemone. Took a few ... by Jim Catlin
Pederson cleaner shrimp in corkscrew anemone. Took a few shots to get the correct angle of this little guy, head on and back into his anemone. Shot with +15 Subsee diopters at 42mm (4/3rds)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Pontohi pygmy seahorse. Nikon D300S, Nikkor 105 +TC14+ Su... by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Pontohi pygmy seahorse. Nikon D300S, Nikkor 105 +TC14+ Subsee 5
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 6, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Graphic lines by Marco Gargiulo
Graphic lines
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Goby in a bottle by Marco Gargiulo
Goby in a bottle
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
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Saron(Marble eyed) shrimp. Bunaken. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Saron(Marble eyed) shrimp. Bunaken.
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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file clams upclose by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
file clams upclose
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date posted posted: Saturday, April 5, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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A Blenny in Bunaken. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
A Blenny in Bunaken.
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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A cuttelfish's eye. by Steven Withofs
A cuttelfish's eye.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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mediterranean seahorse by Oscar Miralpeix
mediterranean seahorse
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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One of the very few anemones that settled in Malta harbor... by Jeannot Kuenzel
One of the very few anemones that settled in Malta harbors a translucent shrimp in a wonderful symbiotic relationship...
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
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Not only are these embryonic squid (Loligo vulgaris) prot... by Jeannot Kuenzel
Not only are these embryonic squid (Loligo vulgaris) protected by their see-through eggs, but these translucent walls also allow their developing vision to be stimulated constantly,- a sense that squid use intensely when hunting...
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
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date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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1-2mm long red critters on soft coral by Samantha Buonvino
1-2mm long red critters on soft coral
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Algae Shrimp about less than 1cm by Ken Thongpila
Algae Shrimp about less than 1cm
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date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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