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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)
Pigmy Seahorse.. D100 with 105mm. by Eric Orchin
Pigmy Seahorse.. D100 with 105mm.
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indonesia
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Close up of a squat lobster , Sound of Mull, Scotland by Malcolm Nimmo
Close up of a squat lobster , Sound of Mull, Scotland
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Black pygmee seahorse, barely 1 cm large. Species not yet... by Rob De Vries
Black pygmee seahorse, barely 1 cm large. Species not yet determined. Fuji S2 pro, 60 mm macro lense.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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"Black Pohonti" - Interesting, how this Pygmy was observi... by Henry Jager
"Black Pohonti" - Interesting, how this Pygmy was observing me with one eye :-) Taken at Raja Ampat, West Papua.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 18, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Took snorkeling on the North side, by DiveTech using Niko... by Mordechai Saxon
Took snorkeling on the North side, by DiveTech using Nikonos V with 1:2 exten tube. Fugi 100 iso film.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Cayman islands
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Nudi close-up D200/105 VR by Yves Antoniazzo
Nudi close-up D200/105 VR
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
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different, Yves knows how to fill a frame!
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Close-up of the cerata of an aeolid nudibranch. Nikon D20... by Christian Skauge
Close-up of the cerata of an aeolid nudibranch. Nikon D200, Nexus housing, 2x Inon Z-240 strobes. 105mm, 2x teleconverter, 2x dioptre.
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 11, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Who likes blue eyed blondes ? Hermit Crab in Cerro Godo ... by Juan Torres
Who likes blue eyed blondes ? Hermit Crab in Cerro Godo Beach, Puerto Rico. Taken with Canon G9 in Patima Housing and double stacked macro lenses.
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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2 pygme's, far Northern Great Barrier Reef by Steffen Binke
2 pygme's, far Northern Great Barrier Reef
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Bargabanti Pigmee seahorse, size +/- 1,5 cm. Picture take... by Rob De Vries
Bargabanti Pigmee seahorse, size +/- 1,5 cm. Picture taken with 60mm lense.
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 5, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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I don't remember how many Sea Whips I looked at before I ... by Brian Mayes
I don't remember how many Sea Whips I looked at before I found this Whip Coral Shrimp (Pontonides unciger), but it was a lot. .. > <((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·.¸Canon G9 & stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 4, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Another Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) during a dive... by Marco Waagmeester
Another Pygmy Seahorse (Hippocampus denise) during a dive at Menjangan island, Bali. (Canon G9, Inon strobe D2000w, UCL165 macro lens)
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 3, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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This Sibling Sea Star Shrimp (Periclimenes soror) was a p... by Brian Mayes
This Sibling Sea Star Shrimp (Periclimenes soror) was a pain to capture as it was on the underside of a Crown of Thorns Starfish... > <((((º> `·.¸¸.·´¯`·.¸.·´¯`·...¸> <((((º> ·..Canon G9 & Inon UCL 165 macro lenses
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 2, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Father (or mother) Pygme and son (or daughter), Shot in t... by Steffen Binke
Father (or mother) Pygme and son (or daughter), Shot in the cod hole, Norther Great Barrier Reef!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 1, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Anemone Shrimp in Anilao. by Jim Chambers
Anemone Shrimp in Anilao.
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 16, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Soft coral crab. 2008. Nikon D200. Note: I was not in Br... by Leigh Chapman
Soft coral crab. 2008. Nikon D200. Note: I was not in Brunei, I was in Borneo. But Borneo isn't on the list.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Brunei Darussalam
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Full frame close up of baby Sea Moth (Pegasidae) with gra... by Brian Mayes
Full frame close up of baby Sea Moth (Pegasidae) with grains of sand on it's head. <> <> <> <> Canon G9 and stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses.
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes amboinensis) in Dauin, Phili... by Jim Chambers
Crinoid Shrimp (Periclimenes amboinensis) in Dauin, Philippines. One of the smallest and best camouflaged critters I've ever found!
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on a large sea c... by Brian Mayes
Imperial Shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on a large sea cucumber. <> <> <> <> Canon G9, full frame shot with stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses.
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69 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Spotted Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes oshimai) from Ani... by Jim Chambers
Spotted Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes oshimai) from Anilao.
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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This tiny (15mm) Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella sp.) is co... by Brian Mayes
This tiny (15mm) Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella sp.) is commensal with soft corals. Usually they hide inside the soft coral so you normally only get to see a part of it. Luckily, I found this one on the outside trying to catch some passing food.
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52 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Chelidonura Berolina, one of the smallest sea slugs in th... by Jim Chambers
Chelidonura Berolina, one of the smallest sea slugs in the Caribbean. A type of headshield slug, I shot this one in Little Cayman. About 4 mm. Nikon D200 with 105mm and +3 dioptre.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Head shot of a baby Orange & Black Dragonet (Dactylopus k... by Brian Mayes
Head shot of a baby Orange & Black Dragonet (Dactylopus kuiteri) about 2cm long. <> <> <> <> Canon G9 with stacked Inon UCL-165 macro lenses.
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 8, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Hermodice carunculata is an animal much diffusing in the ... by Fabrizio Frixa
Hermodice carunculata is an animal much diffusing in the Mediterranean. Similar to a large worm it introduces along the flanks of the thorns that transmit a urticante substance if to contact with the skin.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Shrimp on a sea star. Lembeh Streit. by Ugo Gaggeri
Shrimp on a sea star. Lembeh Streit.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Xeno crab - it liked decorating itself with the polys fro... by John M Akar
Xeno crab - it liked decorating itself with the polys from the coral it was living on so does that make it a decorator crab after all?
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date posted posted: Monday, June 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Flabellina pedata. Trefor pier. D200, 2x converter,wet di... by Derek Haslam
Flabellina pedata. Trefor pier. D200, 2x converter,wet diopter.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 21, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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