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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)
Roughback shrimp, have to look closely just to be sure I saw them in the first place. They can grow up to max 1.15"
Red horns
"Vibrance"
Possibly the most vibrant critter I have seen in Cayman.
Gaudy clown crab blending in with the orange sponge. Camouflage is the key to survival.
"Framed"
A Squat Anemone Shrimp framed by two arms of an anemone.
shortlistedShortlisted!
G O O D - N I G H T
Orange-Bobtail squid (Euprymna scolopes)
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
D I N N E R
Skeleton shrimp (Caprellidae)
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
"Crazy Eyes"
Close up of a Blenny. Achieved with Subsea +10 and +5 stacked on a 100mm macro lens.
"Goldy"
This golden fish was so small. It is sitting on a Purple Rope Sponge on the edge of the wall.
Squat Shrimp
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Great pose and excellent tones on this pic
P U N K
Hairy Squat Lobster
super small pygmy squid (105+10subsee) the white background is achieved using the highly reflective sand and enhanced with PS
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Emperor shrimp on seacucumber
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015

Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging
fast colours
"Stare Down"
A Roughhead Blenny shot with a +10 Diopter.
"Purple Nest"
Two Tritonia on a Purple Sea Fan.
Pigmy's picnic
"Field of Flowers"
A Landscape view of coral polyps.
Kyonemichthys Rumengani
3194x2129
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Yellow Crinoid Shrimp
Macro
Hi Divers
Nudibranch
Face to face.
Hollow
4068x2712
When I saw this shrimp holding its ground & posing against the sponge, I knew I had to take the photo as they are usually shy and keeps moving around to hide.
Red hairy shrimp
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