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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)
Denise pygmy sea horse.
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"bunny"
This is a little Red Cling Fish i found him on north wall dive out on the water with DNS DIVING check us out
'Underwater Gargoyle'
Half Way up the Stairs. Sea Pen Shrimp - Latreutes sp. Mae Haad, Gulf of Thailand, EM5-Oly 60mm-1/160-f8-iso200-Inon D2000-Inon UCL 165-h2o tools+5 x2
Angry Blenny!
Glass... Using 3 strobes and a wet lens I was able to illuminate its glass like texture
4mm Hairy Algae Shrimp shot with white slate backdrop.
Olympus OMD E-M1 with 60mm +SMC+SMC Multiplier
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'Sea Badger'
Roughhead Blenny (Acanthemblemaria aspera), St Lucia
Olympus EM5, Olympus 60mm, Nauticam SMC
S&S YD-D1, Retra LSD Prime snoot
1/250 f11 ISO 200
Sexy Shrimp - Thor amboinensis
Very Small Nudi
Nembrotha yonowae
So Orange
Unusually orange Pigmy Seahorse
4948x3299
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Perfect WB, perfect lighting, great composition, spot-on focus. Excellent work!
Red Banner Blenny (Emblemariopsis ramirezi)
B O B B Y
Bobtail squid (Sepiolida)
Anilao, Philippines. May 2014
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Canon 5Diii in Aquatica
S&S 250pro with Reefnet snoot
100mmL with stacked Aquatica +10 [hand-held] +5
1/125 f18 iso160
Saw-Blade Shrimp with eggs on a finger sponge
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~ A Closer Look ~
The rhinophores of either the Janolus capensis or Janolus longidentatus. I say either as its impossible to tell these two apart unless you seen laying their egg mass.
Green shrimp
Grinch shrimp - Phychocaris sp.
Lembeh Sea Dragon in Anilao.
It's slow but constant movement make it a difficult subject, not to mention its diminutive state.
Pair of Yellow Pygmy Gobies,Anilao,Phillippines.
An amazing creature the Harlequin Shrimp is a riot of color and contours!
G R E E N . L A N D
Sea slug (Costasiella kuroshimae)
Anilao, Philippines. April 2015
A Beautiful Boxer! Taken with a 100mm macro and +5 diopter on a black back drop.
Emperor in the Spotlight
A Flower and its Amphipod Dweller
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