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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)
Odonata - 100mm +3x diopter
Bargibanti, close-up
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Crab Portrait
Whip coral shrimp (Pontonides unciger) on Cirripathes sp. wire coral, Bali Indonesia - (Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
THE EYE. Eye of a cuttle fish. I found this girl putting her eggs into a very tiny crevice in the rocks, and after a moment to get sure that I wouldn't harm her, she continued with her work allowing me to approach very close
apnea super macro,a real challenge...
Another blenny smiling for the camera, note eyelashes above the left eye.
Cavalluccio/
D300-60mm with Subsee adaptor
Mantis Shrimp Eye (Odontodactylus scyllarus) - Batu Niti, Bali
As i was coming very close, it turned out that the shrimps punch couldn't break my Inon macro lens..
(Canon G9, Inon D2000w, 2xUCL165)
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Porcelein Crab
105mm macro lens and +2 diopter
pesci trombetta/fotografati ad Archi, una delle tante immersioni che si possono effettuare a Reggio Calabria.
I trombetta sono stati fotografati ad una profondità di metri 12 circa.
found in Lembeh; D200
Red and white
small and resting
taken with 105mm macro lens with 1.4x converter
The eye in the sand. Greater weever buried in the sand waiting for some "food" passing by.
Bobtail squid at Goraici close to Ternate.
Canon 500D + EF100mm Macro IS + EF25 extension tube + wetdiopter.
The size of the squid is around 10mm.
Bumblebee shrimp, Gnatophyllum elegans. A very common species, but difficut to see, and more difficult to find one well placed to take a good picture of it.
Shrimps on Whip
Marginalla sp.
False Bay
Cape Town
We found this frogfish whilst doing some exploratory dives on our family's land, north of Madang. It posed happily for my 105mm
Porcelain Crab shot with a Nikon d300, 105mm lens, and SubSee +10 adapter.
Hard Coral Polyps
Bubble back
d300 105 mm with +10 diopter
Red Sea Rockskipper
Octopus eye. This guy was walking around the reef trying to find something to eat. It took me much time to get him enough confident to stay at only 2 or 3 inches away from my camera, but the result was worth it.
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