Description and judge's comments.

"Spotted Moray "

Jim Kennedy

1

Nikon Coolpix S3 f8.5@1/160th ISO162
"very sharp, nicely composed, and well lit"

"Digging a hole"

Cheryl Berry

 

SeaLife DC300/DC310 f3.5@1/100th ISO 200

"Some weird Goby or something "

Mike McCleskey

hm

Canon PowerShot A610 f3.5@1/60th
"I love the title "some weird Goby or something". That's how a lot of macro is to me. Lovely, interesting, but until I get home and look it up I have no clue what it might be"

"Synchronized Drumming "

Mike McCleskey

 

Canon PowerShot A610 f2.8@1/60th

"Sponge"

Wendy McCleskey

 

SeaLife DC500 f2.8@1/97th ISO50

"Octopus"

Wendy McCleskey

3

Canon PowerShot A610 f2.8@1/60th
"I thought this was a lovely composition, but could be improved with a few very simple phtoshop controls in terms of color balance however the original composition merits a prize all the same."

"Shrimp"

Chuck Brown

 

DSC f4.3@1/90th ISO100

"White Frogfish "

Chuck Brown

 

DSC f3.9@1/73th ISO100

"Yellow Ray "

Jonnie Yaptengco

hm

Canon PowerShot SD630 f2.8@1/60th
"Very sharp, corner to corner"

"Purple Tunicates "

Jonnie Yaptengco

hm

Canon PowerShot SD630 f9@1/60th
"Artful strobe lighting brings massive color."

"Decorator Stingray "

Bill Paskert

 

Olympus C5050z f8@1/1000th ISO64

"Scrawled Filefish "

Bill Paskert

2 

Olympus C5050z f6.3@1/1000th ISO64
The diagonal composition of this filefish combines with the dramatic lighting"