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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Close Focus

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shots taken with a WIDE ANGLE (or fisheye) lens having 1) a well defined close subject (usually strobe-lit) AND 2) a wide angle BACKGROUND with a second subject, usually a diver

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"SAD MOMENTS" Today I've seen a very long fishing net fi... by Roland Bach
"SAD MOMENTS"
Today I've seen a very long fishing net fixed on the bottom. Representative of so many animals in the net I show you this poor scorpion fish. On this spot is fishing absolutely forbidden. Sorry, even those images must be documented.
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Not only that this is a good shot with superb exposure, it also wakes us all up and reminds us what we are diving and shooting for. A very clear message in your photo, Roland....and this makes it a well deserved winner-shot :-)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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At the bottom. by Sergey Lisitsyn
At the bottom.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The flight of a turtle by Abimael Márquez
The flight of a turtle
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Micro Fisheye Lens - Olympus XZ-1 Tulamben shipwreck - Bali by Andy Chan
Micro Fisheye Lens - Olympus XZ-1
Tulamben shipwreck - Bali
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Coral growing below the US Flag on the Spiegel Grove in K... by Luke Popwell
Coral growing below the US Flag on the Spiegel Grove in Key Largo, Florida. Camera used 5D Mark ii, 16-35 ii with I-non Z-240 x 2
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Lion Fish & Diver at Elphinstone Reef. Fish-Eye 10.5 mm by Jonathan Sala
Lion Fish & Diver at Elphinstone Reef. Fish-Eye 10.5 mm
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trumpet Fish, Fish-Eye 10.5 mm by Jonathan Sala
Trumpet Fish, Fish-Eye 10.5 mm
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pot Bellied seahorses are unlike other seahorses as they ... by Richard Wylie
Pot Bellied seahorses are unlike other seahorses as they can travel quite large distances and are happy to swim around. This guy was swimming between the pylons under Rye Pier.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Giant Barrel Sponge II-Weda Bay-Halmahera by Richard Goluch
Giant Barrel Sponge II-Weda Bay-Halmahera
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date posted posted: Friday, April 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Tétrodon à points noirs - ( Arothron nigropunctatus ) ... by Giafferi Jonathan
Tétrodon à points noirs - ( Arothron nigropunctatus ) Groupe : Tetraodontiformes - Sous-groupe : Tetraodontidés.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 27, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Seafan and sponges by Pietro Cremone
Seafan and sponges
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Common Lionfish-Shark Alley-Weda Bay,Halmahera by Richard Goluch
Common Lionfish-Shark Alley-Weda Bay,Halmahera
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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I need sunglasses! Froggie Geraldine taking a sun bath... by Mona Dienhart
I need sunglasses!
Froggie Geraldine taking a sun bath :-)
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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" art of medusa " taken with 10,5mm fisheye + 1,4x conv. by Roland Bach
" art of medusa "
taken with 10,5mm fisheye + 1,4x conv.
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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RED Hind at Cleaning Station by Steven Daniel
RED Hind at Cleaning Station
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Turks and Caicos islands
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BALISTES CAROLINENSIS by Alberto Gallucci
BALISTES CAROLINENSIS
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Reef Scenic with Diver , Roatan, Honduras- West End Wall.... by David Gilchrist
Reef Scenic with Diver , Roatan, Honduras- West End Wall.
Canon S 100 in Canon housing
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Soft Coral in Djibouti. Balise air France Spot by Marc Grau
Soft Coral in Djibouti. Balise air France Spot
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 22, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Aden Djibouti
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Jellyfish soup-night dive-Weda Bay,Halmahera Island by Richard Goluch
Jellyfish soup-night dive-Weda Bay,Halmahera Island
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 20, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Tortuga by Andres L-M_larraz
Tortuga
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 19, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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B&W jellyfish by Francesco Pacienza
B&W jellyfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Soft in the light by Pietro Cremone
Soft in the light
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 18, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Just 20 feet off the coast of the island of Bonaire. by Reta Flynt
Just 20 feet off the coast of the island of Bonaire.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Coral Bouquet-Weda Bay ,Halmahera Island by Richard Goluch
Coral Bouquet-Weda Bay ,Halmahera Island
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Queen Anglefish Gets Electric! by Richard Apple
Queen Anglefish Gets Electric!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 17, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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"Pot Bellied Seahorse B&W". taken with a Tokina 10-17mm w... by Richard Wylie
"Pot Bellied Seahorse B&W". taken with a Tokina 10-17mm with a 1.4 teleconverter.
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Manta at German Channel, Rep of Palau, Micronesia by Jonathan Sala
Manta at German Channel, Rep of Palau, Micronesia
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Micronesia
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