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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
The Guard by Marcello Di Francesco
The Guard
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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More Lionfish action in Roatan by Larry Polster
More Lionfish action in Roatan
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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A portion of scorpion fish.... by Lütfi Tanrıöver
A portion of scorpion fish....
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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procession at the jetty by Afflitti Gianluca
procession at the jetty
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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camo croco by Mathieu Foulquié
camo croco
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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This cut little octopus was just deciding to come out of ... by Andrew Paul Cunliffe
This cut little octopus was just deciding to come out of his hole as I was swimming past, he was in only 10 m of water only 20m from the exit point. Photo was taken on my casio z85 with soft internal flash in Lanzarote
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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A mouth only another Humpback could love! When photograph... by Steven Anderson
A mouth only another Humpback could love! When photographing these creatures not even my 12-24 cuts the deal .....Close shooting! Taken Molokai in Hawaii.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Explosion of lionfish in Roatan, see them on every dive by Larry Polster
Explosion of lionfish in Roatan, see them on every dive
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 10, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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LION FISH VIEW @ LA CHIMENEA LAJAS, P.R. by Carlos Pérez
LION FISH VIEW @ LA CHIMENEA LAJAS, P.R.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Get out of my way! by Burak Dedeler
Get out of my way!
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Disturbing by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Disturbing
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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taken on my casio z85, with internal flash set to soft in... by Andrew Paul Cunliffe
taken on my casio z85, with internal flash set to soft in 15 meters of water after a great dive on the wrecks in Lanzarote.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 8, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Barracuda by Abimael Márquez
Barracuda
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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scorpionfish by Mathieu Foulquié
scorpionfish
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 7, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Yellow sponges by Paul Colley
Yellow sponges
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 6, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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CFWA of yellow & red sponges set against the glorious blu... by Paul Colley
CFWA of yellow & red sponges set against the glorious blues looking up from Babylon, the Cayman dive site well known for its amazing colours.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 6, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Diver by Levent Albas
Diver
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 6, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Longsnout seahorse by Mathieu Foulquié
Longsnout seahorse
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Venezuela
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Raja Ampat crinoids by Mathieu Foulquié
Raja Ampat crinoids
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 3, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Flying in. Friendly green turtle, my wife and diveguide a... by Christian Nielsen
Flying in. Friendly green turtle, my wife and diveguide at El Puertito, Tenerife. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Lionfish by Mathieu Foulquié
Lionfish
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mayotte
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Diver with gas masks in one of the cargo holds of the Fuj... by Jackie Campbell
Diver with gas masks in one of the cargo holds of the Fujikawa Maru in Truk Lagoon smile
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2011
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there's lots of manmade stuff all over Truk but it takes some skill to put it in context. I could see this as a magazine shot
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Boo windows by Mathieu Foulquié
Boo windows
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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The Nature by Lütfi Tanrıöver
The Nature
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Sweetlips on the coral... by Ahmet Yay
Sweetlips on the coral...
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Large school of Horse-eye Jacks by Larry Polster
Large school of Horse-eye Jacks
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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crinoïd by Mathieu Foulquié
crinoïd
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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