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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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Two birds wathing, San Benedicto Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Two birds wathing, San Benedicto Mexico
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Manta Ray in Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll taken with Olympus T... by Chris Rodrigues
Manta Ray in Hanifaru Bay, Baa Atoll taken with Olympus TG1. The sun appeared through the clouds causing the mantas reflection while this gentle giant glided past me.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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lemon shark eating by Michael Dornellas
lemon shark eating
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bahamas
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Friendly Turtle at Punta Venado, Playa del Carmen. by Abimael Márquez
Friendly Turtle at Punta Venado, Playa del Carmen.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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A couple of Striated surgeonfish dancing together. by Jessica Fagan
A couple of Striated surgeonfish dancing together.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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'Into The Woods' - A mutton snapper swims through the cor... by Tanya Houppermans
'Into The Woods' - A mutton snapper swims through the coral reefs of Grand Cayman
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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2 double saddle butterfly fish hanging out by Jessica Fagan
2 double saddle butterfly fish hanging out
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Posing green moray by John Stofko
Posing green moray
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) United States
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A very friendly hogfish hogging the camera. by Stuart Spechler
A very friendly hogfish hogging the camera.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Yaaawn by Gabriel De Leon Jr
Yaaawn
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Three-spot wrasse passing by. by Jessica Fagan
Three-spot wrasse passing by.
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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MM by Marko Perisic
MM
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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'Light Ray' - A southern stingray of Grand Cayman by Tanya Houppermans
'Light Ray' - A southern stingray of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Anemone fish looking out. by Jessica Fagan
Anemone fish looking out.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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SMILE! A playful parrotfish seem to smile at my dome by Pietro Cremone
SMILE! A playful parrotfish seem to smile at my dome
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2016
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Wow! Spectacular colors, excellent separation from the background, great angle and capture! Clear winner.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Giants Manta Ray, San Benedicto Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Giants Manta Ray, San Benedicto Mexico
47 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 4, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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EYE IN THE SKY - A jellyfish shot in a particular angle r... by Pietro Cremone
EYE IN THE SKY - A jellyfish shot in a particular angle resembles an eye!
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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a lot going on! by Pepe Suarez
a lot going on!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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American salt water crocodile close-up by Daniel Flormann
American salt water crocodile close-up
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Green turtle comeback by Plamena Mileva
Green turtle comeback
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Spain
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cleaning by Marc Van Den Broeck
cleaning
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Tanzania
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niceface by Marc Van Den Broeck
niceface
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Tanzania
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Where the Sidewalk Ends. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea by Tony Cherbas
Where the Sidewalk Ends. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bismarck Sea Papua New Guinea
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outside the prisoners inside the free by Tony Neal
outside the prisoners inside the free
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 23, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Turtle's planet by Plamena Mileva
Turtle's planet
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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SUNBURST by Marko Perisic
SUNBURST
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date posted posted: Friday, July 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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School of Morish Idol, Isla Isabel Mexico by Alejandro Topete
School of Morish Idol, Isla Isabel Mexico
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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