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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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Butterfly Mountain... Raccoon Butterflyfish by Tony Cherbas
Butterfly Mountain... Raccoon Butterflyfish
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Glorious capture! Timing is everything here and the color balance / exposure is perfect.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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No way out Giant Grouper breakfast , by Khaled Zaki
No way out Giant Grouper breakfast ,
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2016
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Spectactular capture!! Lighting is perfect and the expression on both the fish is priceless!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Queen Angel by Daniel Waldman
Queen Angel
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Museo Isla Mujeres by Daniel Waldman
Museo Isla Mujeres
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Grey Angel by Daniel Waldman
Grey Angel
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Butterfly Fish by Daniel Waldman
Butterfly Fish
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Natica by Francesco Pacienza
Natica
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Close Encounter by Abimael Márquez
Close Encounter
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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scorpionfish resting by Aksems Kuzucu
scorpionfish resting
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 18, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Painted Comber in the cave by Aksems Kuzucu
Painted Comber in the cave
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Painted Comber by Aksems Kuzucu
Painted Comber
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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american crocodile by Susanna Randazzo
american crocodile
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date posted posted: Monday, January 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Seahorse in its environment. Secret Bay Anilao by John Parker
Seahorse in its environment. Secret Bay Anilao
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Manatee by Abimael Márquez
Manatee
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Nurse Shark resting in cave by Daniel Waldman
Nurse Shark resting in cave
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Desperate fish by Mehmet Öztabak
Desperate fish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Crocodile Fish on The Barge by John Parker
Crocodile Fish on The Barge
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hard coral close up by Taner Atilgan
Hard coral close up
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5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trigger portrait by Taner Atilgan
Trigger portrait
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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flounder, night dive, tokina 10-17@17 mm by Marco Gargiulo
flounder, night dive, tokina 10-17@17 mm
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The beginning of life starts as we release baby turtles i... by Steven Anderson
The beginning of life starts as we release baby turtles into the Gulf Stream which is located between the US and Bahamas that flows north and carries turtles on a lifetime journey.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Blue Striped Grunts by Susanna Randazzo
Blue Striped Grunts
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Giant Yellow Froggie by Henley Spiers
Giant Yellow Froggie
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Life on the bottom by Iyad Suleyman
Life on the bottom
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: East China Sea Malaysia
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Stonefish at the Reunion island by Edouard Chéré
Stonefish at the Reunion island
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Trying to figure out which way is up! by Chris Miskavitch
Trying to figure out which way is up!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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An orange sea star at Beatrice in Anilao, Philippines by Marteyne Van Well
An orange sea star at Beatrice in Anilao, Philippines
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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