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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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Grotto Buffet. Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) wit... by Nina Baxa
Grotto Buffet.
Nassau Grouper (Epinephelus striatus) with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 9mm, dual UFL-2 strobes.
f/4, 1/80sec, ISO320.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"Well, Mr. alien, up there you have Arrábida's cliffs, wh... by Diogo Ferreira
"Well, Mr. alien, up there you have Arrábida's cliffs, which are one of the scenic highlights of this natural park, but the climate is a little dry for me, I prefer it down here despite of the anoying seagulls trying to bite my legs off..."
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date posted posted: Monday, June 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Portugal
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Grouper close-up portrait This grouper was brave enough ... by Dmitry Starostenkov
Grouper close-up portrait
This grouper was brave enough to allow me to get very close. I almost touched his nose by camera dome port.
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date posted posted: Monday, June 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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"Greetings Mr. Alien, feel welcome into my world, just be... by Diogo Ferreira
"Greetings Mr. Alien, feel welcome into my world, just be careful not to harm any of us, or damage our houses.
My name is Pedro Crab and I'll be your guide for today..."
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 8, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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Antedon Mediterranen by Salvatore Ianniello
Antedon Mediterranen
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 8, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Light, color, texture with static subject by Steven Miller
Light, color, texture with static subject
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Reef life by Nonna Pokras
Reef life
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Family of Anemones 90ft down submarine canyon Carmel Cali... by Dave Difiore
Family of Anemones 90ft down submarine canyon Carmel California
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Aerobatic formation under water - a group of mobulas by Andre Philip
Aerobatic formation under water - a group of mobulas
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 6, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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...a chance to make a picture - Eagle ray, Canon EOS40D, ... by Ivan Vychodil
...a chance to make a picture - Eagle ray, Canon EOS40D, Sigma 10mm/2,8 fisheye, 1/125 at f/13, Ikelite housing with 2 strobes DS200 and DS160
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"IMPACT" by Ellen Cuylaerts
"IMPACT"
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Huge orange barrel sponge at Cobalt Coast by Jim Catlin
Huge orange barrel sponge at Cobalt Coast
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Flying flounder #2 by Marco Gargiulo
Flying flounder #2
58 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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High speed - a bluefin trevally very close by Andre Philip
High speed - a bluefin trevally very close
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Family by Dmitry Vinogradov
Family
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Philippines
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Cabo Pulmo by Eduardo Acevedo
Cabo Pulmo
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 4, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Flying Flounder by Marco Gargiulo
Flying Flounder
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Illegal fishing inside the Marine Reserve A.M.P. Punta Ca... by Marco Gargiulo
Illegal fishing inside the Marine Reserve A.M.P. Punta Campanella
42 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Black coral - 60 meters. Lanzarote by Alexia Dunand
Black coral - 60 meters. Lanzarote
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Friend Felix the Grouper and my buddy. Canary Islands, wh... by Alexia Dunand
Friend Felix the Grouper and my buddy. Canary Islands, where oil drilling from Repsol has been approved by the Spanish government yesterday..and where fish like Felix and many other marine species might be at risk from now on...
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Lovely CFWA with diver in background, nice work.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Green turtle by Eduardo Acevedo
Green turtle
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 30, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Help! by Marco Gargiulo
Help!
shortlistedShortlisted!
54 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 30, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mediterranean Anglerfish, the flight by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Anglerfish, the flight
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 29, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mediterranean Anglerfish, new shots by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Anglerfish, new shots
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45 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Mors tua, Vita mea by Marco Gargiulo
Mors tua, Vita mea
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
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date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Starfish, worms and diver. by Alexia Dunand
Starfish, worms and diver.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Spain
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Turtle and diver @ Seychelles by Maarten Elzinga
Turtle and diver @ Seychelles
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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