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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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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.
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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
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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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Misool by Mathieu Foulquié
Misool
21 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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Big Eye Squirrel Fish by Steven Daniel
Big Eye Squirrel Fish
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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The locals call him Leonardo, dive site Turtle Crossing, ... by Larry Polster
The locals call him Leonardo, dive site Turtle Crossing, Roatan
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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langouste à Cozumel by André Bruchez
langouste à Cozumel
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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shy grouper Shot with CANON G9 by Alex Varani
shy grouper
Shot with CANON G9
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Ostracion meleagris. Note the small sheer shrimp on top. ... by Alex Varani
Ostracion meleagris. Note the small sheer shrimp on top.
CANON G9
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Green turtle trying to rid himself of two remora. D300-To... by Larry Polster
Green turtle trying to rid himself of two remora. D300-Tokena 10-17mm
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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UFO by Mathieu Foulquié
UFO
shortlistedShortlisted!
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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sergeant major_Anse Lazio_Praslin by Mathieu Foulquié
sergeant major_Anse Lazio_Praslin
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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rascasse volante à playa del Carmen by André Bruchez
rascasse volante à playa del Carmen
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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friendly Batfish by Naomi Cometto
friendly Batfish
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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sohal, shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro by Simon Gardener
sohal, shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Oman
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divers drifting over a beautiful coral reef, Sogod Bay Pi... by Harald Fauske
divers drifting over a beautiful coral reef, Sogod Bay Pilippines
Tokina 10-17, inon z 240 strobes
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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crinoid_Raja Ampat by Mathieu Foulquié
crinoid_Raja Ampat
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Ribbed Jelly by Andres L-M_larraz
Ribbed Jelly
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 18, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Napoleon wrasse @ Shark's bay Sharm el Sheikh by Adolfo Maciocco
Napoleon wrasse @ Shark's bay
Sharm el Sheikh
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 17, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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