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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
Super Star smile
Close encounter with friendly shark
I tried to capture the flash in the reflection of the fishes eye which I was successful with. It was a bit like playing a game of chess as I had to predict the fishes next movement.
Tiger eel
Angelshark
Serranus scriba and anthias sp.
This area had lots of big healthy beautiful elephant ear sponges, caught my buddy cruising over the top!
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2010

Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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wow, that's a biggie! mind you, wide lenses exaggerate perspective which is what makes CFWA so interesting
Osprey Reef. Canon G-10, Ikelite housing, strobes and dome.
There is quite a wide variety of fish around Dog Island.
Sleeping..?
Cardinalfish @ Dumaguete
Turtle head movement trough slow shooter speed, hope you like it !!!!!
Lionfish
Musa cancun
The 10-17mm at work
Aren't my teeth beautifull ?? :-)
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you might see a fish - I see a diagonal
Red sea fan with my dive buddy.
Canon Ixus 100, fisheye lens, single inon D2000 strobe.

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You can't beat a big splash of red
Musa

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photographing art underwater could potentially be a copyright issue. I'd call this 'fair use'
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Giant purple-striped jellyfish in the open ocean, off the coast of southern california. We are at 30m depth, with 300 meters of water underneath us. This jellyfish had it's own ecosystem of fish along with it.
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amazing creature
clowning around
Pelagia noctiluna
sunset at reef
common stingray relaxing in the sand at nassau
North Cyprus
incontro con le meduse
It's raining fish but which one for lunch ? Nikon D2x 35mm lens manual exposure, TAR Park Kota Kinabalu Sabah Borneo
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