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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
Stonefish yawn... just like a frogfish by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Stonefish yawn... just like a frogfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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5 Gas flame nudi's sitting in a tree...... All 5 have a ... by Charles Wright
5 Gas flame nudi's sitting in a tree......
All 5 have a differeent colour variation, no nudi's were moved for the shot they were all on the one small bommie.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 17, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Corals from the darkness by Sangut Santoso
Corals from the darkness
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Stonefish at home between the stones. by Dray Van Beeck
Stonefish at home between the stones.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Devil Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) and Diver by Adolfo Maciocco
Devil Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopsis diabolus) and Diver
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pillow Starfish- Bat Cave, Saipan MP by Martin Dalsaso
Pillow Starfish- Bat Cave, Saipan MP
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date posted posted: Monday, September 13, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Hypselodoris Picta, Hangin Out! Almost touching the dome... by Karl Marchant
Hypselodoris Picta, Hangin Out!
Almost touching the dome as he preens in front of the mirror.
Should be in Nudibranch category but its not Macro, D300, Sigma 10mm
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 11, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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CFWA, of the amazing corals at Rainbow reef in the Maldiv... by Jackie Campbell
CFWA, of the amazing corals at Rainbow reef in the Maldives.
......easy to see where the reef gets its name.
Canon ixus 100, inon fisheye lens and single inon d2000.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 9, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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White Lion by Pietro Formis
White Lion
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Underwater mystery by Abimael Márquez
Underwater mystery
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Moray, North Bahamas, West End by Richard Mirande
Moray, North Bahamas, West End
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date posted posted: Monday, September 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Sunny day at Buyat bay, north Sulawesi by Reidar Opem
Sunny day at Buyat bay, north Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Seahorse on rocks. Taken with Nikon D60, with Nikkor 18-5... by Francesco Pacienza
Seahorse on rocks. Taken with Nikon D60, with Nikkor 18-55 in Easydive Leo housing. One strobe, Nikonos SB105.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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The red garden Nikon D200, 10,5mm nikon,twin strobo Wak... by Marchione Giacomo
The red garden
Nikon D200, 10,5mm nikon,twin strobo
Wakatobi 2010
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010

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Another classic CFWA from Marchione. Colorful foreground with relaxed diver behind
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Cuttlefish with my guide Wayan. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye... by Christian Nielsen
Cuttlefish with my guide Wayan. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.

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always good to show some diver/critter ineration Christian
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sponge and diver by Alin Ardelean
Sponge and diver
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Diving in Sharm by Pietro Formis
Diving in Sharm
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lion Fish resting on the sea fan by Alin Ardelean
Lion Fish resting on the sea fan
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Large school of silversides at Big Tunnels in Grand Cayma... by Steven Gollehon
Large school of silversides at Big Tunnels in Grand Cayman. Taken with Nikon d300s using Tokina 10-17 wide angle fisheye lens.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Acropora & Diver by Adolfo Maciocco
Acropora & Diver
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Interesting lens effect from sunlight at Devil's Grotto i... by Steven Gollehon
Interesting lens effect from sunlight at Devil's Grotto in Grand Cayman.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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From Marmara Island. Taken with Nİkon D80, Nikon 10,5mm f... by Alp Baranok
From Marmara Island. Taken with Nİkon D80, Nikon 10,5mm fisheye lens, 2x YS110 strobe.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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"2500". Celebrating my dive no 2500 ( in the year 2008 ) ... by Rico Besserdich
"2500". Celebrating my dive no 2500 ( in the year 2008 ) with my friend erol & a turtle :-) I hope, that's the right category since in fact a macro lens was used ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Black Frogfish - blue eyes ! by Hilal Matta
Black Frogfish - blue eyes !
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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taking the photo pose.. by Jimmy Mazoue
taking the photo pose..
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Macau
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Hairy Frogfish with diver. TAR Park Kota Kinabalu Sabah, ... by Richard Swann
Hairy Frogfish with diver. TAR Park Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Borneo
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The old 'mask reflection' shot...
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Plumose anemones in the "Emerald Sea". Vancouver, BC Can... by Lee Newman
Plumose anemones in the "Emerald Sea". Vancouver, BC
Canon 30D in an Ikelite housing with a 15 mm FE and DS-160 strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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