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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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Lionfish at Shaab Rumi dive site in Sudan. Canon ixus 98... by Jackie Campbell
Lionfish at Shaab Rumi dive site in Sudan.
Canon ixus 980, fisheye lens and single inon d2000 strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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One can get really close to these guys! by Chris Travers
One can get really close to these guys!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South Africa
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Starfish by Kris Williams
Starfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Stargazer burying itself-Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach... by Joel Sarver
Stargazer burying itself-Blue Heron Bridge, Riviera Beach, FL
Nikon D300 with Sea and Sea Housing and Fisheye Lens
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This shot is really worth my DECO=:) by Bernard Maglana
This shot is really worth my DECO=:)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 3, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Crinoid, Palm Island, Townsville, Queensland, Australia by Simon Mittag
Crinoid, Palm Island, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 3, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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My 3 buddies missed this highlight of our dive, busy with... by Bernard Maglana
My 3 buddies missed this highlight of our dive, busy with something else maybe!
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date posted posted: Friday, July 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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canon g9 inon strobes by Ernesto Rodriguez
canon g9 inon strobes
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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I really need some help on this one, it is a worm feeding... by James Francis
I really need some help on this one, it is a worm feeding on coral about 12" long with soft hair like extensions all over which fully retract upon close contact. The colors in the picture are very close what I saw in the water.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bahamas
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Anemones Fish @ Shark Reef by Adolfo Maciocco
Anemones Fish @ Shark Reef
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close encounter with a Weedy Filefish... TARP Kota Kinaba... by Richard Swann
Close encounter with a Weedy Filefish... TARP Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Nikon D2x 24mm lens Manual exposure
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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"Feather Star" This feather star in backlight I shot wit... by Henry Jager
"Feather Star"
This feather star in backlight I shot with a fisheye lens at the marine sanctuary dive spot near kasai village, moalboal, philippines.
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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I spend half of my dive with this beauty...It's amazing, ... by Charly Kotnik
I spend half of my dive with this beauty...It's amazing, isn't it?
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date posted posted: Wednesday, June 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Soft Corals at Ras Za'ataar . Ras Mohamed by Adolfo Maciocco
Soft Corals at Ras Za'ataar .
Ras Mohamed
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 22, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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green turtle and diver Akumal Mexico by Javier Sandoval
green turtle and diver Akumal Mexico
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Juvenile batfish profile by Thomas Dinesen
Juvenile batfish profile
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Diving Lembeh region... Que du bonheur... :O). by Michel Lonfat
Diving Lembeh region... Que du bonheur... :O).
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Acabaria biserialis by Marko Perisic
Acabaria biserialis
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 19, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Similan Islands by Patrick Neumann
Similan Islands
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, June 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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This turtle was attractied to its own reflection in the d... by Jackie Campbell
This turtle was attractied to its own reflection in the dome of my fisheye lens. It swam with me and my buddy for ages with other divers happily oblivious !!
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date posted posted: Friday, June 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Jellfish Rizhostoma pulmo photographed in ambient light. ... by Francesco Pacienza
Jellfish Rizhostoma pulmo photographed in ambient light. No flash.
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 15, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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On the hunt!!! by Bernard Maglana
On the hunt!!!
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date posted posted: Monday, June 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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My mate Andrew getting some close up shots of a Jelly Fis... by Allen Walker
My mate Andrew getting some close up shots of a Jelly Fish....
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 13, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mozambique
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magic mirror by Wanchalerm Ruksrisuk
magic mirror
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 12, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Sea stars. Canon G10, 12mm fisheye. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Sea stars. Canon G10, 12mm fisheye.
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 12, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Epson Red Sea Portfolio by Patrick Neumann
Epson Red Sea Portfolio
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 12, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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2 Ghostpipefish watched closely by my ugly mate/model Bob... by Richard Swann
2 Ghostpipefish watched closely by my ugly mate/model Bob wink Nikon D2x, 12-24 lens, manual exposure- TAR Park Sabah Borneo
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date posted posted: Friday, June 11, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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