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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
Barrel Sponge and Diver taken off the East end of Grand Cayman. The sponge was almost directly under the dive boat, so it was simply a matter of camping out with the camera set up until a diver dropped into frame; which one duly did.
Yellow sponge. Turneffe atoll, Belize. Canon Ixus 980, WA20 Ikelite & Inon D2000.
Sea Fan with lit coral behind
flamingo snail on soft coral,
Pristine Star Coral showing its beauty. Dive Site name Fallen Rock @ Guánica Puerto Rico.
I use my Nikon D80 with 18-55mm with 2 ikelite strobe. Shoot 1/30 sec. at f/9.5 ISO 100.
Grouper chilling under healthy staghorn coral. D300-Tokina 10-17
Eyes, eyes...playing with movement.
Shoot 1/8 sec at f/19. ISO 100
Heniochus intermedius of the Red Sea
the wall at Pescador island
I could come close enough to this friendly Longnose Hawkfish for a 14mm shot!
The Guardian
This Old Puppet was Found in the Baggersee Diez Germany.
Photo taken with Tokina 10-17 Fisheye Zoom

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It's not often you see a human artefact so recognizable underwater
Playing with light. Canon 7D, Sigma 17-70, Aquatica, Inon Z240.
shortlistedShortlisted!
A flash of color behind the bike wheel laying on the wreck of the Halliburton. Utila
Off to sea, this image was taken in a preserve off Grand Bahamas
Hungry Leafy
Canon 7D, Sigma 17-70, Aquatica housing, Inon Z240's.
INTRODUCTORY DIVE AT THE GARDENS .
MUNCH!
fetherstar close focus wide angle
Soft Coral
Anemone..
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging

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nice posed shot Tunc
"Nuisance"
Potatoe Bass at Doodles, Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique
This image is of one of the 30 baby turtles we released north of Grand Bahamas Island. This is a Hawksbill Turtle.
Huge barrel sponge. Turneffe atoll, Belize. Canon Ixus 980, WA20 Ikelite & Inon D2000.
Look Closer II
Close up of Jelly Fish - Off Key West Fla.
Brain coral with chrismas trees and cleaning goby, taken with a 10mm fisheye no crop :-)
Leopard torpedo ray taken in full flight!
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