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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
Blue Spotted ray taken with a Canon G9 and Ikellite DS51 ... by James Dawson
Blue Spotted ray taken with a Canon G9 and Ikellite DS51 strobe.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 30, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pale Damselfish taken with a Canon G9 and Ikelite DS51 by James Dawson
Pale Damselfish taken with a Canon G9 and Ikelite DS51
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Another curious turtle.. by Jason Washington
Another curious turtle..
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The fish portrayed is a Queen Angel, it was taken off the... by Javier Gines
The fish portrayed is a Queen Angel, it was taken off the coast of Los Tubos Beach in Manati, Puerto Rico. I basically lay on the botton (sandy) and waited to see the fish; every time it showed off I took a picture.
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Puerto Rico
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At Jackson Reef by Vittorio Durante
At Jackson Reef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pink clown fish and forward King post of the Shinkoku Mar... by Mike Ellis
Pink clown fish and forward King post of the Shinkoku Maru / Truk lagoon F.S.M.
Nikonos V 15mm f2.8 and fuji slide film
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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Just coral with sunburst...but what a peaceful place!! by Victor Tabernero
Just coral with sunburst...but what a peaceful place!!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Mark with sturgeon. Capernwray. D200, 10.5mm. by Derek Haslam
Mark with sturgeon. Capernwray. D200, 10.5mm.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 24, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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This photo of a Spotted Moray was taken in Cozumel during... by Steven Anderson
This photo of a Spotted Moray was taken in Cozumel during my last trip there. I love Paradise Reef and that is where I found this eel.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 24, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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1/250 at f11 I have been working on my CFWA, especially ... by Julian Cohen
1/250 at f11
I have been working on my CFWA, especially the lighting and the blues.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Old Bull Sealion by Rand Mcmeins
Old Bull Sealion
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date posted posted: Friday, January 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Cuttlefish ready to serve...Canon EOS400D, Sea and Sea ho... by Teguh Tirtaputra
Cuttlefish ready to serve...Canon EOS400D, Sea and Sea housing and strobe...
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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A branch of soft coral and divers at Jackson Reef by Vittorio Durante
A branch of soft coral and divers at Jackson Reef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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1/80 at f10 I'm always looking for unusual shapes and an... by Julian Cohen
1/80 at f10
I'm always looking for unusual shapes and angles and this solitary sponge on the pinnacle at Babylon really attracted me.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray taken at the Houesereef with ... by Beate Krebs
Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray taken at the Houesereef with my Canon S70 and INON Strobe Z240
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trefor pier leg. d200, 10.5mm. by Derek Haslam
Trefor pier leg. d200, 10.5mm.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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Getting close up with a cuttlefish - eyes wide open by Joz Grobbelaar
Getting close up with a cuttlefish - eyes wide open
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Hairy soft coral at Sangalaki island. by Erika Antoniazzo
Hairy soft coral at Sangalaki island.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Tattooed Napoleon! Photogenic huh?!! Some people would p... by Erich Reboucas
Tattooed Napoleon! Photogenic huh?!!
Some people would pay a lot of money for a tattoo like that : )
At Yolanda Reef, Sharm. Taken with macro 50mm
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Nice crop making a different take on a fish that's as big as a small cow!
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Triton trumpet snail shell,Ulua beach,Maui by Jozef Butala
Triton trumpet snail shell,Ulua beach,Maui
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Tiny Spider Crab on a huge barrel sponge by Barbara Schilling
Tiny Spider Crab on a huge barrel sponge
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Martinique
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Lined Seahorse - Seahorses are rare to find in South Flor... by Steve Jarocki, Jr.
Lined Seahorse - Seahorses are rare to find in South Florida waters and also difficult to photograph because they often tuck their heads down and turn away. Olympus e520 camera with twin Inon strobes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Eagle Ray passing by , Canon S70 by Beate Krebs
Eagle Ray passing by , Canon S70
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hermit Crab, found it on a beach dive in Riveria Beach Fl... by Steve Jarocki, Jr.
Hermit Crab, found it on a beach dive in Riveria Beach Florida. Photo taken with Olympus e520 with dual Inon strobes
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Giant Frog Fish in the bay at Puerto Galera. by Craig Montgomery
Giant Frog Fish in the bay at Puerto Galera.
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Cleaning, D70, Sigma 14mm, Roatan by Larry Polster
Cleaning, D70, Sigma 14mm, Roatan
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Manta at night, the green is a glowstick reflecting off t... by Jeremy Conklin
Manta at night, the green is a glowstick reflecting off the white of the animal. This was taken in Kona Hi in December of 2008.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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