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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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Friendly Spadefish by Norm Vexler
Friendly Spadefish
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 11, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Solomon islands
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The old lady by Hansruedi Wuersten
The old lady
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 11, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Green turtle resting on the reef by Greg Fleurentin
Green turtle resting on the reef
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 10, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Whale Shark in the surface, Isla Contoy México by Alejandro Topete
Whale Shark in the surface, Isla Contoy México
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Taken in Galapagos with a Olympus OM-D-EM1 in a Nauticam ... by Brian Rice
Taken in Galapagos with a Olympus OM-D-EM1 in a Nauticam housing, Olympus 7-14 Pro Lens and Sea & Sea YS-D2 strobes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ecuador
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The Fluo Feder Star: fluo night dive @ Tulamben (Bali) by Stefaan Haegeman
The Fluo Feder Star:
fluo night dive @ Tulamben (Bali)
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 8, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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PINK by Marko Perisic
PINK
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Coral view by Eduard Bello
Coral view
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Egypt
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Fimbriated Moray Eel by Michal Štros
Fimbriated Moray Eel
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 5, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Wobbegong Shark by Wawan Mangile
Wobbegong Shark
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sponge axinella and boat- Big Reef-Bodrum / Turkey by Mehmet Öztabak
Sponge axinella and boat- Big Reef-Bodrum / Turkey
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Manta by Rudy Janssen
Manta
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 3, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Two pacific giant Manta Rays came in for an extreme close... by Kris Davies
Two pacific giant Manta Rays came in for an extreme close up!
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 1, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Batfish by Pieter Firlefyn
Batfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Octopus by Wawan Mangile
Octopus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 30, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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RED by Marko Perisic
RED
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mozambique Channel Mozambique
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Loungimanus 2018 by Claude Lespagne
Loungimanus 2018
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 28, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Crown Jellyfish by Henley Spiers
Crown Jellyfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 23, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Mr. Octopus by Abimael Márquez
Mr. Octopus
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 20, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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This was taken in Tulamben in the USAT Liberty ship wreck. by Hani Omar
This was taken in Tulamben in the USAT Liberty ship wreck.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 18, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Guess who's back? ... Malabar Grouper - Epinephelus m... by Stefan Follows
Guess who's back? ...
Malabar Grouper - Epinephelus malabaricus
Sail Rock, Thailand
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 6, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Diving in Elphinstone reef by Sigitas Sirvydas
Diving in Elphinstone reef
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 6, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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shotted in Tyrrhenian Sea , Italy by Antonio Venturelli
shotted in Tyrrhenian Sea , Italy
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date posted posted: Friday, October 5, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Green nudibranch groene zeewierslak, Elysia viridis by Eduard Bello
Green nudibranch groene zeewierslak, Elysia viridis
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Did you know that The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara... by Robert Smits
Did you know that The Atlantic goliath grouper or itajara (Epinephelus itajara), also known as "jewfish"? They may reach extremely large sizes, growing to lengths up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) and can weigh as much as 360 kg (790 lb).
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Cuba
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Nikonos 5. 20mm close up by Sam Taylor
Nikonos 5. 20mm close up
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 27, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Arafura Sea Palau
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Sir! Are you the dentist?! by Hannes Klostermann
Sir! Are you the dentist?!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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