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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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The Arch, Los Islotes, La Paz, Mexico. by Filip Staes
The Arch, Los Islotes, La Paz, Mexico.
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date posted posted: Friday, December 15, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Colourful anemone from Oslo fjord by Athanassios Lazarides
Colourful anemone from Oslo fjord
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 14, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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"Morning stroll" - Felimare picta strolling down the Neme... by Athanassios Lazarides
"Morning stroll" - Felimare picta strolling down the Nemesis wreck.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 14, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Cyprus
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Pelagia noctiluca by Alberto Gallucci
Pelagia noctiluca
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Red flowers by Plamena Mileva
Red flowers
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 13, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Beautiful reef at Half Moon Caye, Belize using sigma 10mm... by Greg Hills
Beautiful reef at Half Moon Caye, Belize using sigma 10mm fisheye with 2 Ikelite strobes. Nikon D810 Aquatica Housing.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Belize
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hidden by Marc Van Den Broeck
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5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Snooted nudi eggs - no double exposure/no crop by Taner Atilgan
Snooted nudi eggs - no double exposure/no crop
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Pulp Fiction The last jelly fish in the area for 2017 by Khaled Zaki
Pulp Fiction The last jelly fish in the area for 2017
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 10, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Turtle at the Fang Ming wreck, La Paz, Mexico. by Filip Staes
Turtle at the Fang Ming wreck, La Paz, Mexico.
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 9, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Barracuda on the outer ledge off of Jupiter. Shot with D... by Stacy Groff
Barracuda on the outer ledge off of Jupiter. Shot with DC2000 and single strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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bigsmall by Marc Van Den Broeck
bigsmall
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 7, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Yellow tree by Taner Atilgan
Yellow tree
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 6, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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greenscorpi by Marc Van Den Broeck
greenscorpi
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Close encounter by Plamena Mileva
Close encounter
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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gotmyeyeonyou by Marc Van Den Broeck
gotmyeyeonyou
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date posted posted: Monday, December 4, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Playing sea lion puppies by Taner Atilgan
Playing sea lion puppies
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2017
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Captured just the right moment with the playing sea lion in the front and the diver in the background
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 4, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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starfish sinking in sand by Gaetano Gargiulo
starfish sinking in sand
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Nightdive and close contact to a nightswimmer... by Ralf Schmidt
Nightdive and close contact to a nightswimmer...
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Boo Windows by Todd Moseley
Boo Windows
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Face to Face by Morgan Ashton
Face to Face
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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coconut octopus by Mathieu Foulquié
coconut octopus
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 1, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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King of the castle by Twila Grower
King of the castle
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Blue by Twila Grower
Blue
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Papua New Guinea
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sea lion puppy (: by Taner Atilgan
sea lion puppy (:
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 29, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Underwater monster by Plamena Mileva
Underwater monster
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 23, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Mantaray and Sun, Socorro Island México by Alejandro Topete
Mantaray and Sun, Socorro Island México
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 21, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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