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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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Boo windows, Missool, Raja Ampat. by Filip Staes
Boo windows, Missool, Raja Ampat.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 21, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
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Balistes capriscus by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Balistes capriscus
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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atlantic spadefish swimming 3/3 by David Sanchez Pachon
atlantic spadefish swimming 3/3
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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atlantic spadefish swimming 2/3 by David Sanchez Pachon
atlantic spadefish swimming 2/3
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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atlantic spadefish swimming 1/3 by David Sanchez Pachon
atlantic spadefish swimming 1/3
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 18, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Coral Trout. Raja Ampat. by Morgan Ashton
Coral Trout. Raja Ampat.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 18, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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~ I Know What You Did Last Summer ~ by Geo Cloete
~ I Know What You Did Last Summer ~
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 15, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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Blue & orange by Taner Atilgan
Blue & orange
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 16, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Dramatic baby by Twila Grower
Dramatic baby
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 14, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sponges Three Different Ways! - 1 of 3 The same set of s... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Sponges Three Different Ways! - 1 of 3
The same set of sponges, shot three different ways minutes apart.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sponges Three Different Ways! - 2 of 3 The same set of s... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Sponges Three Different Ways! - 2 of 3
The same set of sponges, shot three different ways minutes apart.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Sponges Three Different Ways! - 3 of 3 The same set of s... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Sponges Three Different Ways! - 3 of 3
The same set of sponges, shot three different ways minutes apart.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Octopus in the red sea by Beate Seiler
Octopus in the red sea
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date posted posted: Monday, September 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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tunicates in b&w by Claudia Weber-Gebert
tunicates in b&w
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 5, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Quiet at home. I used my shaker to advice all the dive... by David Sanchez Pachon
Quiet at home.
I used my shaker to advice all the divers about the 2 nices banded shrimps in the barrel sponge, but no one paid attention to me! So a diver could be desirable, but I like the photo also as it is
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date posted posted: Monday, September 4, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Loggerhead Biting the Dome by Mark Gray
Loggerhead Biting the Dome
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 4, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Queen Angels in Paradise, Cozumel México by Alejandro Topete
Queen Angels in Paradise, Cozumel México
39 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Silky Shark at nigth, Isla Socorro México by Alejandro Topete
Silky Shark at nigth, Isla Socorro México
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 30, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Spirographis in Cascais Ocean by Nuno Jorge
Spirographis in Cascais Ocean
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 24, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Portugal
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Moray Eel off of Roatan Honduras by Tammi Johnston
Moray Eel off of Roatan Honduras
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Honduras
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Bon appetit! by Sigitas Sirvydas
Bon appetit!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 20, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close up of Loggerhead Turtle by Mark Gray
Close up of Loggerhead Turtle
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2017

Final RoundThrough to 2017 awards final round judging
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 17, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Archaelogical Roman Park underwater. by Francesco Pacienza
Archaelogical Roman Park underwater.
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 15, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Mantaray and Sky, Isla Socorro México by Alejandro Topete
Mantaray and Sky, Isla Socorro México
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 14, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Amphiprion ocellaris - "Clownfish with Anemone Homes" by Wayne Jones
Amphiprion ocellaris - "Clownfish with Anemone Homes"
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30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 13, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Midnight Parrotfish by Brian Perry
Midnight Parrotfish
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date posted posted: Friday, August 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Rhizostoma pulmo at deco stop, in a french mediterranean ... by Mathieu Foulquié
Rhizostoma pulmo at deco stop, in a french mediterranean MPA (Agde)
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date posted posted: Friday, August 11, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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