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Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Santa Barbara Janolus at Monterey Wharf #2. We have been seeing these up here the last bunch of years in the fall. They used to not be this far north.
By David Lehrian
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Goloath grouper encounter
By Noel Lopez
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes

Big coral canyons in Gardens of the queen.
By Noel Lopez
posted (2 days ago)
1 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass.
By David Lehrian
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Bay Pipefish in eel grass at Monterey Wharf #2. He was hiding in the eel grass and was difficult to get a clear shot of, but I managed to capture this dramatic image.
By David Lehrian
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

A lone yellow Damselfish is centre stage in the staghorn coral.
By Conor Moore
posted (4 days ago)
0 votes

Goloath grouper encounter
By Noel Lopez
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes

Looking at me looking at you (taken under permit) A Pilot Whale
By Arun Madisetti
posted Friday, September 25, 2026
0 votes

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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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approached shovel nose shark off Newport Beach Pier holdi... by Dale Kobetich
approached shovel nose shark off Newport Beach Pier holding camera down pointing up...pulled off a burst....free diving ...homemade housing/flash system.....it took a number of trys to pull this foto off....short suit,fins,hat,housing and flash...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Sleeping in sponges. by Edson Acioli
Sleeping in sponges.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Netherlands Antilles
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Wall... Raja Ampat. by Sergiy Glushchenko
Wall... Raja Ampat.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Colourfull Anemone and diver (my wife). Photo shot late ... by Christian Nielsen
Colourfull Anemone and diver (my wife).
Photo shot late afternoon with low sun.
Olympus E330, 8mm Fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 Strobes.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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group of fish by Abdullah Samman
group of fish
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Magnificent anemone taken at Ras Ghozlani. by Stephan Kerkhofs
Magnificent anemone taken at Ras Ghozlani.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Egypt
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Friendly Manta Ray on the cleaning station south of the b... by Christian Nielsen
Friendly Manta Ray on the cleaning station south of the beautiful island, Nusa Penida.
Olympus E330, 8mm Fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 Strobes.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Cozumel wall dive, a gray angelfish checking my camera out by Javier Sandoval
Cozumel wall dive, a gray angelfish checking my camera out
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Raja Ampat. Clown fishe & anemon in the carrent by Sergiy Glushchenko
Raja Ampat. Clown fishe & anemon in the carrent
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Tiger Grouper cleaned by a Spanish Hogfish. Canon G9/Ikel... by Hamid Rad
Tiger Grouper cleaned by a Spanish Hogfish. Canon G9/Ikelite housing & DS160 strobe.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Nice Fan Coral and my wife as a model. Komodo has a grea... by Christian Nielsen
Nice Fan Coral and my wife as a model.
Komodo has a great variety of photo subjects. Wideangle or macro, its there.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, 2 Ikelite DS125 Strobes.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Oh yes the Queen of the Caribbean, this image was taken d... by Steven Anderson
Oh yes the Queen of the Caribbean, this image was taken during a dive trip to Cozumel in 2009.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Underside of table coral by Pete Devereux
Underside of table coral
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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The she diver is watching a strange brain sponge by Alberto Romeo
The she diver is watching a strange brain sponge
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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This image of a Golden Crinoid was taken while diving in ... by Steven Anderson
This image of a Golden Crinoid was taken while diving in the clear Caribbean waters of Cozumel.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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This image of sponges was taken during a dive at Palancar... by Steven Anderson
This image of sponges was taken during a dive at Palancar Horseshoe during a dive in 2009. These sponges have such cool textures and shapes.
shortlistedShortlisted!
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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spyro by Stavros Paraskevopoulos
spyro
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Beautiful soft coral on Big Brother. The diver is my wi... by Christian Nielsen
Beautiful soft coral on Big Brother.
The diver is my wife.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, 2 Ikelite DS125 Strobes.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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sea fan with divers by Jan Maringka
sea fan with divers
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Night dive in Sudan - Lumix FX01 by Patrick Tutt
Night dive in Sudan - Lumix FX01
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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White Spotted Pufferfish resting by J. Daniel Horovatin
White Spotted Pufferfish resting
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Raja Ampat.... by Sergiy Glushchenko
Raja Ampat....
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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G10 by Jagwang Koo
G10
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hawksbill turtle - Big Brother Island by James Dawson
Hawksbill turtle - Big Brother Island
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Raja Ampat by Sergiy Glushchenko
Raja Ampat
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
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date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Torpedo ray on the Barge. Close to sun set. by Dray Van Beeck
Torpedo ray on the Barge. Close to sun set.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Schooling Fish - Crystal Bay Nusa Penida G9 + Nikonos SB... by Andy Chan
Schooling Fish - Crystal Bay Nusa Penida
G9 + Nikonos SB 105
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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