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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)

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shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
This creature was totally comfortable with my close posit... by Jeffrey Ott
This creature was totally comfortable with my close positioning for the shot, but I felt the strobe may upset it at this close range, so switched it off before shooting. My buddy is in the background having just spotted a second turtle.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Taken during a trip in Curacao. by William Racz
Taken during a trip in Curacao.
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Venezuela
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jellyfish by Pieter Firlefyn
jellyfish
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date posted posted: Friday, October 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Ohhh!!! by Jeffrey Ott
Ohhh!!!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"aquarium"........ Atlantic Ocean - Teneriffa Island ... by Claudia Weber-Gebert
"aquarium"........
Atlantic Ocean - Teneriffa Island
freediving
90 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Proposal for an impressionistic underwater photography by Karl Kühn
Proposal for an impressionistic underwater photography
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Museo Atlantico Lanzarote by Pieter Firlefyn
Museo Atlantico Lanzarote
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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reflexions............. (with special permission of the... by Claudia Weber-Gebert
reflexions.............
(with special permission of the spanish gouvernment MAGRAMA and the ULL, Universidad La Laguna)
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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"Turtle In The Sunlight" A turtle glides over the reef u... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Turtle In The Sunlight"
A turtle glides over the reef under beautiful rays of light.
Spotts Beach, Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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"First to the Scene" The Silversides have been sporadic ... by Chase Darnell
"First to the Scene"
The Silversides have been sporadic so far this year, but it never fails Tarpon are the first to know about it.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 28, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Museo Atlantico Lanzarote by Pieter Firlefyn
Museo Atlantico Lanzarote
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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"Ray Under Rays" Since the Ray's are so used to snorkele... by Chase Darnell
"Ray Under Rays"
Since the Ray's are so used to snorkelers and divers, they have enough trust to make overhead passes like these, making for interesting angles and of course sun rays.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The Longing Southern Ocean Sunfish - Mola ramsayi G... by Stefan Follows
The Longing
Southern Ocean Sunfish - Mola ramsayi
Gilli Mimpang, Bali, Indonisia
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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DREAM BOAT by Tianhong Wang
DREAM BOAT
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Amazing Mantaray with jacks, Socorro Island Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Amazing Mantaray with jacks, Socorro Island Mexico
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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"Swoop" It's amazing to see the school of baitfish move ... by Chase Darnell
"Swoop"
It's amazing to see the school of baitfish move in unison as the paddle boarder moved closer to the fish above.
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date posted posted: Monday, September 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A chance encounter with the rare Rough Toothed Dolphin wh... by Jessie Cripps
A chance encounter with the rare Rough Toothed Dolphin while photographing Humpbacks in Tonga.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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"Clear Skies with a chance of Tarpon" Schools of Tarpon ... by Chase Darnell
"Clear Skies with a chance of Tarpon"
Schools of Tarpon are a very common encounter in and around the swim throughs of Eden Rock.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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When your strobes fail at 58fsw, make the best of your si... by Patricia Sinclair
When your strobes fail at 58fsw, make the best of your situation and convert to B&W. This turtle was checking out his reflection in my dome port.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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ray spotted in Gozo, Malta by Shirley Calleja
ray spotted in Gozo, Malta
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Spotted this ray in Mgarr ix-Xini on the island of Gozo..... by Shirley Calleja
Spotted this ray in Mgarr ix-Xini on the island of Gozo...it was a friendly ray and kept swimming around us. Lovely dive!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Black grouper by Michael Dornellas
Black grouper
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date posted posted: Monday, September 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Bahamas
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Free Fall Chevron Barracuda - Sphyraena qenie Sail Rock... by Stefan Follows
Free Fall
Chevron Barracuda - Sphyraena qenie
Sail Rock, Thailand
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Caves off the coast of Okinawa, Japan. by Brooke Sippel
Caves off the coast of Okinawa, Japan.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 4, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Japan
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'I had a dream' by Ellen Cuylaerts
'I had a dream'
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Tannhauser gate by Gang Song
Tannhauser gate
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016

Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mexico
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Giants of Boiler, Revillagigedos by Jacob Scuba
Giants of Boiler, Revillagigedos
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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