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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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Pink anemonefish. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Pink anemonefish.
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 12, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Under the jetty From Korumar Bay by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Under the jetty
From Korumar Bay
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 6, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Titan Triggerfish by Hansruedi Wuersten
Titan Triggerfish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 3, 2019
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina),False bay, South Africa. by Filip Staes
Dahlia anemone (Urticina felina),False bay, South Africa.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 30, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Just a single trout... Awesome in the clear waters. View ... by Eduard Bello
Just a single trout... Awesome in the clear waters. View up to 30m
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 27, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Austria
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Eye to eye with a very large Potato Cod by Sam Taylor
Eye to eye with a very large Potato Cod
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 25, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Harlekincrab by Hansruedi Wuersten
Harlekincrab
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 25, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The Christ Statue comes to mind with great ease on the ev... by Steven Anderson
The Christ Statue comes to mind with great ease on the eve of his birth! Merry Christmas to everyone!
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 24, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Cuttlefish: Chameleons Of The Sea by Hansruedi Wuersten
Cuttlefish: Chameleons Of The Sea
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Nice start place for a dive by Eduard Bello
Nice start place for a dive
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Global Eye fish, La Paz México by Alejandro Topete
Global Eye fish, La Paz México
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 21, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Dive with the Dolphin by Hansruedi Wuersten
Dive with the Dolphin
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 17, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Weduweroos, sagartiogeton undatus always around by Eduard Bello
Weduweroos, sagartiogeton undatus always around
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 16, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Black & White Reef Scene (in-camera double exposure) by Henley Spiers
Black & White Reef Scene (in-camera double exposure)
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 16, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Two Feather Stars seat on Wipcoral by Hansruedi Wuersten
Two Feather Stars seat on Wipcoral
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 15, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Magical Light by Henley Spiers
Magical Light
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 15, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Anemone by Todd Moseley
Anemone
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 14, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Maldives
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Mediterranean Scorpionfish portrait by Antonio Venturelli
Mediterranean Scorpionfish portrait
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 14, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Blackspotted Puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus, Arothron ci... by Hansruedi Wuersten
Blackspotted Puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus, Arothron citrinellus), yellow variety, swimming in coral tongoreef
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippines
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Harlekinfish by Hansruedi Wuersten
Harlekinfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 11, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Hidden Clownfissh by Hansruedi Wuersten
Hidden Clownfissh
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date posted posted: Monday, December 10, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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French Angel peers around the corner with the shadow of a... by Steven Anderson
French Angel peers around the corner with the shadow of a Reef shark in the background. West End Bhahmas
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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White Frogfish or Scorpionfish ? by Hansruedi Wuersten
White Frogfish or Scorpionfish ?
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The colorful mantle of a giant sea clam by Peet J Van Eeden
The colorful mantle of a giant sea clam
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date posted posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mozambique Channel South Africa
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I love jelly. by Niall Deiraniya
I love jelly.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle portrait by Plamena Mileva
Turtle portrait
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2018

Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Recently captured image of the "critically endangered" Sm... by Richard Apple
Recently captured image of the "critically endangered" Small Tooth Sawfish of Jupiter, FL. Canon 5DMKIV, 8-15@15, ISO 500, f/7.1, 1/200, Inon Z330x2, Nauticam Housing. 1 of 12 images captured in sequence. click here
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 6, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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