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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
White Leaf Fish, D70s, lens 70mm, twin Ikelite D125, ISO2... by Larry Polster
White Leaf Fish, D70s, lens 70mm, twin Ikelite D125, ISO200, f/29, 1/60
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 2, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Cockatoo Waspfish, Lembeh by Doug Anderson
Cockatoo Waspfish, Lembeh
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date posted posted: Friday, August 1, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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coral catshark, Atelomycterus marmoratus - Tubajon Bay, D... by Lyndon Cubillan
coral catshark, Atelomycterus marmoratus - Tubajon Bay, Dinagat Island, Philippines.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 1, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Sargent Major Reef by Claire Kennedy
Sargent Major Reef
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Clown Trigger, Angaga, Maldives by Larry Polster
Clown Trigger, Angaga, Maldives
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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sealions. Galapagos. 10.5mm. by Derek Haslam
sealions. Galapagos. 10.5mm.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 24, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Schooling Glassfish around soft coral at Hin Daeng, Thail... by Fatt Chuen Foo
Schooling Glassfish around soft coral at Hin Daeng, Thailand taken with Olympus SP 350, Inon fisheye conversion lens, two Inon strobes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 23, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Just scanned negative for much clearer shot than from low... by Mordechai Saxon
Just scanned negative for much clearer shot than from low res CD from store. Shot at wreck off reef by Sunset House
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 22, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Cayman islands
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Was looking to photograph the reef when the fish came int... by Mordechai Saxon
Was looking to photograph the reef when the fish came into view to add a nice element in the composition
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (South America coastal) Cayman islands
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Hanging Soft Coral. Taken in Sipadan with Canon S80, Inon... by Edvin Eng
Hanging Soft Coral. Taken in Sipadan with Canon S80, Inon Z240 strobe & lens.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Reef seen with a Greasy Grouper(epinephelus tauvina) taki... by Marko Perisic
Reef seen with a Greasy Grouper(epinephelus tauvina) taking center stage.
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date posted posted: Friday, July 18, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Getty-Up little Horse sea, Seahorse swimming from one pla... by Fred Lentz
Getty-Up little Horse sea, Seahorse swimming from one place to another.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Lets see some teeth. A Giant Moray (gymnothorax javanicus... by Marko Perisic
Lets see some teeth. A Giant Moray (gymnothorax javanicus) not scared to show its set.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 17, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This is a photo of a porcupinefish and my daughter, while... by David Heidemann
This is a photo of a porcupinefish and my daughter, while snorkeling at night.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 15, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Often attracted by divers lights this Common Lionfish (pt... by Marko Perisic
Often attracted by divers lights this Common Lionfish (pterois miles) is on the hunt on this night dive. Using the light of my strobe to find its prey. South Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Spiny spider crab. Not very happy! Trefor pier. D200, 10.... by Derek Haslam
Spiny spider crab. Not very happy! Trefor pier. D200, 10.5mm.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 14, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Irish Sea United Kingdom
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A Napoleon Wrasse (cheilinus undulatus) faces up for a po... by Marko Perisic
A Napoleon Wrasse (cheilinus undulatus) faces up for a portrait. I would have liked to crop this one but i'm not sure how it would turn out.
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 13, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Reef seen with Red Sea Anemonefish (amphiprion bicinctus)... by Marko Perisic
Reef seen with Red Sea Anemonefish (amphiprion bicinctus) while divers approach from the background. South Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 12, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A very territorial male Speckled Sandperch (parapercis he... by Marko Perisic
A very territorial male Speckled Sandperch (parapercis hexophthalma). Looking after his harem and keeping an eye on me at the same time.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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sharm el seik,ras mohamed,nikond2x 10,5mm 2 strobes by Puddu Massimo
sharm el seik,ras mohamed,nikond2x 10,5mm 2 strobes
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2008

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Another classic CFWA shot
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Royal Gramma: Protecting it's Turf by Fred Lentz
Royal Gramma: Protecting it's Turf
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date posted posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Big fun gorgonias in Moal Boal Nikon D200 , !0,5 wide an... by Marchione Giacomo
Big fun gorgonias in Moal Boal
Nikon D200 , !0,5 wide angle, two strobo and amd one very good model
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Another classic CFWA shot
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Chasing tails Orbicular Spadefish (platax orbicularis) So... by Marko Perisic
Chasing tails Orbicular Spadefish (platax orbicularis) South Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Monday, July 7, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A Napoleon Wrasse (cheilinus undulatus) the keeper of the... by Marko Perisic
A Napoleon Wrasse (cheilinus undulatus) the keeper of the reef in for a closer look. South Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 5, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A Greasy Grouper (epinephelus tauvina). Set to ambush its... by Marko Perisic
A Greasy Grouper (epinephelus tauvina). Set to ambush its prey. South Red Sea.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 3, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Butterfly fish. Santiago. Galapagos. D200, 10.5mm. by Derek Haslam
Butterfly fish. Santiago. Galapagos. D200, 10.5mm.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Clown fish at Tiger Reef, Tioman Island. Shot on my Olym... by Grahame Massicks
Clown fish at Tiger Reef, Tioman Island. Shot on my Olympus 5060.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 2, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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