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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
Y-bunch by Marc Van Den Broeck
Y-bunch
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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A lovely turtle in Ishigaki by Mark Donovan
A lovely turtle in Ishigaki
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Japan
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Close focus on a red snapper face by Greg Fleurentin
Close focus on a red snapper face
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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The Circle of Life Gas flame Nudibranchs paring up for r... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Circle of Life
Gas flame Nudibranchs paring up for reproduction
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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yellow eyes by Marc Van Den Broeck
yellow eyes
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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The rare walking Sea Anemone by Peet J Van Eeden
The rare walking Sea Anemone
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Reaching Out Basket Star on a Palmate Sea fan by Peet J Van Eeden
Reaching Out
Basket Star on a Palmate Sea fan
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Marine turtle in Komodo by Massimo Giorgetta
Marine turtle in Komodo
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Octopus Cirkewwa Malta by Christian Llewellyn
Octopus
Cirkewwa Malta
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 18, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Giant Australian Cuttlefish taken at Whyalla, South Austr... by Roy Spraakman
Giant Australian Cuttlefish taken at Whyalla, South Australia during their annual breeding migration.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Australia
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poor visibilty although dept was -44 mtrs . i had to get ... by Salvatore Lauro
poor visibilty although dept was -44 mtrs . i had to get very close to avoid scatter
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 5, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Italy
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ochre seastar by Shuo-Wei Chang
ochre seastar
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date posted posted: Friday, November 4, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Green turtle by Hansruedi Wuersten
Green turtle
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date posted posted: Monday, October 31, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Diving a cenote near Play del Carmen upon returning to th... by Greg Doyle
Diving a cenote near Play del Carmen upon returning to the opening I found these two Sailfin Molly's doing a courtship dance. Shot with Canon G7X MKIII, Fantasea housing and UWL-09Pro wide angle lens. No strobes used, just natural sunlight
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 20, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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turtle marsa shouni by Natascha Lobisch
turtle marsa shouni
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Egypt
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The prolific marine life of Whittle Rock by Peet J Van Eeden
The prolific marine life of Whittle Rock
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 25, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Turtle on the chien Tong wreck St Eustatia by John Loving
Turtle on the chien Tong wreck St Eustatia
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 20, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Nemo by Hansruedi Wuersten
Nemo
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date posted posted: Monday, September 19, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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The hidden beauty. I have always been fascinated by the ... by Salvatore Lauro
The hidden beauty.
I have always been fascinated by the moray eel , a shy creature. I was in shallow water with my RX100VII Sony and a Nauticam WWL
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 18, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A Cute Whaleshark by Marcus Yee
A Cute Whaleshark
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 11, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Malaysia
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Paramuricea clavata a nice gorgonian not too wide upon by Salvatore Lauro
Paramuricea clavata a nice gorgonian not too wide upon
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 10, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Curious Common Octopus grabbing on my camera while diving... by Charly Clérisse
Curious Common Octopus grabbing on my camera while diving in Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 9, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Spain
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close up prairie............. by Salvatore Lauro
close up prairie.............
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 23, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Italy
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Nurse Shark, Garden of the Queen. Cuba by Maydel Perez Valle
Nurse Shark, Garden of the Queen. Cuba
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 11, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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green turtle by Arya I Gede
green turtle
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 10, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A frilled nudibranch as part of the prolific marine life ... by Peet J Van Eeden
A frilled nudibranch as part of the prolific marine life where two oceans meet
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 3, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Nurse shark at night by Penn De Los Santos
Nurse shark at night
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date posted posted: Monday, August 1, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Maldives
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