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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
Ancient Greek figure underwater by Athanassios Lazarides
Ancient Greek figure underwater
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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signs by Marc Van Den Broeck
signs
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 5, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Raja Ampat by Roine Gabrielsson
Raja Ampat
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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Eagle ray taking off. It got scared by my exhaled bubbles... by Fulvio Bertocchi
Eagle ray taking off. It got scared by my exhaled bubbles and shot upwards when I took the picture on the fly.
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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"L'empereur". Cheilinus undulatus (Napoleon wrasse). (f/6... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
"L'empereur". Cheilinus undulatus (Napoleon wrasse). (f/6.3, 1/160, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Chaetodon semilarvatus (masked butterflyfish) (f/5, 1/160... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Chaetodon semilarvatus (masked butterflyfish) (f/5, 1/160, ISO-200, 31mm). - Erik
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 15, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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resting whales and photographer (taken under permit) by Arun Madisetti
resting whales and photographer (taken under permit)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Aussie marine biologist gets up close to a sleeping Carib... by Arun Madisetti
Aussie marine biologist gets up close to a sleeping Caribbean Sperm Whale. (taken under permit)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 2, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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let's see who is the fastest by Nicolai Posininsky
let's see who is the fastest
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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An adult Stoplight Parrot in Tobacco Bay, Bermuda by Steve Dolan
An adult Stoplight Parrot in Tobacco Bay, Bermuda
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bermuda
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“There’s something below the surface” Dive off the coast ... by Steve Dolan
“There’s something below the surface” Dive off the coast of Cancun at M.U.S.A
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 17, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Sunken Treasure! A Volkswagen Beetle on the ocean floor i... by Steve Dolan
Sunken Treasure! A Volkswagen Beetle on the ocean floor in Mexico
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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This was my best encounter with a whale and his calf. I h... by Anthony Deroeux
This was my best encounter with a whale and his calf. I had chance to have in front of me 2 dolphins with the whales! Special and unique moment to me, will remember it for long.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Image was taken in Baa Atoll, Maldives at around 20m on a... by Yaniu Mohamed Raoof
Image was taken in Baa Atoll, Maldives at around 20m on a cloudy day.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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In the blue - Bathfish by Massimo Giorgetta
In the blue - Bathfish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Ghosts" (Carangoides fulvoguttatus - Yellowspotted treva... by E&e Lp
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"Ghosts" (Carangoides fulvoguttatus - Yellowspotted trevally). Brightness, contrast etc. modified (PS Express) to accentuate highlights. Shot downwards into the blue with only natural light. - Erik
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 1, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Diving at the end of the group behind my wife's pink flip... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Diving at the end of the group behind my wife's pink flippers, flabbergasted by the enormous corals of Fury Shoals, when suddenly a goldbody trevally crosses the scene. Quick shot, only natural light. - Erik
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Playing with natural light in the cenote of Tajma Ha in M... by Brenda De Vries
Playing with natural light in the cenote of Tajma Ha in Mexico.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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The entrance of the Aktun Ha cave in Mexico. by Brenda De Vries
The entrance of the Aktun Ha cave in Mexico.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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Seal or golden retriever? This one solicited belly rubs a... by Charlie Nutting
Seal or golden retriever? This one solicited belly rubs and grabbed my hand with it's flipper when I stopped rubbing its belly, as if to say 'don't stop petting me!' just like a dog. Shot in New England, on Maine New Hampshire Border.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 3, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Aquanauts - coming up for my 15m interval to see what's... by John Poulsen
Aquanauts -
coming up for my 15m interval to see what's above me.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Divers entry the cathedral Pescador.The Cathedral entranc... by Hansruedi Wuersten
Divers entry the cathedral Pescador.The Cathedral entrance starts at 28m entering
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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My buddy also take pics by Hansruedi Wuersten
My buddy also take pics
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Goodbye turtel by Hansruedi Wuersten
Goodbye turtel
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 24, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Banded sea snake venomous by Hansruedi Wuersten
Banded sea snake venomous
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Green turtel in mystic ligth,in small cavern at night by Hansruedi Wuersten
Green turtel in mystic ligth,in small cavern at night
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date posted posted: Friday, September 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Beautiful encounter with gentle giants. by Ryan Boyle
Beautiful encounter with gentle giants.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 11, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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