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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
The dream of woobegong !! by Hakan Basar
The dream of woobegong !!
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Nosestripe anemonefish or skunk clownfish by Chris Pienaar
Nosestripe anemonefish or skunk clownfish
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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MUBARAK by Marko Perisic
MUBARAK
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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toward orbit by Salvatore Ianniello
toward orbit
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016

Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Clown fish in his anemone surrounded by glass fish (Not s... by Pepe Suárez
Clown fish in his anemone surrounded by glass fish (Not sure if this counts as Close Focus wide angle) @Tachai Plateau
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 17, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Thailand
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Diver and Scorpionfish by Henley Spiers
Diver and Scorpionfish
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Reef Busy-ness by Chris Pienaar
Reef Busy-ness
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date posted posted: Monday, February 15, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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C 47 DAKOTA by Mehmet Öztabak
C 47 DAKOTA
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Fisheye to Fisheye by Khaled Zaki
Fisheye to Fisheye
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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John Dory, BW version, Night Dive @ Marina Grande Sorrento by Marco Gargiulo
John Dory, BW version, Night Dive @ Marina Grande Sorrento
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A Devil firefish (Pterois miles) While on assigment in Ya... by Chris Pienaar
A Devil firefish (Pterois miles) While on assigment in Yanbu I dived the Ilona, a wreck lying slanted not far from the beach in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Soft corals, Puerto Galera by Tobias Reitmayr
Soft corals, Puerto Galera
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colours of maldivian reef by Alberto Gallucci
Colours of maldivian reef
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Raccoon Butters in a Sunball by Tony Cherbas
Raccoon Butters in a Sunball
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Feeding on light. Jellyfish in jellyfish lake by Leena Roy
Feeding on light. Jellyfish in jellyfish lake
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Sound The Trumpets! by Tony Cherbas
Sound The Trumpets!
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A curious green turtle taking a peak at the dome port by Marteyne Van Well
A curious green turtle taking a peak at the dome port
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date posted posted: Monday, February 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Endemic Scorpaena Sumptuosa under the Busselton Jetty by Olivier Notz
Endemic Scorpaena Sumptuosa under the Busselton Jetty
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Spotted Eel by Daniel Waldman
Spotted Eel
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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Scorpine Fish by Daniel Waldman
Scorpine Fish
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Green Turtle in shadow, Darwin Island Galápagos by Alejandro Topete
Green Turtle in shadow, Darwin Island Galápagos
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Diver looking for seahorses by Petra Van Borm
Diver looking for seahorses
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Spain
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Butterfly Mountain... Raccoon Butterflyfish by Tony Cherbas
Butterfly Mountain... Raccoon Butterflyfish
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Editor's Comment
Glorious capture! Timing is everything here and the color balance / exposure is perfect.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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No way out Giant Grouper breakfast , by Khaled Zaki
No way out Giant Grouper breakfast ,
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2016
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Spectactular capture!! Lighting is perfect and the expression on both the fish is priceless!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Queen Angel by Daniel Waldman
Queen Angel
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Museo Isla Mujeres by Daniel Waldman
Museo Isla Mujeres
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Grey Angel by Daniel Waldman
Grey Angel
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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