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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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Planet by Tony Cherbas
Planet
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Meeting of 2 universes. A shot that drives our fantasy : simple, spheric, genius...and well photographed !
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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The Flower Nikon D200, 12-24 zoom Nikon twin strobo Mal... by Marchione Giacomo
The Flower
Nikon D200, 12-24 zoom Nikon twin strobo
Maldivian sea. Ari Atoll
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Grouper Fish by Baris Civelek
Grouper Fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Two small morays of different types sharing a ledge bene... by Niall Deiraniya
Two small morays of different types sharing a ledge beneath a rock. The pepper moray was very curious and played to my fisheye lense while the other observed quitely from behind
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date posted posted: Friday, September 7, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Mantis Shrimp Shot at the Phi Phi Islands Camera Model Se... by Daniel Sasse
Mantis Shrimp Shot at the Phi Phi Islands Camera Model Sea&Sea DX2G; F-Stop: f/4.4; Exposure Time: 1/68 sec.; Iso-Speed: ISO-100; Exposure bias: 0 step; Focal Length: 15mm; Max.aperture: 2.5; Metering Mode: Pattern; Flash Mode: Flash Compulsory;
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date posted posted: Friday, September 7, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Taken on the Straights of Tiran in April 2012. I think th... by Dawn Thomas
Taken on the Straights of Tiran in April 2012. I think this is Tuna but please correct me if I'm wrong. Canon PowerShot G12, no flash, ISO 100, f/2.8
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date posted posted: Friday, September 7, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Juvenile squid "Showing Off" On my Nigth Dive. 6/9/2012 by Carlos Pérez
Juvenile squid "Showing Off" On my Nigth Dive. 6/9/2012
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 6, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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The boat. by Gleb Tolstov
The boat.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 6, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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sunburst by Raffaele Livornese
sunburst
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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This French Angelfish was very curious about what I was d... by Lisa Kelly
This French Angelfish was very curious about what I was doing and swam with me for quite a while.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Soft coral in the sunlight by Pietro Cremone
Soft coral in the sunlight
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Beauty in the details of a mexican Cenote" by Christian Vizl
"Beauty in the details of a mexican Cenote"
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date posted posted: Monday, September 3, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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Loggerhead Hatchling Getting its First Taste of Saltwater. by Matt Heath
Loggerhead Hatchling Getting its First Taste of Saltwater.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Magnificent Anemone, Anemone Fish and Fire Coral - Photo ... by Dawn Thomas
Magnificent Anemone, Anemone Fish and Fire Coral - Photo taken April 2012, Sharm El Sheikh. Canon G12, underwater setting with flash.
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Squid at night in stand off pose. by Dawn Thomas
Squid at night in stand off pose.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Wire coral goby and diver. Inon bugeye by Yoav Lavi
Wire coral goby and diver.
Inon bugeye
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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majestic lion fish on the prowl by Paul Cowell
majestic lion fish on the prowl
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date posted posted: Friday, August 31, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Moray Eel at the Inland Sea on Gozo, Maltese Islands. by Dawn Thomas
Moray Eel at the Inland Sea on Gozo, Maltese Islands.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 31, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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This Lionfish is out on the reef, under the sun in search... by Steven Anderson
This Lionfish is out on the reef, under the sun in search for a meal! This image was taken a shallow reef in the Northern Bahamas.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Playing with the dome by Carlos Pérez
Playing with the dome
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Hawksbill turtle with Diver Jackfish alley Sharm el She... by Adolfo Maciocco
Hawksbill turtle with Diver
Jackfish alley
Sharm el Sheikh
Nikon d7000 Tokina 10-17
Hugyfot housing 1inon z-240 1 sea&sea ys-110a
F10 1/250
Iso 200
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Descending by Yoav Lavi
Descending
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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The underwater scream by Francesco Pacienza
The underwater scream
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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scorpaena porcus by Raffaele Livornese
scorpaena porcus
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 25, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Crocodilefish & Diver by Iyad Suleyman
Crocodilefish & Diver
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Green Moray Eel taken off of Islamorada by Ryan Magee
Green Moray Eel taken off of Islamorada
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date posted posted: Monday, August 20, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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Sponge with diver, Exumas by Tobias Reitmayr
Sponge with diver, Exumas
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date posted posted: Monday, August 20, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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