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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
Many people see the underwaterworld as an alien place. Wi... by Erik Van Doesburg
Many people see the underwaterworld as an alien place. With this silhouet the diver comes across as a sinister "War of the worlds-like" preying on an innocent puffer fish.
Nikon D100, Ikelite housing, 1 strobe, Photoshop auto-color/levels/contrast
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 19, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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A diver behind a sea fan by Gleb Tolstov
A diver behind a sea fan
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 19, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Goby and a diver by Gleb Tolstov
Goby and a diver
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 18, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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"Dancin" by Carlos Pérez
"Dancin"
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 18, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Feather Duster in the morning at Danger Reef with shark s... by Tobias Reitmayr
Feather Duster in the morning at Danger Reef with shark silhouette, Exumas
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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"Under threat" by Carlos Pérez
"Under threat"
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Planet Parazoanthus by Pietro Cremone
Planet Parazoanthus
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Sea Fan by Tina Norris
Sea Fan
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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"Reflection"Tentacles in the Dome by Carlos Pérez
"Reflection"Tentacles in the Dome
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Friends.. a clownfish and a little domino damsel sharin... by Pietro Cremone
Friends..
a clownfish and a little domino damsel sharing same anemone
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Moray nicely lit in Shadow by James Laker
Moray nicely lit in Shadow
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 12, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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. by Francisco F Kyle
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Christmas Island
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, by Francisco F Kyle
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Rhizostoma pulmo by Alberto Gallucci
Rhizostoma pulmo
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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. by Francisco F Kyle
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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On the move, this little guy played with us for 15 minute... by Larry Polster
On the move, this little guy played with us for 15 minutes before diving for cover.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Dominica
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Xmas Tree Worm....WAM! by Martin Dalsaso
Xmas Tree Worm....WAM!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Northern Mariana Islands
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Octopus doing a very good alien impression on a night dive. by Patrick Reardon
Octopus doing a very good alien impression on a night dive.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 6, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Turks and Caicos islands
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Congre by Abimael Márquez
Congre
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Bikini Reef Sodwana Bay - a ledge that has an array of cl... by Bryan Hart
Bikini Reef Sodwana Bay - a ledge that has an array of cleaning stations
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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egg of scyliorhinus canicula on savalia savaglia by Raffaele Livornese
egg of scyliorhinus canicula on savalia savaglia
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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terminal phase stoplight parrot fish by Christopher Lynch
terminal phase stoplight parrot fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Tubeworm in the sun by Pietro Cremone
Tubeworm in the sun
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Nudi, WAM by Martin Dalsaso
Nudi, WAM
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 2, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Northern Mariana Islands
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Stairway of flowers by Pietro Cremone
Stairway of flowers
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Nice diagonal line, Pietro :-)
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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siluette by Salvatore Ianniello
siluette
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Beautiful green turtle cruising on a night dive by Larry Polster
Beautiful green turtle cruising on a night dive
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 31, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Dominica
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