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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
Coral with a twist! by Hannes Klostermann
Coral with a twist!
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date posted posted: Monday, September 24, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Giant Cuttle. Image taken at South Channel Forte, Melbour... by David Haintz
Giant Cuttle. Image taken at South Channel Forte, Melbourne, Australia.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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The biggest smile of Tiputa by Mathieu Macias
The biggest smile of Tiputa
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 19, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea French Polynesia
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Under the clouds by Salvatore Ianniello
Under the clouds
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2018

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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 17, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Whale Shark , Mouth Open by Daniel Waldman
Whale Shark , Mouth Open
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 16, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Grouper by Athanassios Lazarides
Grouper
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Common, carcinus maenas by Eduard Bello
Common, carcinus maenas
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 5, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Netherlands
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Maalhos Thila site full of soft corals at 20_24 meters by Sevil Gurel Peker
Maalhos Thila site full of soft corals at 20_24 meters
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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My Buddy and the friendly Batfish B/W by Beate Seiler
My Buddy and the friendly Batfish B/W
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Raja Ampat pier . Nikon D800E , 16 mm , two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Raja Ampat pier . Nikon D800E , 16 mm , two strobo
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 2, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Juvenile California Sea Lion coming in for a chew on the ... by Nick Polanszky
Juvenile California Sea Lion coming in for a chew on the camera
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2018

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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Follow Your Passion. This photo was taken on the USS Libe... by Hani Omar
Follow Your Passion. This photo was taken on the USS Liberty in Tulamben Bali, massive and beautiful.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 28, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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bad hair day by Gaetano Gargiulo
bad hair day
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 24, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Cold water anemone and wreck in Gulen by Daniel Strub
Cold water anemone and wreck in Gulen
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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giant nudi by Marc Van Den Broeck
giant nudi
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Just a view fish passing by... by Eduard Bello
Just a view fish passing by...
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 16, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Austria
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Nudi & diver by Daniel Strub
Nudi & diver
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Gulen Wreck Diving by Daniel Strub
Gulen Wreck Diving
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 14, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Hellooooo ! by Claude Lespagne
Hellooooo !
shortlistedShortlisted!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 13, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Shy August 2016 Fethiye / Turkey by Mehmet Öztabak
Shy
August 2016 Fethiye / Turkey
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 12, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Longimanus by Claude Lespagne
Longimanus
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 11, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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arms by Marc Van Den Broeck
arms
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 11, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pipefish out swimming in the sunset by Martin Gombrii
Pipefish out swimming in the sunset
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 10, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Sweden
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Grouper by Athanassios Lazarides
Grouper
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2018

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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Sabella spallanzanii by Antonio Venturelli
Sabella spallanzanii
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Diver cautiously approaching a beautiful but unwelcome in... by Stuart Spechler
Diver cautiously approaching a beautiful but unwelcome invader in the Caribbean.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Turks and Caicos islands
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jellyfish by Antonio Venturelli
jellyfish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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