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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
Sunny jellyfish by Pietro Cremone
Sunny jellyfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Cayman Reef Scene by Henley Spiers
Cayman Reef Scene
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Manta in Light, Socorro Island México by Alejandro Topete
Manta in Light, Socorro Island México
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Whale shark going up, San Benedicto México by Alejandro Topete
Whale shark going up, San Benedicto México
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Eriphia (other angle) - Thau lagoon, France by Mathieu Foulquié
Eriphia (other angle) - Thau lagoon, France
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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The coral farm by Gleb Tolstov
The coral farm
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

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Great angle and wonderful composition.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Stone fish near Bunaken Island by Mathias Weck
Stone fish near Bunaken Island
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Giant Mantaray with black jacks,Isla Socorro Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Giant Mantaray with black jacks,Isla Socorro Mexico
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Honey comb moray eul from sulug island ID gymnothorax ... by Mr Chai
by: Mr Chai
Honey comb moray eul from sulug island
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Tungku abdul rahman park sulug island sabah malaysia
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Malaysia
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Parrotfish at night by Pietro Cremone
Parrotfish at night
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Feather duster and squid eggs by Pietro Cremone
Feather duster and squid eggs
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Reef scene in Milne bay Papua New Guinea by Todd Moseley
Reef scene in Milne bay Papua New Guinea
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Papua New Guinea
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sunset dive by Beate Seiler
sunset dive
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sunrise by Francesco Pacienza
Sunrise
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Good morning Monday! Beluga portrait, Churchill, Canada ... by Ellen Cuylaerts
Good morning Monday!
Beluga portrait, Churchill, Canada
It was a cold and dark day. When the beluga came close enough, his mouth before clear through the thermocline blur.
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Canada
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Little Froggie by Adriana Simeonova
Little Froggie
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Wrasse & Divers by Henley Spiers
Wrasse & Divers
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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BLOWNOUT by Marko Perisic
BLOWNOUT
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Sleeping Parrotfish by Jessica Fagan
Sleeping Parrotfish
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Batfish by Adriana Simeonova
Batfish
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 23, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The photo, taken with a Canon G15 and Fantasea strobe, is... by James Mclarnon
The photo, taken with a Canon G15 and Fantasea strobe, is a flamingo tongue snail attached to a sea fan. The picture was taken off Grand Turk at a depth of 10m.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Turks and Caicos islands
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Moray by Antonio Venturelli
Moray
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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CLOUDS by Marko Perisic
CLOUDS
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 20, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Honu Generations: Young and Old by Tony Cherbas
Honu Generations: Young and Old
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
2nd place Monthly HotShots
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Editor's Comment
Wow what a great capture! Perfectly lighting two subjects along with a perfect sun spot is not easy! Way to go!
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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a nurse shark in Banco Chinchorro by Susanna Randazzo
a nurse shark in Banco Chinchorro
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Ah damn, I dropped my trumpet. by Tony Cherbas
Ah damn, I dropped my trumpet.
shortlistedShortlisted!
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 15, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Slim Slow Slider Box Jellyfish - Morbakka virulenta ... by Stefan Follows
Slim Slow Slider
Box Jellyfish - Morbakka virulenta
Sail Rock, Thailand
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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