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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
swarm of yellow sweepers by Olivier Notz
swarm of yellow sweepers
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Peacefull place / The day after the horrid night, i find ... by Petra Van Borm
Peacefull place / The day after the horrid night, i find back the colors of france during my dive. Even in this peacefull place i keep thinking about the world above.
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Spain
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'A pool just isn't the same as the ocean. It has no energ... by Terry Steeley
'A pool just isn't the same as the ocean. It has no energy. No life.'
Linda Gerber
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Parrot Fish by Marco Gargiulo
Parrot Fish
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Night Beauty, Alicia mirabilis, Night Dive by Marco Gargiulo
Night Beauty, Alicia mirabilis, Night Dive
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33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Keep clean, please. by Francesco Pacienza
Keep clean, please.
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Pipe Fish, under the Arborek Jetty, Raja Ampat Indonesia by Wawan Mangile
Pipe Fish, under the Arborek Jetty, Raja Ampat Indonesia
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Sea Star -Philippines by Khaled Zaki
Sea Star -Philippines
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Lion Fish - Philippine by Khaled Zaki
Lion Fish - Philippine
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Philippines
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Jelly Fish - Qatar by Khaled Zaki
Jelly Fish - Qatar
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Blue Angel Fish-Qatar by Khaled Zaki
Blue Angel Fish-Qatar
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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from sipadan by Mehmet Öztabak
from sipadan
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, catchi... by Magnus Larsson
Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, catching plankton in the current that passes its host anemone.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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'Fireworm Sunball' by Jim Catlin
'Fireworm Sunball'
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, everything loses color and these sponges appeared a muted greyish-pink. I knew they had to be more colorful. A burst from my strobes revealed the stunning, bright purple.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Hello! by Francesco Pacienza
Hello!
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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American crocodile.. in its splendor , from a safe distance by Susanna Randazzo
American crocodile.. in its splendor , from a safe distance
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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one subject but 2 photographers... :D by Gaetano Gargiulo
one subject but 2 photographers... :D
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hippocampus guttulatus #3 by Mathieu Foulquié
Hippocampus guttulatus #3
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging

editor's comments

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Such an impressive angle, the Sea Horse almost looks like a statue! I love the contrast on this shot.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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shallow life (Thau lagoon, France) by Mathieu Foulquié
shallow life (Thau lagoon, France)
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2015

Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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High Noon Frog by Tony Cherbas
High Noon Frog
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Thau lagoo... by Mathieu Foulquié
Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Thau lagoon, France)
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Sun Frog by Tony Cherbas
Sun Frog
shortlistedShortlisted!
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Aer Borek Village Pier by John Parker
Aer Borek Village Pier
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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A small island full of life on the sandy ground by Olivier Notz
A small island full of life on the sandy ground
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fish School by Oxana Kamenskaya
Fish School
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A colorful soft coral reef scene in Fiji. by Jeffrey Richards
A colorful soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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