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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
This was taken on Klein Bonaire at Carl's Hill. We had dove Hilma Hooker in the morning so I was setup with my Tokina 10-17 Fisheye which doesn't make getting a seahorse easy but I thought this came out pretty nice.
Soft coral in cave
clown fish in is anemone
FujiF50 compact, Inon Fisheye lens.
Puffer fish
Cuttle Corner for two White spotted Bamboo Sharks
Frogfish & diver
CFWA shot
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Face to face with a scorpion fish
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Face to face with a grouper
Soft coral
ONE SPOT DOMINO PLAYING UP TO THE CAMERA IN MID WATER.
NIKON d2X 12-24 MM
Tigertail SeahorseTaken at the Phi Phi Islands Camera Model Sea&Sea DX2G; F-Stop: f/4.4; Exposure Time: 1/68 sec.; Iso-Speed: ISO-183; Exposure bias: 0 step; Focal Length: 15mm; Max.aperture: 2.5; Metering Mode: Pattern; Flash Mode: Flash Auto;
moray eel
Planet
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Meeting of 2 universes. A shot that drives our fantasy : simple, spheric, genius...and well photographed !
The Flower
Nikon D200, 12-24 zoom Nikon twin strobo
Maldivian sea. Ari Atoll
Grouper Fish
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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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;
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
Juvenile squid "Showing Off" On my Nigth Dive. 6/9/2012
The boat.
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This French Angelfish was very curious about what I was doing and swam with me for quite a while.
Soft coral in the sunlight
"Beauty in the details of a mexican Cenote"
Loggerhead Hatchling Getting its First Taste of Saltwater.
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