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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
A Batfish has its gills cleaned by Eric Sels
A Batfish has its gills cleaned
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The Collector Basket stars are Echinoderms (hedgehog t... by Peet J Van Eeden
The Collector
Basket stars are Echinoderms (hedgehog type of skin) and are characterised by radial symmetry, ten arms radiating from a central body. They use these outstretched arms like a basket to catch drifting food particles
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 3, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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A red Frogfish by Glenn De Wilde
A red Frogfish
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 24, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Egypt
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A lionfish chases glassfish
Lost in the labyrinth of my mind by Sofia Tenggrono
Lost in the labyrinth of my mind
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 15, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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A bearded scorpionfish looks straight into my lens. by Eric Sels
A bearded scorpionfish looks straight into my lens.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 9, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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2 lionfishes were chasing glassfishes on the wreck of the... by Eric Sels
2 lionfishes were chasing glassfishes on the wreck of the Salem Express. When I saw they lined up against the sun, I took the photo.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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School of bass in a boat wreck by Martin Schrack
School of bass in a boat wreck
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 28, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Austria
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The pufferfish looks out of its cave, thank God I had my ... by Martin Schrack
The pufferfish looks out of its cave, thank God I had my camera handy
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date posted posted: Friday, January 19, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sepiola in the estuary of the Eastern Scheldt, the Nether... by Tim Steenssens
Sepiola in the estuary of the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands
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date posted posted: Friday, January 12, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Netherlands
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Antiopella cristata - Nudibranch in the estuary of the Ea... by Tim Steenssens
Antiopella cristata - Nudibranch in the estuary of the Eastern Scheldt, the Netherlands
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date posted posted: Friday, January 12, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Netherlands
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encounter by Marc Van Den Broeck
encounter
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 11, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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look at me by Marc Van Den Broeck
look at me
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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nude diver by Marc Van Den Broeck
nude diver
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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red scorpio by Marc Van Den Broeck
red scorpio
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 8, 2024
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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simply the best by Marc Van Den Broeck
simply the best
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 29, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Filefishes by Min Seok Jeon
Filefishes
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 27, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Broom Tail wrasse - cheilinus lunulatus by Roberto Micucci
Broom Tail wrasse - cheilinus lunulatus
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 26, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Wobbegong shark by Massimo Giorgetta
Wobbegong shark
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date posted posted: Monday, December 25, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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anemon & clownfish by Massimo Giorgetta
anemon & clownfish
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date posted posted: Monday, December 25, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Sea horse in flowers Sony a6600 by Ryan Groos
Sea horse in flowers
Sony a6600
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Alien encounter 2 Night dive with octopus Sony a6600 by Ryan Groos
Alien encounter 2
Night dive with octopus
Sony a6600
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Venezuela
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SEA CROCODILE 2 by Gianluca Afflitti
SEA CROCODILE 2
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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SEA CROCODILE by Gianluca Afflitti
SEA CROCODILE
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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At the stable by Alexander Konson
At the stable
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 24, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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An ordinary anemone looked like the sun at night in the l... by Alexander Plakida
An ordinary anemone looked like the sun at night in the light of an ultraviolet lamp!
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 30, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Gymnothorax javanicus Mauritius 2023 by Didier Pasquini
Gymnothorax javanicus
Mauritius 2023
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date posted posted: Friday, November 17, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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