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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
Arminas devouring a sea-pen by Gaetano Gargiulo
Arminas devouring a sea-pen
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 7, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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soft coral under jetty by Ag Hu
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soft coral under jetty
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Turtles Mating, Puerto Vallarta México by Alejandro Topete
Turtles Mating, Puerto Vallarta México
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34 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 5, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Coral Garden Bouquet-Weda Bay, Halmahera Island, Indonesia. by Richard Goluch
Coral Garden Bouquet-Weda Bay, Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 5, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Fishes in the Arch of moc-che, Playa del Carmen México by Alejandro Topete
Fishes in the Arch of moc-che, Playa del Carmen México
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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black tip shark , South Africa Umkomaas by Claude Lespagne
black tip shark , South Africa Umkomaas
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42 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 4, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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octodiver by Marc Van Den Broeck
octodiver
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 3, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Batfish and my Buddy by Beate Seiler
Batfish and my Buddy
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Frogfish with model by Rudy Janssen
Frogfish with model
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 22, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Gorgeous Gorgonian Sinuous sea fan common in the sea of ... by Peet J Van Eeden
Gorgeous Gorgonian
Sinuous sea fan common in the sea of the Cape Peninsula
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 19, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Scolopsis taeniata by Tamer Fouad
Scolopsis taeniata
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 17, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Qatar
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Mantaray and sun Rays, Isla Socorro Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Mantaray and sun Rays, Isla Socorro Mexico
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 14, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Green Turtle 1 Nuvilu Diving by Khaled Zaki
Green Turtle 1 Nuvilu Diving
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 13, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Mantas and the Sun Rays, Isla Socorro México by Alejandro Topete
Mantas and the Sun Rays, Isla Socorro México
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 9, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Reef and the equatorial Sun-Weda Bay-Halmahera Island, In... by Richard Goluch
Reef and the equatorial Sun-Weda Bay-Halmahera Island, Indonesia.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Ms. Titan by Pierre Mineau
Ms. Titan
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 31, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Crab home out in Cozumel by Daniel Waldman
Crab home out in Cozumel
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Something different: special technique circular shot with... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Something different: special technique circular shot with Tokina 10-17mm and cropped sensor! Colorful feather duster worms and fire coral in front of the wheelhouse of the Doc Polson shipwreck.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 29, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A sea turtle resting on a coral apparently waiting for pe... by Stefano Colombo
A sea turtle resting on a coral apparently waiting for people from the boat just above
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 28, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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spotted eagle ray by Susanna Randazzo
spotted eagle ray
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 28, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Diving with rays by Sigitas Sirvydas
Diving with rays
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 27, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Snapers in the Arche, Playa del Carmen México by Alejandro Topete
Snapers in the Arche, Playa del Carmen México
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Triggerfish on the earth by Deniz Muzaffer Gökmen
Triggerfish on the earth
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Coral in the Reef, Cozumel México by Alejandro Topete
Coral in the Reef, Cozumel México
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 18, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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cameratakeover by Marc Van Den Broeck
cameratakeover
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 18, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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The curve. by Francesco Pacienza
The curve.
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14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 17, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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This turtle, at Slow and Easy dive site in Yap, posed its... by Ken Sutherland
This turtle, at Slow and Easy dive site in Yap, posed itself right next to me on the reef and then for me and then yawned!
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 13, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Micronesia
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