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Peoples' Vote


2024 has been the year of the bait ball in Bonaire. This tired turtle is looking for a place to rest, oblivious of the cyclone of big eye scan just meters away. Shot with a Nikon Z8/Nauticam housing/INON z330 strobes.
By Leslie Howell
posted (5 days ago)
5 votes

Hypselodoris bullokii nudibranch_March 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (5 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted 03:00 CST Today (14 hours ago)
2 votes

Thuridilla hopei_October 2024 (CanonEF100,1/200,f14,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (6 days ago)
1 votes

collors
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
1 votes

Pterois miles Please Help!I'm falling.
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted (3 days ago)
1 votes


By Salvatore Lauro
posted Yesterday
1 votes

Octopus vulgaris
By Cumhur Gedikoglu
posted 02:01 CST Today (15 hours ago)
1 votes

eyes
By Marc Van Den Broeck
posted (5 days ago)
0 votes

Goniobranchus collingwoodi nudibranch ( named also G. tumulifera) _February 2024 (Canon EF100,1/200,f16,iso100)
By Antonio Venturelli
posted (3 days ago)
0 votes
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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
anchor pin by Karl Hodgkins
anchor pin
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Grenada
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Napoleon by José Augusto Silva
Napoleon
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle in Nha Trang, Vietnam by Caroline Istas
Turtle in Nha Trang, Vietnam
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Vietnam
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Angelshark by Stephen Seymour
Angelshark
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Baby Hawksbill Turtle soon to be released. These babies w... by Steven Anderson
Baby Hawksbill Turtle soon to be released. These babies were not much more than 12 hours old. We released them into the Gulf Stream off the Bahamas.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Turtle by Stephen Seymour
Turtle
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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A large Shark Bay Whale Shark comes in for a look! by Nick Thake
A large Shark Bay Whale Shark comes in for a look!
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Aulostomus strigosus by Raoul Caprez
Aulostomus strigosus
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic Cape Verde
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allways funny to watch them swimming with their wide open... by Olivier Notz
allways funny to watch them swimming with their wide open mouths
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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Super Star :) by Kirill Zinoviev
Super Star smile
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Close encounter with friendly shark by Bernard Groenewald
Close encounter with friendly shark
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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I tried to capture the flash in the reflection of the fis... by Bernard Groenewald
I tried to capture the flash in the reflection of the fishes eye which I was successful with. It was a bit like playing a game of chess as I had to predict the fishes next movement.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Tiger eel by Stephen Seymour
Tiger eel
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Angelshark by Stephen Seymour
Angelshark
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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Serranus scriba and anthias sp. by Alex Varani
Serranus scriba and anthias sp.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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This area had lots of big healthy beautiful elephant ear ... by Lisa Hinderlider
This area had lots of big healthy beautiful elephant ear sponges, caught my buddy cruising over the top!
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2010

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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
wow, that's a biggie! mind you, wide lenses exaggerate perspective which is what makes CFWA so interesting
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 3, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Osprey Reef. Canon G-10, Ikelite housing, strobes and dome. by Bill Arle
Osprey Reef. Canon G-10, Ikelite housing, strobes and dome.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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There is quite a wide variety of fish around Dog Island. by Bruce Campbell
There is quite a wide variety of fish around Dog Island.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 31, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf of Venezuela Virgin Islands (British)
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Sleeping..? by Kirill Zinoviev
Sleeping..?
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Cardinalfish @ Dumaguete by Taco Cheung
Cardinalfish @ Dumaguete
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 29, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Turtle head movement trough slow shooter speed, hope you ... by Javier Sandoval
Turtle head movement trough slow shooter speed, hope you like it !!!!!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Lionfish by Dray Van Beeck
Lionfish
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Musa cancun by Juan Cardona
Musa cancun
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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The 10-17mm at work by Stew Smith
The 10-17mm at work
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Aren't my teeth beautifull ?? :-) by Els Van Den Borre
Aren't my teeth beautifull ?? :-)
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
you might see a fish - I see a diagonal
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Red sea fan with my dive buddy. Canon Ixus 100, fisheye ... by Jackie Campbell
Red sea fan with my dive buddy.
Canon Ixus 100, fisheye lens, single inon D2000 strobe.

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
You can't beat a big splash of red
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Musa by Juan Cardona
Musa

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
photographing art underwater could potentially be a copyright issue. I'd call this 'fair use'
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 21, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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