loading ...
please wait
Video Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Close Focus (79)

Search Contest Entries

Entries by Category
Entries by Sea
Entries by Country
or enter search text
 Contest Chat
Stats
Portfolios
Slide ShowSlide Show (latest)
Slide Show
Medal Winners
Spam voting policy
Really Simple Syndication Top 10 RSS feed
The Rules!
Our underwater photography contest is the longest running and most prestigious online. If you want to make a name for yourself this is THE place to do it.
Just look at some of the internationally acclaimed photographers who have launched their u/w photo careers here over the years.
It's easy to enter the contest just... click here to enter

Monthly winners will be shown by the 10th of the following month
The pre-judging for the annual awards has started!
click here to see shortlisted entries

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 (6 days ago)
2 votes

sepiola hiding and modulating chromatophores
By Michele Lazzari
posted Yesterday
2 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 Yesterday
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 (4 days ago)
0 votes

BLENNIE - Ecsenius lineatus ILE DE LA REUNION 2024
By Didier Pasquini
posted (2 days ago)
0 votes
About Peoples' vote About Peoples' vote



Special Offer
Our Price $899
buy underwater cameras
buy your UnderwaterPhotography.com T-shirts!
The UnderwaterPhotography.com photo course collection
click here to buy the book
5177 Entries Found: Page 79  of  192
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 member has a pro account

Red Seafan by Marco Gargiulo
Red Seafan
30 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Monday, March 31, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
view portfolio more shots by Marco Gargiulo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Banded Seasnake on the way to the surface - I like the in... by Andre Philip
Banded Seasnake on the way to the surface - I like the incredible elegance of this animals :-)
shortlistedShortlisted!
10 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Sunday, March 30, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
view portfolio more shots by Andre Philip
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Seafan & Seahorse by Marco Gargiulo
Seafan & Seahorse
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Great postcard looking image.
48 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
view portfolio more shots by Marco Gargiulo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Upload\UP\Competition\96208.jpg (missing image)
Kanyen. The size of the loaded photo 517 x 750 px. 585 KB. What not so?

This member has a pro account

Kanyen. by Sergey Lisitsyn
Kanyen.
4 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Thursday, March 27, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
view portfolio more shots by Sergey Lisitsyn
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Prospective Nikon D800E, 16mm Nikon, two strobo Raja Ampat by Marchione Giacomo
Prospective
Nikon D800E, 16mm Nikon, two strobo
Raja Ampat
9 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Tuesday, March 25, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Marchione Giacomo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Sea fan, Raja Ampat by Leena Roy
Sea fan, Raja Ampat
21 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, March 22, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Leena Roy
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Mediterranean Anglerfish by Marco Gargiulo
Mediterranean Anglerfish
shortlistedShortlisted!
56 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Thursday, March 20, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
view portfolio more shots by Marco Gargiulo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Big soft coral, small aperture, very close by Steven Miller
Big soft coral, small aperture, very close
13 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, March 19, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Steven Miller
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Like a bird on a tree - a Scorpionfish on the top of a sp... by Andre Philip
Like a bird on a tree - a Scorpionfish on the top of a sponge
27 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Philippines
view portfolio more shots by Andre Philip
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Snake Eel,a sweet smile. by Abimael Márquez
Snake Eel,a sweet smile.
23 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Tuesday, March 18, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
view portfolio more shots by Abimael Márquez
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

The Doc Polson wreck with Cathy Church by Jim Catlin
The Doc Polson wreck with Cathy Church
22 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Monday, March 17, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
view portfolio more shots by Jim Catlin
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Frog fish by Marco Gargiulo
Frog fish
63 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Monday, March 17, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
view portfolio more shots by Marco Gargiulo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Snake Eel by Abimael Márquez
Snake Eel
27 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Sunday, March 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
view portfolio more shots by Abimael Márquez
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Butterfly Fish on reef by Dave Difiore
Butterfly Fish on reef
10 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Sunday, March 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
view portfolio more shots by Dave Difiore view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Cucumber'n'Sun by Lars Peters
Cucumber'n'Sun
16 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, March 16, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
view portfolio more shots by Lars Peters
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Octapus by Bülent Kılınc
Octapus
15 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Saturday, March 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
view portfolio more shots by Bülent Kılınc
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Raja Ampat .Mangrovie reef Nikon D800E, 16mm Nikon, two ... by Marchione Giacomo
Raja Ampat .Mangrovie reef
Nikon D800E, 16mm Nikon, two strobo
10 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, March 15, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Marchione Giacomo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Lionfish and DIver by Lars Peters
Lionfish and DIver
8 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Friday, March 14, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
view portfolio more shots by Lars Peters
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Close focus wide angle framing by Steven Miller
Close focus wide angle framing
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging
36 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Steven Miller
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Big clam for here, and more open than you usually see the... by Steven Miller
Big clam for here, and more open than you usually see them. Dome was an inch away.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Amazing composition, nice work!
39 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Steven Miller view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Red whip coral by Leena Roy
Red whip coral
6 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Tuesday, March 11, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Leena Roy view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

an other shot from the Hyppo series .... by Marco Gargiulo
an other shot from the Hyppo series ....
51 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Monday, March 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
view portfolio more shots by Marco Gargiulo
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
[:b:]Movin'on underlight[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Movin'on underlight
11 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Monday, March 10, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
view portfolio more shots by Francesco Pacienza
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Crayfish and shrimp inside a tube by Philippe Brunner
Crayfish and shrimp inside a tube
13 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, March 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Switzerland
view portfolio more shots by Philippe Brunner
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
[:b:]Hallo[:/b:] by Francesco Pacienza
Hallo
12 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Sunday, March 9, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Philippines
view portfolio more shots by Francesco Pacienza
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Common soft coral, uncommonly flat sea, and snell some ni... by Steven Miller
Common soft coral, uncommonly flat sea, and snell some nice clouds.
shortlistedShortlisted!
27 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Friday, March 7, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Steven Miller
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
5177 Entries Found: Page 79  of  192