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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
surrounded by twelve tiger sharks by Marc Van Den Broeck
surrounded by twelve tiger sharks
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date posted posted: Monday, December 13, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Fiji
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gele kikkervis by Marc Van Den Broeck
gele kikkervis
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 11, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Zebra fish from Bali Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 dome by Athanassios Lazarides
Zebra fish from Bali Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 dome
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 6, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Psychedelic Eric Ribbon Sweetlips - Plectorhinchus pol... by Stefan Follows
Psychedelic Eric
Ribbon Sweetlips - Plectorhinchus polytaenia
Liberty Wreck, Bali, Indonesia
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 4, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Hooknose - Agonus cataphractus, Oslo fjord, Canon G16 & I... by Athanassios Lazarides
Hooknose - Agonus cataphractus, Oslo fjord, Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 Dome
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 4, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Garden of the queen - with lens ball by Massimo Giorgetta
Garden of the queen - with lens ball
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Cassiopeia andromeda Panasonic LX100 II & Ikelite WD-4 ... by Athanassios Lazarides
Cassiopeia andromeda
Panasonic LX100 II & Ikelite WD-4 Wide Angle Dome
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Close up of a Pufferfish from the Red Sea Fujifilm Fd 40 by Athanassios Lazarides
Close up of a Pufferfish from the Red Sea
Fujifilm Fd 40
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Ghost nets kill... Diplodus vulgaris trapped in ghost ne... by Athanassios Lazarides
Ghost nets kill...
Diplodus vulgaris trapped in ghost nets somewhere in the Aegean Sea
Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 dome
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 8, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Greece
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Zeugopterus punctatus Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 Dome by Athanassios Lazarides
Zeugopterus punctatus
Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 Dome
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 7, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Splendid Toadfish, endemic to Cozumel. by Phil Bear
Splendid Toadfish, endemic to Cozumel.
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Female Tiger shark. Took this picture in Fuvahmulah, Mald... by Vinay Abraham Mathew
Female Tiger shark. Took this picture in Fuvahmulah, Maldives in October 21'
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 5, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Maldives
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Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) by Charles Wright
Weedy Sea Dragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus)
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 2, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Lagocephalus sceleratus by Athanassios Lazarides
Lagocephalus sceleratus
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 1, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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Bobtail Squid Portrait by Luca Keller
Bobtail Squid Portrait
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 29, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Crab eating ham - Portunus segnis by Athanassios Lazarides
Crab eating ham - Portunus segnis
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 29, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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STAR by Marko Perisic
STAR
shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 28, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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queen angelfish, panasonic GH4, panasonic lens 12-35mm, n... by Noel Lopez
queen angelfish, panasonic GH4, panasonic lens 12-35mm, nauticam housing, two sea and sea strobe D1
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 27, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) & Long legged spider ... by Athanassios Lazarides
Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) & Long legged spider crab (Macropodia rostrata)
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5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 26, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Cape Fur Seal by Charles Wright
Cape Fur Seal
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 23, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) South Africa
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Common Sunstar - Crossaster papposus Canon G16, Ikelite... by Athanassios Lazarides
Common Sunstar - Crossaster papposus
Canon G16, Ikelite WD-4 Wide angle dome, Sola 1200 Photo
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 18, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques) by Charles Wright
Leafy Seadragon (Phycodurus eques)
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 15, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Mating crabs - Romantic dance, the male carries the femal... by Athanassios Lazarides
Mating crabs - Romantic dance, the male carries the female underneath
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11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Mediterranean underwater statue by Jose Maria Abad Ortega
Mediterranean underwater statue
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 13, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Great close up from friendly fish in Garden of the Queens... by Ted Heierman
Great close up from friendly fish in Garden of the Queens Cuba!
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 11, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Cuba
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Crab with eggs. Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 Wide angle dome by Athanassios Lazarides
Crab with eggs. Canon G16 & Ikelite WD-4 Wide angle dome
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 6, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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The beautiful skin from a Blue Shark by Sander Rietmeijer
The beautiful skin from a Blue Shark
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 3, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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