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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
el quseir by Natascha Lobisch
el quseir
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 3, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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el quseir makrels by Natascha Lobisch
el quseir makrels
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 2, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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- war paint - lionfish, Raja Ampat by Reinhard Arndt
- war paint - lionfish, Raja Ampat
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Indonesia
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dad kayaking over the danish seaweeds at a night time swi... by Rune Rasmussen
dad kayaking over the danish seaweeds at a night time swim :D
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 25, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea Denmark
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Cerianthus membranaceus Concentration by Cumhur Gedikoglu
Cerianthus membranaceus
Concentration
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 23, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Manatee by Abimael Márquez
Manatee
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Pike skin reflection by Sander Rietmeijer
Pike skin reflection
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 19, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Netherlands
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Grey nurse shark greeting us out of lockdown. Taken with ... by Brian Pool
Grey nurse shark greeting us out of lockdown. Taken with a Nikon D7000 in nauticam housing, Byron Bay, Australia
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 14, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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DOUBLE BARREL by Marko Perisic
DOUBLE BARREL
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 12, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea Netherlands
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Pikes are awesome! by Sander Rietmeijer
Pikes are awesome!
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 9, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Netherlands
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Some Mako sharks are real players! by Sander Rietmeijer
Some Mako sharks are real players!
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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Blue Sharks are so majestic and beautiful, I love them! by Sander Rietmeijer
Blue Sharks are so majestic and beautiful, I love them!
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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Totem / Pinna Nobilis, Santa Maria al Bagno, Salento by Claudio Stoppato
Totem / Pinna Nobilis, Santa Maria al Bagno, Salento
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 22, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Medsea shark egg CFWA shot by Raffaele Livornese
Medsea shark egg CFWA shot
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 19, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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I like the composition of this picture. It’s harmony and ... by Tomas Edin
I like the composition of this picture. It’s harmony and I can dream back to Elphinestones widely nature.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I took a picture of this beautiful pike while snorkeling/... by Sander Rietmeijer
I took a picture of this beautiful pike while snorkeling/freediving at night.
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 13, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Netherlands
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Spotfin Butterfly by Brian Perry
Spotfin Butterfly
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 12, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Fish Talk by Brian Perry
Fish Talk
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Carcinus aestuarii by Mathieu Foulquié
Carcinus aestuarii
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 8, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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SUNBURST by Marko Perisic
SUNBURST
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 8, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Key Largo by Brian Perry
Key Largo
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 7, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Porcupine fish, Key Largo, Florida by Brian Perry
Porcupine fish, Key Largo, Florida
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date posted posted: Friday, August 6, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Scrawled Cowfish, Key Largo, Florida by Brian Perry
Scrawled Cowfish, Key Largo, Florida
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5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 5, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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lionfish by Vladimir Chubenko
lionfish
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 5, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Golden grouper by Pablo Gutierrez
Golden grouper
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 1, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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Coral Shot with a Sony RX100 VI and UWL-09 Lens by Tal Mor
by: Tal Mor
Coral Shot with a Sony RX100 VI and UWL-09 Lens
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 7, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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The conger eel looks curiously at being reflected in the ... by Pablo Gutierrez
The conger eel looks curiously at being reflected in the dome of my wide angle lens
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, June 26, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Spain
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