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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

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A gentle giant Chevron Manta ray glides by, hoping to fee... by Lauren Berger
A gentle giant Chevron Manta ray glides by, hoping to feel bubbles on it's gills, they love bubble baths from divers!
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Puffer Fish Mauritius/ Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Puffer Fish Mauritius/ Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Hermit Crab....Can you spot its friend???? by Chris Miskavitch
Hermit Crab....Can you spot its friend????
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Room for text by Steven Miller
Room for text
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Eagle Ray close up, Akumal Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Eagle Ray close up, Akumal Mexico
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Impressive shot! Eagle rays usually won't let you get this close but this one seems to like you. Nice and dramatic capture.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Canon 7D /Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux Stella Maru by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Canon 7D /Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Stella Maru
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Frenchie French angel under the bridge. by Mark Sagovac
Frenchie
French angel under the bridge.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Afganistan
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Still life by Steven Miller
Still life
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Manatee by Abimael Márquez
Manatee
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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B L U E - B A C K G R O U N D Close-focus wide angle ... by Irwin Ang
B L U E - B A C K G R O U N D
Close-focus wide angle
Flamboyant cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi)
Dauin, Cebu. Philippines 2014
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Crock.. Canon 350D. Patima housing, single external plas... by Rudy Matt
Crock..
Canon 350D. Patima housing, single external plash.
F1/160 S16. Exp -2. WB cloudy.
Dive location roach reef resort, twu Sabah.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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White Frilled Anemone...of the coast of New England by Chris Miskavitch
White Frilled Anemone...of the coast of New England
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date posted posted: Friday, January 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Star by Pietro Cremone
Star
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Sea Cucumber....looks like chocolate chips? by Chris Miskavitch
Sea Cucumber....looks like chocolate chips?
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Spanish Lobster out for a walk during a night dive..... by Chris Miskavitch
Spanish Lobster out for a walk during a night dive.....
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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"Illumination" - There are lots of beautiful swim through... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Illumination" - There are lots of beautiful swim throughs in Cayman, but I wanted to photograph more than just blue light coming through the back. When I came upon this conch shell in one of the swim throughs, I saw the photo I'd been waiting for.

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Excellent use of spot lighting.
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Clownfish by Rudy Matt
Clownfish
55 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 21, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Puffer...Galapagos by Chris Miskavitch
Puffer...Galapagos
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Reef Octopus on a day-time hunt..... by Chris Miskavitch
Reef Octopus on a day-time hunt.....
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Crab with Purple eyes..... by Chris Miskavitch
Crab with Purple eyes.....
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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"The Beehive" A sponge hangs out from a steep wall as ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"The Beehive"
A sponge hangs out from a steep wall as divers pass overhead. If you look closely, you can see an arrow crab peeking out over the edge of the sponge.
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That's a great shot. Nice work on the composition here. Underexposing the background was the key to this image.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 19, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Eagle Ray close up by Alejandro Topete
Eagle Ray close up
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Spotted Eagle Ray; taking a closer look. by Chris Miskavitch
Spotted Eagle Ray; taking a closer look.
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date posted posted: Friday, January 16, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Clowns and Anemone by Pietro Cremone
Clowns and Anemone
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blending in...... by Chris Miskavitch
Blending in......
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Marble jelly on safety Stop by Chris Miskavitch
Marble jelly on safety Stop
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Honduras
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Blue Heron baby Seahorse by Mark Sagovac
Blue Heron baby
Seahorse
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date posted posted: Monday, January 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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