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Underwater Photo Contest | Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)

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shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
Swim through by Christopher Teoh
Swim through
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 1, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Sony a7Rvi w Nauticam housing was used to capture the bri... by Bonnie Gulzow
Sony a7Rvi w Nauticam housing was used to capture the brilliant Egyptian Reef in Ras Mehammad National Park, Red Sea using ambient light without filter.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 10, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Entrance by Penn De Los Santos
Entrance
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 6, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Andaman Sea Maldives
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I was free diving at home, in QLD Australia when I looked... by Evie Hall
I was free diving at home, in QLD Australia when I looked down and saw this, HUGE Ray below me swimming through a huge school of fish. They all parted around the huge male and he swam off and buried i=himself in the sand on the edge of the reef.
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date posted posted: Monday, March 20, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Echeneis naucrates (live sharksucker). (f/5.6, 1/160, ISO... by E&e Lp
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Echeneis naucrates (live sharksucker). (f/5.6, 1/160, ISO-125, 50mm). - Erik
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, March 4, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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The tiger and the reef fish look like they are about to s... by Mike Quist
The tiger and the reef fish look like they are about to square off. I love marine predators and my wife and I were able to see this sigh and be lucky enough to capture this image.
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 25, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Ancient Greek figure underwater by Athanassios Lazarides
Ancient Greek figure underwater
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 16, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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signs by Marc Van Den Broeck
signs
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 5, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Raja Ampat by Roine Gabrielsson
Raja Ampat
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Eagle ray taking off. It got scared by my exhaled bubbles... by Fulvio Bertocchi
Eagle ray taking off. It got scared by my exhaled bubbles and shot upwards when I took the picture on the fly.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 28, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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"L'empereur". Cheilinus undulatus (Napoleon wrasse). (f/6... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
"L'empereur". Cheilinus undulatus (Napoleon wrasse). (f/6.3, 1/160, ISO-100, 50mm). - Erik
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 27, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Chaetodon semilarvatus (masked butterflyfish) (f/5, 1/160... by E&e Lp
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Chaetodon semilarvatus (masked butterflyfish) (f/5, 1/160, ISO-200, 31mm). - Erik
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 15, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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resting whales and photographer (taken under permit) by Arun Madisetti
resting whales and photographer (taken under permit)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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Aussie marine biologist gets up close to a sleeping Carib... by Arun Madisetti
Aussie marine biologist gets up close to a sleeping Caribbean Sperm Whale. (taken under permit)
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 2, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Dominica
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let's see who is the fastest by Nicolai Posininsky
let's see who is the fastest
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 26, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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An adult Stoplight Parrot in Tobacco Bay, Bermuda by Steve Dolan
An adult Stoplight Parrot in Tobacco Bay, Bermuda
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bermuda
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“There’s something below the surface” Dive off the coast ... by Steve Dolan
“There’s something below the surface” Dive off the coast of Cancun at M.U.S.A
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 17, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Sunken Treasure! A Volkswagen Beetle on the ocean floor i... by Steve Dolan
Sunken Treasure! A Volkswagen Beetle on the ocean floor in Mexico
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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This was my best encounter with a whale and his calf. I h... by Anthony Deroeux
This was my best encounter with a whale and his calf. I had chance to have in front of me 2 dolphins with the whales! Special and unique moment to me, will remember it for long.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Image was taken in Baa Atoll, Maldives at around 20m on a... by Yaniu Mohamed Raoof
Image was taken in Baa Atoll, Maldives at around 20m on a cloudy day.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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In the blue - Bathfish by Massimo Giorgetta
In the blue - Bathfish
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 11, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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"Ghosts" (Carangoides fulvoguttatus - Yellowspotted treva... by E&e Lp
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"Ghosts" (Carangoides fulvoguttatus - Yellowspotted trevally). Brightness, contrast etc. modified (PS Express) to accentuate highlights. Shot downwards into the blue with only natural light. - Erik
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 1, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Diving at the end of the group behind my wife's pink flip... by E&e Lp
by: E&e Lp
Diving at the end of the group behind my wife's pink flippers, flabbergasted by the enormous corals of Fury Shoals, when suddenly a goldbody trevally crosses the scene. Quick shot, only natural light. - Erik
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 22, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Playing with natural light in the cenote of Tajma Ha in M... by Brenda De Vries
Playing with natural light in the cenote of Tajma Ha in Mexico.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 18, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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The entrance of the Aktun Ha cave in Mexico. by Brenda De Vries
The entrance of the Aktun Ha cave in Mexico.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 16, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes Mexico
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Seal or golden retriever? This one solicited belly rubs a... by Charlie Nutting
Seal or golden retriever? This one solicited belly rubs and grabbed my hand with it's flipper when I stopped rubbing its belly, as if to say 'don't stop petting me!' just like a dog. Shot in New England, on Maine New Hampshire Border.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 3, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Aquanauts - coming up for my 15m interval to see what's... by John Poulsen
Aquanauts -
coming up for my 15m interval to see what's above me.
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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