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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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dugong ! by Helmy Hashim
dugong !
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40 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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lion fish and sun, only 5 metr depth. Alor archipelago. by Gilles Brignardello
lion fish and sun, only 5 metr depth. Alor archipelago.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 12, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Indonesia
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green turtle . by Helmy Hashim
green turtle .
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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... by Sergiy Glushchenko
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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House reef on Mataking Island by Martin Ferak
House reef on Mataking Island
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 10, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Pot Bellied Seahorse by Richard Wylie
Pot Bellied Seahorse
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 10, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Sipadan by Martin Ferak
Sipadan
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Caribbean reef. by Stéphane Primatesta
Caribbean reef.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 9, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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Watching in awe. Manta and its companions, Cabo Pearce, S... by Christian Nielsen
Watching in awe. Manta and its companions, Cabo Pearce, Socorro Island.
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Close up to a Hawksbill in Wit Concrete wreck St Thomas by Carlos Pérez
Close up to a Hawksbill in Wit Concrete wreck St Thomas
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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A dazzling featherstar drifting down to its place of rest... by David Crutchley
A dazzling featherstar drifting down to its place of rest managed to catch it with the sun directly behind it
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 5, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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Tanuta by Antonio Colacino
Tanuta
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea France
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Tombant au Elphinstone by André Bruchez
Tombant au Elphinstone
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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a quite interesting mix of colours in close proximity wit... by Olivier Notz
a quite interesting mix of colours in close proximity with each other
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Frogfish in laying on Staghorn Coral,Flic en Flac,Mauriti... by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Frogfish in laying on Staghorn Coral,Flic en Flac,Mauritius ,Canon G1O
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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The Crosses of Malpique by Wijnand Plekker
The Crosses of Malpique
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date posted posted: Friday, February 3, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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My wife and a friendly manta in silhouette. The Boiler, S... by Christian Nielsen
My wife and a friendly manta in silhouette. The Boiler, San Benedicto Island.
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date posted posted: Friday, February 3, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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Image shot on San Benedicto Island, Socorro. Fantastic di... by Christian Nielsen
Image shot on San Benedicto Island, Socorro. Fantastic diving with friendly manta's. This was a shot that I planned from home (getting a bit above). Turned out to be rather difficult (light, visibility, composition). Well here is the result.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 1, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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giant clam below the surface by Mona Dienhart
giant clam below the surface
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Lionfish and divers. by Mikhail Smirnov
Lionfish and divers.
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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These jellyfish are so plentiful its difficult to swim th... by Dave Wasserman
These jellyfish are so plentiful its difficult to swim through them.
Fabulous and rather majestic subjects with no brain and no eyes..
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date posted posted: Monday, January 30, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Manatee at Crystal River being photographed by fans. by Jeri Curley
Manatee at Crystal River being photographed by fans.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2012

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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico United States
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a curious lion fish coming straight at me by Brice Bastier
a curious lion fish coming straight at me
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Coral Sea Australia
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Fishes... Near Wayag isl. by Mikhail Smirnov
Fishes... Near Wayag isl.
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 26, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Wobbegong shark being cleaned. by Larry Polster
Wobbegong shark being cleaned.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 24, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Natural Glow... by Carlos Pérez
Natural Glow...
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Murène à gueule jaune - Gymnothorax nudivomer - Muraenides by Giafferi Jonathan
Murène à gueule jaune - Gymnothorax nudivomer -
Muraenides
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date posted posted: Monday, January 23, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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