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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
the dogong !! by Helmy Hashim
the dogong !!
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 7, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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blu in the sky Nikon D200, 10,5mm, twin strobo Bohol 2011 by Marchione Giacomo
blu in the sky
Nikon D200, 10,5mm, twin strobo
Bohol 2011
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35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Brittlestars at Black Carrs, St Abbs by Tom Ashton
Brittlestars at Black Carrs, St Abbs
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 6, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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ray of the sun at menjangan island.. shot with Canon G12,... by Marthin Uada
ray of the sun at menjangan island.. shot with Canon G12, F8, 1/ 640, iso 200, with single srobe sea&sea YS90
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Anemones reflecting in an air bubble on the ceiling of th... by Tom Ashton
Anemones reflecting in an air bubble on the ceiling of the top arch, Cathedral Rock, St Abbs.
Freediving.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 5, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Mr Nemo by Thor Arne Marthinsen
Mr Nemo
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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diver cuttle by Marthin Uada
diver cuttle
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Self portrait with a wrasse. Freediving, St Abbs, Scotland by Tom Ashton
Self portrait with a wrasse. Freediving, St Abbs, Scotland
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Caretta caretta from Kaş/Turkiye. Taken with Nikon 10,5mm... by Alp Baranok
Caretta caretta from Kaş/Turkiye. Taken with Nikon 10,5mm fisheye lens and sea&sea YS110 strobe.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 4, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Giant Plumose Anemone by J. Daniel Horovatin
Giant Plumose Anemone
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date posted posted: Monday, October 3, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Jellyfish shot in water column near Victoria, BC Canada. by J. Daniel Horovatin
Jellyfish shot in water column near Victoria, BC Canada.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Aplysia depilans on wreck. Taken with Nikon P7000 in Easy... by Francesco Pacienza
Aplysia depilans on wreck. Taken with Nikon P7000 in Easysnap housing with 12mm Fish-Eye. Two Nikonos SB-105 strobes with optical cable.
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 2, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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*** by Serhat Tasgedik
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37 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 30, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Calve Island, Sound of Mull by Tom Ashton
Calve Island, Sound of Mull
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date posted posted: Friday, September 30, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic United Kingdom
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congre... by André Bruchez
congre...
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Dusky sharks close up by Allen Walker
Dusky sharks close up
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Schooling Bat fish at Sipidan Island by Graeme Cole
Schooling Bat fish at Sipidan Island
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Malaysia
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My first attempts at this kind of shot. Sound of Mull. by Tom Ashton
My first attempts at this kind of shot.
Sound of Mull.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Face à face by André Bruchez
Face à face
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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This is my best side.... by Jackie Campbell
This is my best side....
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Thalassoma pavo. by Ferdinando Meli
Thalassoma pavo.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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threestripe rockfish & hidden young octopus by Boris Pamikov
threestripe rockfish & hidden young octopus
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, September 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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Reef shark at the Exhuma Islands by Larry Polster
Reef shark at the Exhuma Islands
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Bahamas
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Triton & Diver by Rico Besserdich
Triton & Diver
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Sunflower Star with Blackeye Goby by J. Daniel Horovatin
Sunflower Star with Blackeye Goby
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Levitation / Giant octopus Dofleini by Boris Pamikov
Levitation
/ Giant octopus Dofleini
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2011
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
That's a big one. Bear in mind though that wide angle lenses exaggerate perspective - so always shoot the critter in front of the diver
46 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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Working on my lighting technique to eliminate backscatter... by J. Daniel Horovatin
Working on my lighting technique to eliminate backscatter -- Moon Jellyfish swimming. More work needed in getting the strobes right.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 18, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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