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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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from shadows into light ... / Lion's Mane Jellyfish by Boris Pamikov
from shadows into light ...
/ Lion's Mane Jellyfish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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"Sweetlips and Habili" A liitle group of sweetlips in... by Henry Jager
"Sweetlips and Habili"

A liitle group of sweetlips in front of one of the two pillers of the famus divespot "habili etnin arug"
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fly away by Lucie Drlikova
Fly away
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date posted posted: Monday, August 29, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hydroid by Boris Pamikov
Hydroid
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Japan Russia
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I think that's Mr. Abernethy in the background - getting ... by Kevin Bryant
I think that's Mr. Abernethy in the background - getting ready to holler at me again. :-)
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sargasso Sea Bahamas
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Not much fish to see but at least some "underwater inform... by Rico Besserdich
Not much fish to see but at least some "underwater information plates" show, what's supposed to swim around.
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Paysage Croate by André Bruchez
Paysage Croate
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Frogfish in the sun... by Dray Van Beeck
Frogfish in the sun...
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Turtle and photographer in Sipadan by Erich Reboucas
Turtle and photographer in Sipadan
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date posted posted: Friday, August 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Hmmm, close enough? ;) by Allen Walker
Hmmm, close enough? wink
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 25, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Juvenile Rock Sole swimming over a Sunflower Star by J. Daniel Horovatin
Juvenile Rock Sole swimming over a Sunflower Star
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Soft coral at Saint john reef during a mornig dive. by Marcello Di Francesco
Soft coral at Saint john reef during a mornig dive.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Out of the light" by Rico Besserdich
"Out of the light"
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Spotted scorpionfish. Nice piece about 40 cm by Roman Vyroubal
Spotted scorpionfish. Nice piece about 40 cm
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Croatia
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Rock Sole by J. Daniel Horovatin
Rock Sole
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Nikon D3 + Nikon Zoom 14-24mm in a Seacam housing, 2 x Se... by Frank Schneider
Nikon D3 + Nikon Zoom 14-24mm in a Seacam housing, 2 x Seacam Seaflash 150 TTL (manual settings), 1/80s, f 20. Thanks to Holger Schwab from click here
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Nightly Encounter ;-) by Rico Besserdich
Nightly Encounter ;-)
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Eagle ray and divers by Erich Reboucas
Eagle ray and divers
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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"Under the Bridge" soft coral shoted wiht Eos450d + tokin... by Marcello Di Francesco
"Under the Bridge" soft coral shoted wiht Eos450d + tokina 10-17 ( @10mm) + 2 inon z240
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date posted posted: Friday, August 19, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Cornet-Fish ( and diver ) at night. by Rico Besserdich
Cornet-Fish ( and diver ) at night.
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Jellies! by Andres L-M_larraz
Jellies!
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 18, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Seastar @ Azores, Portugal by Patrick Neumann
Seastar @ Azores, Portugal
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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"Squid Alarm !!" While my buddy tries to capture a shot ... by Rico Besserdich
"Squid Alarm !!" While my buddy tries to capture a shot of this juvenile squid group with her compact camera, I took this photo of her & the baby squids last night. Please note, that the middle squid is just having a small snack ;-)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 16, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Wart slug @ Ras mohamed by Adolfo Maciocco
Wart slug @ Ras mohamed
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date posted posted: Monday, August 15, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Snells window & night reflections near the dive platform.... by Rico Besserdich
Snells window & night reflections near the dive platform. Un-cropped, shooted as seen ( no photoshop, except slight curves adjustment ). From my yesterdays nightdive ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 15, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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"Nightly Encounter" . Common Sea-Turtle ( Caretta Carett... by Rico Besserdich
"Nightly Encounter" . Common Sea-Turtle ( Caretta Caretta ) at night. Canon 40D with Sigma 10-20 ( on the 10mm end ) with +2 diopter attached. 2 x sea&sea 110@ strobe. F8, 1/60 sc., ISO 400
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date posted posted: Monday, August 15, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Giant Moray on Shark Reef, Nauticam NA-D7000, 10-17mm Tok... by Alex Tattersall
Giant Moray on Shark Reef, Nauticam NA-D7000, 10-17mm Tokina and 1.4x teleconverter. Zen 100mm minidome.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 12, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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