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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 Nature by Lütfi Tanrıöver
The Nature
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Sweetlips on the coral... by Ahmet Yay
Sweetlips on the coral...
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Large school of Horse-eye Jacks by Larry Polster
Large school of Horse-eye Jacks
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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crinoïd by Mathieu Foulquié
crinoïd
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Misool by Mathieu Foulquié
Misool
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Big Eye Squirrel Fish by Steven Daniel
Big Eye Squirrel Fish
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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The locals call him Leonardo, dive site Turtle Crossing, ... by Larry Polster
The locals call him Leonardo, dive site Turtle Crossing, Roatan
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 26, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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langouste à Cozumel by André Bruchez
langouste à Cozumel
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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shy grouper Shot with CANON G9 by Alex Varani
shy grouper
Shot with CANON G9
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Ostracion meleagris. Note the small sheer shrimp on top. ... by Alex Varani
Ostracion meleagris. Note the small sheer shrimp on top.
CANON G9
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Green turtle trying to rid himself of two remora. D300-To... by Larry Polster
Green turtle trying to rid himself of two remora. D300-Tokena 10-17mm
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Honduras
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UFO by Mathieu Foulquié
UFO
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46 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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sergeant major_Anse Lazio_Praslin by Mathieu Foulquié
sergeant major_Anse Lazio_Praslin
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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rascasse volante à playa del Carmen by André Bruchez
rascasse volante à playa del Carmen
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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friendly Batfish by Naomi Cometto
friendly Batfish
29 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 22, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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sohal, shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro by Simon Gardener
sohal, shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman Oman
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divers drifting over a beautiful coral reef, Sogod Bay Pi... by Harald Fauske
divers drifting over a beautiful coral reef, Sogod Bay Pilippines
Tokina 10-17, inon z 240 strobes
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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crinoid_Raja Ampat by Mathieu Foulquié
crinoid_Raja Ampat
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 21, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Ribbed Jelly by Andres L-M_larraz
Ribbed Jelly
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 18, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Napoleon wrasse @ Shark's bay Sharm el Sheikh by Adolfo Maciocco
Napoleon wrasse @ Shark's bay
Sharm el Sheikh
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 17, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This Queen Angelfish shows just why she is the Queen. Thi... by Steven Anderson
This Queen Angelfish shows just why she is the Queen. This image was taken at Paso De Cedral - Cozumel Mexico
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Diodon hystrix by Mathieu Foulquié
Diodon hystrix
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 15, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Green Seaturtle & Female Diver by Steffen Binke
Green Seaturtle & Female Diver
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38 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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toothless by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
toothless
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Green turtle and snorkelers by Adolfo Maciocco
Green turtle and snorkelers
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber Puerto Rico by Carlos Pérez
Three-Rowed Sea Cucumber Puerto Rico
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Touching the dome. Very curious green turtle in El Puerti... by Christian Nielsen
Touching the dome. Very curious green turtle in El Puertito, Tenerife. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, single Ikelite DS125 strobe.
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
a non-diver might think this is a giant turtle judging by the diver but we know the scale is misleading due to wide angle lens perspective distortion
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (African coastal) Spain
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