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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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CFWA, of the amazing corals at Rainbow reef in the Maldiv... by Jackie Campbell
CFWA, of the amazing corals at Rainbow reef in the Maldives.
......easy to see where the reef gets its name.
Canon ixus 100, inon fisheye lens and single inon d2000.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 9, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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White Lion by Pietro Formis
White Lion
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Underwater mystery by Abimael Márquez
Underwater mystery
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Moray, North Bahamas, West End by Richard Mirande
Moray, North Bahamas, West End
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date posted posted: Monday, September 6, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Sunny day at Buyat bay, north Sulawesi by Reidar Opem
Sunny day at Buyat bay, north Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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Seahorse on rocks. Taken with Nikon D60, with Nikkor 18-5... by Francesco Pacienza
Seahorse on rocks. Taken with Nikon D60, with Nikkor 18-55 in Easydive Leo housing. One strobe, Nikonos SB105.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 1, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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The red garden Nikon D200, 10,5mm nikon,twin strobo Wak... by Marchione Giacomo
The red garden
Nikon D200, 10,5mm nikon,twin strobo
Wakatobi 2010
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2010

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Another classic CFWA from Marchione. Colorful foreground with relaxed diver behind
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date posted posted: Monday, August 30, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Cuttlefish with my guide Wayan. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye... by Christian Nielsen
Cuttlefish with my guide Wayan. Olympus E330, 8mm fisheye, 2 Ikelite DS125 strobes.

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always good to show some diver/critter ineration Christian
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Sponge and diver by Alin Ardelean
Sponge and diver
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 29, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Diving in Sharm by Pietro Formis
Diving in Sharm
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Lion Fish resting on the sea fan by Alin Ardelean
Lion Fish resting on the sea fan
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Large school of silversides at Big Tunnels in Grand Cayma... by Steven Gollehon
Large school of silversides at Big Tunnels in Grand Cayman. Taken with Nikon d300s using Tokina 10-17 wide angle fisheye lens.
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date posted posted: Friday, August 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Acropora & Diver by Adolfo Maciocco
Acropora & Diver
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 26, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Interesting lens effect from sunlight at Devil's Grotto i... by Steven Gollehon
Interesting lens effect from sunlight at Devil's Grotto in Grand Cayman.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 25, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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From Marmara Island. Taken with Nİkon D80, Nikon 10,5mm f... by Alp Baranok
From Marmara Island. Taken with Nİkon D80, Nikon 10,5mm fisheye lens, 2x YS110 strobe.
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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"2500". Celebrating my dive no 2500 ( in the year 2008 ) ... by Rico Besserdich
"2500". Celebrating my dive no 2500 ( in the year 2008 ) with my friend erol & a turtle :-) I hope, that's the right category since in fact a macro lens was used ;-)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Turkey
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Black Frogfish - blue eyes ! by Hilal Matta
Black Frogfish - blue eyes !
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 22, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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taking the photo pose.. by Jimmy Mazoue
taking the photo pose..
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Macau
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Hairy Frogfish with diver. TAR Park Kota Kinabalu Sabah, ... by Richard Swann
Hairy Frogfish with diver. TAR Park Kota Kinabalu Sabah, Borneo
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The old 'mask reflection' shot...
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 20, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Plumose anemones in the "Emerald Sea". Vancouver, BC Can... by Lee Newman
Plumose anemones in the "Emerald Sea". Vancouver, BC
Canon 30D in an Ikelite housing with a 15 mm FE and DS-160 strobe.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Canada
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Red soft corals from Marmara Island. Taken with Nikon D80... by Alp Baranok
Red soft corals from Marmara Island. Taken with Nikon D80, 10,5 mm fisheye lens, 2xYS110 strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 18, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea of Marmara Turkey
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Vanity ! Hairy Frogfish, TAR Park, Sabah, Borneo by Richard Swann
Vanity ! Hairy Frogfish, TAR Park, Sabah, Borneo
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Green Humphead Parrot fish under the Liberty Wreck (follo... by Raoul Caprez
Green Humphead Parrot fish under the Liberty Wreck (followed by my wife)
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date posted posted: Monday, August 16, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Ornate Ghost Pipefish & Diver Ras Zaa'tar by Adolfo Maciocco
Ornate Ghost Pipefish & Diver
Ras Zaa'tar
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 8, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Red anemone and Schnell's window... by Dray Van Beeck
Red anemone and Schnell's window...
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 7, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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CFWA. Wire Coral Goby & Diver by Nicholas Samaras
CFWA. Wire Coral Goby & Diver
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2010
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There's some speculation how this one was done. Looks like an old fashioned double exposure (remember them?) given the extremes in subject size I'd say two lenses were used but it was a Tokina 10-17mm Fisheye.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 28, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Canon G9 Ikelite f/3.2 1/1250 ISO 100 no flash by Ronaldo Cavichiolli
Canon G9 Ikelite
f/3.2 1/1250
ISO 100
no flash
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 27, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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