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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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This image of a Green Moray was taken duri ng a dive a Pa... by Steven Anderson
This image of a Green Moray was taken duri ng a dive a Paso Del Cedral. This large and almost toothless eel has been there on this reef for a few years.

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We've had a lot of common shots this month. It doesn't matter if you've seen it before as long as it is well executed like this one from Steven
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 24, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Queen Angel Fish @ Monito Island by Frankie Rivera
Queen Angel Fish @ Monito Island
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date posted posted: Monday, November 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Anemone city by Cigdem Cooper
Anemone city
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date posted posted: Monday, November 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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This image was taken during a dive trip to Roatan Hondura... by Steven Anderson
This image was taken during a dive trip to Roatan Honduras. Look at the mouth on this guy!
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date posted posted: Monday, November 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Ready to take of Nikon D200/12-24mm by Yves Antoniazzo
Ready to take of Nikon D200/12-24mm
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 22, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Senegal
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Apo Island coral head with a traditional Philippino Banca... by Steve De Neef
Apo Island coral head with a traditional Philippino Banca in the background.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippines
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The baby reef... Shot off the coast of Kabatepe. Nikon D... by Andre Yanco
The baby reef... Shot off the coast of Kabatepe. Nikon D200 with Sigma 15mm Fisheye Lens in a Sea and Sea Housing. Twin YS-110 Strobes with TTL converter.

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Andre is the master of Close Focus Wide Angle (CFWA)
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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first time with this spices of "meduse granulleuse",don't... by Durand Gerald
first time with this spices of "meduse granulleuse",don't touch one lol...
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe
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Frogfish are every obliging, they normally sit very still... by Anna Wright
Frogfish are every obliging, they normally sit very still when you want to take photos, and this one was no exception
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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couple weedy sea dragon by Andre Rhonnie
couple weedy sea dragon
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Australia
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A diver floats over soft corals in Utila by Susan Beerman
A diver floats over soft corals in Utila
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Butterfly semimasked fish by Francesco Pacienza
Butterfly semimasked fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, November 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Italy
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Yawning Frog Fish by Nazir Amin
Yawning Frog Fish
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date posted posted: Friday, November 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Tube Sponge @ Mona Island Puerto Rico by Frankie Rivera
Tube Sponge @ Mona Island Puerto Rico
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Couple of Bannerfish at Shark's Bay. by Stephan Kerkhofs
Couple of Bannerfish at Shark's Bay.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Frogfish on the Salem Express at sunset. by Dray Van Beeck
Frogfish on the Salem Express at sunset.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Crocodilefish taken in Shark's Bay. by Stephan Kerkhofs
Crocodilefish taken in Shark's Bay.
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date posted posted: Thursday, November 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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The whip coral. by Vladimir Levantovsky
The whip coral.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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An underwater playground ... Taken with Canon XSi and Tok... by Vladimir Levantovsky
An underwater playground ... Taken with Canon XSi and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye in ikelite housing, dual DS-125 strobes,
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Yellowspotted trevally by Cigdem Cooper
Yellowspotted trevally
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hawksbill turtle up close and personal! by Stephan Kerkhofs
Hawksbill turtle up close and personal!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, November 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hawksbill turtle taken in full flight behind Thomas Reef. by Stephan Kerkhofs
Hawksbill turtle taken in full flight behind Thomas Reef.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A red fishstar on a very big black sponge with a diver ba... by Alberto Romeo
A red fishstar on a very big black sponge with a diver background
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Hey There!!! by Andres L-M_larraz
Hey There!!!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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This is a kind of crab named "Navalheira" in portuguese. ... by Fernando Trindade
This is a kind of crab named "Navalheira" in portuguese.
Species: Necora Puber
Family: Portunidae
This picture is an example of Depth of Field usage.
Focus is at crab's eyes.
Water Temp: 16º
Depth: 13.3 meters
Spot: Pedra do Leão - Sesimbra
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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A little bit of scenery.. Nikon D200 with Sigma 15mm fish... by Andre Yanco
A little bit of scenery.. Nikon D200 with Sigma 15mm fish-eye lens in a Sea&Sea Housing. Twing YS-110 Strobes with TTL converter.

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More superior CFWA from Andre
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Bunaken diving by Girts Kravalis
Bunaken diving
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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