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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
Turtle and Spanish Hog Fish in Utila by Susan Beerman
Turtle and Spanish Hog Fish in Utila
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Two of a kind..... This image was taken in Cozumel by Steven Anderson
Two of a kind..... This image was taken in Cozumel
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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sweet chocolate ... by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
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Three of a kind, a diagonal - Jun Lao created a photo here
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Silent Scream by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Silent Scream
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Coral Grouper getting cleaned by small Wrasse. Olympus E... by Christian Nielsen
Coral Grouper getting cleaned by small Wrasse.
Olympus E330, 14-54mm, Ikelite DS125
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Parrotfish by Dray Van Beeck
Parrotfish
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Green female turtle taken in Na'ama Bay. by Stephan Kerkhofs
Green female turtle taken in Na'ama Bay.
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Green Moray by Susan Beerman
Green Moray
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Photographing the Boha Snapper at Shark Yoland Reef by Julian Cohen
Photographing the Boha Snapper at Shark Yoland Reef
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a different CFWA composition Julian
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Near Garden by Sergiy Glushchenko
Near Garden
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I just love how the blue stands out in this garden of sof... by Simon Gardener
I just love how the blue stands out in this garden of soft corals
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Oman
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shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro by Simon Gardener
shot with nikon D70s and 50mm macro
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean United Arab Emirates
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The head of a tarp. by Parker Corey
The head of a tarp.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Black Angel and Squirrel Fish taken off the coast of Cura... by Gordon Skiba
Black Angel and Squirrel Fish taken off the coast of Curacao in February 2008. Camera used was a Canon S50 with a Sea & Sea YS-110 Strobe.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Jelly fish taken during safety stop by Simon Toomer
Jelly fish taken during safety stop
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Underwater Bouquet at Komodo. These sea fans were about ... by Richard Witmer
Underwater Bouquet at Komodo. These sea fans were about 6 feet tall. G9/Ikelite DS160s/Olympus Wide Angle Lens.
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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Mooring rope. D3, 16mm. by Derek Haslam
Mooring rope. D3, 16mm.
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sea Fan and Rainbow Runners at Komodo. G9/DS160s/Olympus ... by Richard Witmer
Sea Fan and Rainbow Runners at Komodo. G9/DS160s/Olympus Wide Angle Lens.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Indonesia
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huge... by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
huge...
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Shot of an anemone found off South Monastery Beach in Car... by Joe Platko
Shot of an anemone found off South Monastery Beach in Carmel, Ca. This was one of the better dives I've had there in awhile, with the vis around 40 ft. The shot was taken with a canon a570, single inon d-2000s strobe and inon fisheye lens
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Parrotfish seen in Freeport Bahamas May 2009. Photo taken... by Bonnie Conley
Parrotfish seen in Freeport Bahamas May 2009. Photo taken with a Canon SD 550.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Picture taken with a Canon G9. (La Paz - Mexico) by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9. (La Paz - Mexico)
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Peep Show by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Peep Show
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Stagelight ! by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Stagelight !
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Ahoy Captain.. by Jun Lao
by: Jun Lao
Ahoy Captain..
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Picture taken with a Canon G9. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9.
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Juvenile Wolf Eel with soft coral in background. Photo ta... by Cal Romaneschi
Juvenile Wolf Eel with soft coral in background. Photo taken off the northern tip of Vancouver Island out of Port Hardy. Visibility in this area can get over 100 ft.
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 8, 2009
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