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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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Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Cozumel. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Cozumel.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Larry, Mo and Curly and their "guard fish" the Fairy Basslet by Larissa Roorda
Larry, Mo and Curly and their "guard fish" the Fairy Basslet
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 7, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Mike's Point .... by Tunc Yavuzdogan
Mike's Point ....
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 6, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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The Arch by Erika Antoniazzo
The Arch
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date posted posted: Monday, October 5, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Spotted Eel in Kona Hawaii Canon G-9 by Scott Johnson
Spotted Eel in Kona Hawaii Canon G-9
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date posted posted: Monday, October 5, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Frogfish on the Salem Express. Canon G9, Ikelite DS51 str... by James Dawson
Frogfish on the Salem Express. Canon G9, Ikelite DS51 strobe, f2.8, 1/125sec, ISO80
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 4, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Platax (Bat-Fish) by Giorgio Puppi
Platax (Bat-Fish)
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 1, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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napolion by Sven Ter Mul
napolion
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 30, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Deco. Saint-Florent bay, Corsica. Canon Ixy 900. by Bea & Stef Primatesta
Deco. Saint-Florent bay, Corsica. Canon Ixy 900.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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A French madame taken on the Patti off Port Elizabeth Sou... by Anthony Wooldridge
A French madame taken on the Patti off Port Elizabeth South Africa. Sony W300 with Fantasea Nano
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 29, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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So many of them lately.... by Bernard Maglana
So many of them lately....
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mindanao Sea Philippines
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Shiny by Cenk Ceylanoglu
Shiny
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 27, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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This image is of a Blackcap Basslet. This beautiful littl... by Steven Anderson
This image is of a Blackcap Basslet. This beautiful little fish normally are found at depths of 100' or more. This image was taken while diving in Cozumel. They can always be found there swimming upside down.
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Diver approaches the local octopus under the Busselton Je... by Mick Tait
Diver approaches the local octopus under the Busselton Jetty. Canon 20D 10-17 lens
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Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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nice cold water shot Mick - it's always harder to shoot with gloves on!
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Giannis Wreck by Cem Gazivekili
Giannis Wreck
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 26, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Great dive in Cuban waters last year, Habana cigars and t... by Larry Polster
Great dive in Cuban waters last year, Habana cigars and their local rum made for a relaxing evening.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 25, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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"Super model" Giant cuttle fish by Cenk Ceylanoglu
"Super model" Giant cuttle fish
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2009

Final RoundThrough to 2009 awards final round judging

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Cenk is the CFWA king!
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Sipadan. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Sipadan.
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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murene by Sven Ter Mul
murene
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Cozumel. by Raoul Caprez
Picture taken with a Canon G9 in Cozumel.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 23, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Taken with a sony T33. by Raoul Caprez
Taken with a sony T33.
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 22, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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A sponge, Axinella Polypoides, Tavolara Park, Sardinia by Ugo Gaggeri
A sponge, Axinella Polypoides, Tavolara Park, Sardinia
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date posted posted: Monday, September 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Massive jellyfish in the atolls of Polynesia by Thierry Lannoy
Massive jellyfish in the atolls of Polynesia
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 20, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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Sleepy Green Turtle D90 10mm F16 1/160 by Robin Jeffries
Sleepy Green Turtle D90 10mm F16 1/160
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date posted posted: Sunday, September 20, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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The fly in the blu Nikon D200, 10,5mm,twin strobo Gili ... by Marchione Giacomo
The fly in the blu
Nikon D200, 10,5mm,twin strobo
Gili trawalgan 2009
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Balancing the light. Jackson reef in the Strait of Tiran,... by Vladimir Levantovsky
Balancing the light. Jackson reef in the Strait of Tiran, Red Sea. Canon Rebel XSi and Tokina 10-17mm fisheye, Ikelite housing and two strobes DS-125.
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date posted posted: Friday, September 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Prickly Sea Cucumber. This sand gobler offered an unusual... by Robin Jeffries
Prickly Sea Cucumber. This sand gobler offered an unusual photo opportinity when it climbed onto a reef section.
D90 tokina 10-17mm set at 17mm ISO 200 Exp -1/3 F20 1/125th
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date posted posted: Friday, September 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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