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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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Nephtheidae Dendronephthya hemprichi. Little Brother Island. by Marko Perisic
Nephtheidae Dendronephthya hemprichi. Little Brother Island.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Rocket Powered Jellyfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Austral... by Ross Gudgeon
Rocket Powered Jellyfish. Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. Canon 50D & Tokina 10-17
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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CURIOSITY by Andrey Tazba
CURIOSITY
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Man and the sea. by Alexandar Glavonjic
Man and the sea.
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Under the ledge and was so focused on him that did not se... by Roger Webb
Under the ledge and was so focused on him that did not see spiney lobster just off the right
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Grenada
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UW Photographer @ Jackson Reef's Coral Garden, Tiran Str... by Adolfo Maciocco
UW Photographer @ Jackson Reef's Coral Garden,
Tiran Strait,
Sharm el Sheikh
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Nice anemone inside a wreck. by Juan Torres
Nice anemone inside a wreck.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 19, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Virgin Islands U.S.
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Marble Ray with Diver, Yongala wreck, Queensland by Adolfo Maciocco
Marble Ray with Diver,
Yongala wreck,
Queensland
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Australia
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Lemonfish and boat in backgound. Nikonos 15mm + Ikelit... by Alberto Romeo
Lemonfish and boat in backgound.
Nikonos 15mm + Ikelite strobe
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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this was taken using a 10-17mm fisheye here in Perth -I c... by Dave Baxter
this was taken using a 10-17mm fisheye here in Perth -I can see smiling faces all around -what ya think -can you >
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 17, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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rock beauty I THINK I`M IN LOVE! by Joel Sarver
rock beauty I THINK I`M IN LOVE!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Lionfish Pterois miles by Marko Perisic
Lionfish Pterois miles
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Blue starfish at Apo Island. by Steve De Neef
Blue starfish at Apo Island.
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 16, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippines
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Spotted Scorpionfish at night at Chancanaab on July 11, 2... by Greg Falconer
Spotted Scorpionfish at night at Chancanaab on July 11, 2009
Shot with Canon EOS 5D Mark II EF 17-40 F/4L Lens set at f/10, 1/160, ISO 400 at 40.0mm
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Splendid Toad Fish-Cozumel by Joel Sarver
Splendid Toad Fish-Cozumel
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea United States
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Snell's window, Hilma Hooker wreck, Bonaire-D300/10-17mm ... by Lee Arbo
Snell's window, Hilma Hooker wreck, Bonaire-D300/10-17mm fisheye
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Giant Sea Fan and diver. by Marko Perisic
Giant Sea Fan and diver.
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 14, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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octopus on a night dive by Joel Sarver
octopus on a night dive
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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I was playing with strobe lighting for effect when some f... by Roger Webb
I was playing with strobe lighting for effect when some friends passed by to add some action.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Scorpion Fish by John Harrison
Scorpion Fish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 13, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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grouper by John Harrison
grouper
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 12, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Netherlands Antilles
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Swimming Seahorse, Under the Sun. Taken in Redang with Ca... by Joe Teo
by: Joe Teo
Swimming Seahorse, Under the Sun. Taken in Redang with Canon Ixus750.
60 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 11, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Watching under the surface by Giuseppe Piccioli
Watching under the surface
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Adriatic Sea Italy
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Smallscale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopis oxycephala) Panoram... by Marko Perisic
Smallscale Scorpionfish (Scorpaenopis oxycephala) Panorama Reef.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 10, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Watching the neighbour. Canon G10 with internal flash. by Helena Encarnação
Watching the neighbour.
Canon G10 with internal flash.
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Portugal
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OCTOPUS ON A NIGHT DIVE by Joel Sarver
OCTOPUS ON A NIGHT DIVE
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 9, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Divespot Shaab Rumi/Sudan; Precontinent II, Cousteau-hous... by Frank Schneider
Divespot Shaab Rumi/Sudan; Precontinent II, Cousteau-house from 1963. Nikon D2Xs, Nikon Zoom AF 12 - 24 mm; 2 flashes: Seacam Seaflash 150 TTL, Seacam flash Mini 100. Model: Karin.
Precontinent II is one of my absolute topspots worldwide!
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Editor's Comment
This is how you shoot models. It's the top people's vote for the month too. The people have good taste!
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 8, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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