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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
Mark with sturgeon. Capernwray. D200, 10.5mm.
This photo of a Spotted Moray was taken in Cozumel during my last trip there. I love Paradise Reef and that is where I found this eel.
1/250 at f11
I have been working on my CFWA, especially the lighting and the blues.
Old Bull Sealion
Cuttlefish ready to serve...Canon EOS400D, Sea and Sea housing and strobe...
A branch of soft coral and divers at Jackson Reef
1/80 at f10
I'm always looking for unusual shapes and angles and this solitary sponge on the pinnacle at Babylon really attracted me.
Blue-Spotted Ribbontail Ray taken at the Houesereef with my Canon S70 and INON Strobe Z240
Trefor pier leg. d200, 10.5mm.
Getting close up with a cuttlefish - eyes wide open
Hairy soft coral at Sangalaki island.
Tattooed Napoleon! Photogenic huh?!!
Some people would pay a lot of money for a tattoo like that : )
At Yolanda Reef, Sharm. Taken with macro 50mm
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Nice crop making a different take on a fish that's as big as a small cow!
Triton trumpet snail shell,Ulua beach,Maui
Tiny Spider Crab on a huge barrel sponge
Lined Seahorse - Seahorses are rare to find in South Florida waters and also difficult to photograph because they often tuck their heads down and turn away. Olympus e520 camera with twin Inon strobes
Eagle Ray passing by , Canon S70
Hermit Crab, found it on a beach dive in Riveria Beach Florida. Photo taken with Olympus e520 with dual Inon strobes
Giant Frog Fish in the bay at Puerto Galera.
Cleaning, D70, Sigma 14mm, Roatan
Manta at night, the green is a glowstick reflecting off the white of the animal. This was taken in Kona Hi in December of 2008.
Waiting for an anemone fish to stop long enough to pose is quite a challenge. This Tomato Anemonefish stayed closely inside its host anemone, "Entacmaea quadricolor". I took this shot with a Canon A650IS and used its internal flash.
Flight

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nice lead in line Sergiy
Scalloped HammerHead while diving in Darwin's Arch, Galapagos Islands.
On the black sand of North-east Bali.
Explosion of colors, D70, Sigma 14mm, White wall, Taveuni, Fiji
"Oriental Sweetlips". This flashy fish has a little shadow fish behind it. Canon A650IS, Similan Island #6, Thailand.
Beautiful orange elephant ear sponge with a diver
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