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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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Red Scorpionfish resting by Marcin Michalak
Red Scorpionfish resting
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 7, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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AARRGHHHH - Anglerfish, night dive by Marco Gargiulo
AARRGHHHH - Anglerfish, night dive
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date posted posted: Friday, January 6, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Octopus mammoths by Salvatore Ianniello
Octopus mammoths
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 5, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Gorgonia portrait from Maldives. by Taner Atilgan
Gorgonia portrait from Maldives.
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 4, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Coy Fishes in river, Las Estacas Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Coy Fishes in river, Las Estacas Mexico
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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'In Orbit' - Shooting upward at a Caribbean reef squid as... by Tanya Houppermans
'In Orbit' - Shooting upward at a Caribbean reef squid as it drifts under a cloudy, drizzly sky in the shallow waters of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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UW Buddha by Kelvin H.y. Tan
UW Buddha
12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 2, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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EAGLE BEAK The looks like eagle beak by Tianhong Wang
EAGLE BEAK
The looks like eagle beak
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Master of camouflage If it was not for the light from my... by Kyle Castelyn
Master of camouflage
If it was not for the light from my strobe this scorpion fish would be completely camouflaged with the reef
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Maldives
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When ya need a smile these friendly mammals answer the ca... by Steven Anderson
When ya need a smile these friendly mammals answer the call!
Bimini Bahamas
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Residents of Thistlegorm / North Red Sea by Mehmet Öztabak
Residents of Thistlegorm / North Red Sea
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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FTM by Marko Perisic
FTM
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Lion Fish.. by Ramin Ardestani
Lion Fish..
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Iran (Islamic Republic of)
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American Crocodile in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico by Alex Suh
American Crocodile in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Crocodile diving in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico by Alex Suh
Crocodile diving in Banco Chinchorro, Mexico
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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JOLLY JELLY by Marko Perisic
JOLLY JELLY
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Accommodating cephalopod. A friendly cuttlefish in Myan... by William Domb
Accommodating cephalopod. A friendly cuttlefish in Myanmar.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bay of Bengal Myanmar (Burma)
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RED... by Alexey Zaytsev
RED...
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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While diving at the Anna Bianca wreck, in Giannutry islan... by Flavio Vitiello
While diving at the Anna Bianca wreck, in Giannutry island marine reservoir I met this large Angler Fish which displayd his amazing mouth... no escape for it's preys
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Sunny jellyfish by Pietro Cremone
Sunny jellyfish
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Cayman Reef Scene by Henley Spiers
Cayman Reef Scene
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Manta in Light, Socorro Island México by Alejandro Topete
Manta in Light, Socorro Island México
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 16, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Whale shark going up, San Benedicto México by Alejandro Topete
Whale shark going up, San Benedicto México
40 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Eriphia (other angle) - Thau lagoon, France by Mathieu Foulquié
Eriphia (other angle) - Thau lagoon, France
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20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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The coral farm by Gleb Tolstov
The coral farm
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Editor's Comment
Great angle and wonderful composition.
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date posted posted: Monday, December 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Stone fish near Bunaken Island by Mathias Weck
Stone fish near Bunaken Island
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date posted posted: Friday, December 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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Giant Mantaray with black jacks,Isla Socorro Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Giant Mantaray with black jacks,Isla Socorro Mexico
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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