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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
strangeface
I found the trumpet fish posing under an overhang. I have yet to find one that isn't posing!
Scorpaena in the abandoned fishing net
STINGER
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Squid Power
big eye
OCTOPUSSY
Against the flow
pretty face
pembaleaf
BUG
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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The colors are perfect on this shot!
dentist need?
give me a green kiss
Squid Roe, Isla Verde Veracruz
JELLYKNOBBER
Magnosa in the Falcone's cave
crocodile tears
Tarpon hunting silversides
'Spectral' - A southern stingray on the sandbar off the coast of Grand Cayman
postcard
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pembahorse
maze
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~ Purple Alien Invasion ~
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Chromodoris magnifica nudibranch
I prepared my camera with a fisheye lens, but with my extension ring on the port to create a false vignette. I was hoping for some larger marine life to utilize this effect. Perfect for when a goliath grouper--unusual for Cayman--showed up!
Mullus by night
Sponge and diver in sunbeams
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