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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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Emperor Angelfish mesmerized by my dome port by Tony Cherbas
Emperor Angelfish mesmerized by my dome port
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date posted posted: Saturday, May 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Morning Ghosts (Ghost Pipefish) by Tony Cherbas
Morning Ghosts (Ghost Pipefish)
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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A couple by Svetoslav Dimitrov
A couple
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Reflected in a hole in the ice (Thetis Bay, Ross Sea, Anc... by Marco Faimali (ismar-Cnr)
Reflected in a hole in the ice (Thetis Bay, Ross Sea, Anctartica)
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date posted posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ross Sea Antarctica
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Reefs wather. by Sigitas Sirvydas
Reefs wather.
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date posted posted: Monday, May 9, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Sorkelling with Manta Nikon D800E , 17-35mm. Two strobo by Marchione Giacomo
Sorkelling with Manta
Nikon D800E , 17-35mm.
Two strobo
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Laccidive Sea Maldives
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The Puffster ... ! Map Pufferfish - Arothron mappa ... by Stefan Follows
The Puffster ... !
Map Pufferfish - Arothron mappa
Sail Rock, Thailand
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Thailand
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Her Majesty by Steven Miller
Her Majesty
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Spectacular reef shot, with excellent behaviour and perfect sun ball!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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while looking for the catfish ... by Daniel Strub
while looking for the catfish ...
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Switzerland
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white dots by Marc Van Den Broeck
white dots
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 2, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Stove-Pipe Sponge in Tomini Bay, South Bolaang Mongondow,... by Melriansyah Df
Stove-Pipe Sponge in Tomini Bay, South Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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lazy stretcher by Ponnie J
lazy stretcher
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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I found this beautiful giant anemone on a shallow reef. ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
I found this beautiful giant anemone on a shallow reef. It's a particularly gorgeous specimen for Grand Cayman. I waited for a diver to be in the right position, then clicked the shutter.
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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eagle ray by Svetoslav Dimitrov
eagle ray
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 29, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
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Never seen green before by Steven Miller
Never seen green before
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Underwater poisonous mushroom by Ponnie J
Underwater poisonous mushroom
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27 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 27, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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"Reef Art" - No Photoshop. Photographed using a slow shu... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
"Reef Art" - No Photoshop. Photographed using a slow shutter speed while sweeping across the reef. I used the surge to push me along.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, April 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Chaetodon semilarvatus, often as pair or small group. Pic... by Andreas Ochsenbein
Chaetodon semilarvatus, often as pair or small group. Picture taken in house reef Mangrove Bay
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date posted posted: Friday, April 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Box fish by Andreas Ochsenbein
Box fish
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Yellow arrow by Alberto Gallucci
Yellow arrow
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Bats Above, Scorpions Below by Tony Cherbas
Bats Above, Scorpions Below
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date posted posted: Monday, April 18, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Just a pineapple :D they are so skittish I attempted this... by Gaetano Gargiulo
Just a pineapple :D they are so skittish I attempted this shot many time with a wideangle. Tokina 10-17 @17
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date posted posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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Still Life by Steven Miller
Still Life
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Well composed shot! Love the diver silhouette!
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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John Dory by night by Marco Gargiulo
John Dory by night
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date posted posted: Monday, April 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Unicornfish by Marco Gargiulo
Unicornfish
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Sparkle city. Giant Clam at Table Coral city in Wakatobi.... by Steven Miller
Sparkle city. Giant Clam at Table Coral city in Wakatobi. It's rare for them to be so nicely positioned for shooting up from very close- very happy to find this one opened up like this
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date posted posted: Friday, April 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indonesia
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Eriphia reloaded by Mathieu Foulquié
Eriphia reloaded
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2016 awards final round judging

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Stunning angle and lighting! Very dramatic!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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