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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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John Dory, BW version, Night Dive @ Marina Grande Sorrento by Marco Gargiulo
John Dory, BW version, Night Dive @ Marina Grande Sorrento
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date posted posted: Monday, February 8, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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A Devil firefish (Pterois miles) While on assigment in Ya... by Chris Pienaar
A Devil firefish (Pterois miles) While on assigment in Yanbu I dived the Ilona, a wreck lying slanted not far from the beach in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia.
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Saudi Arabia
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Soft corals, Puerto Galera by Tobias Reitmayr
Soft corals, Puerto Galera
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 7, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Colours of maldivian reef by Alberto Gallucci
Colours of maldivian reef
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Raccoon Butters in a Sunball by Tony Cherbas
Raccoon Butters in a Sunball
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Feeding on light. Jellyfish in jellyfish lake by Leena Roy
Feeding on light. Jellyfish in jellyfish lake
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date posted posted: Friday, February 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Palau
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Sound The Trumpets! by Tony Cherbas
Sound The Trumpets!
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 4, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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A curious green turtle taking a peak at the dome port by Marteyne Van Well
A curious green turtle taking a peak at the dome port
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date posted posted: Monday, February 1, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Endemic Scorpaena Sumptuosa under the Busselton Jetty by Olivier Notz
Endemic Scorpaena Sumptuosa under the Busselton Jetty
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 31, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Spotted Eel by Daniel Waldman
Spotted Eel
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mexico
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Scorpine Fish by Daniel Waldman
Scorpine Fish
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Green Turtle in shadow, Darwin Island Galápagos by Alejandro Topete
Green Turtle in shadow, Darwin Island Galápagos
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Ecuador
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Diver looking for seahorses by Petra Van Borm
Diver looking for seahorses
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 30, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Spain
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Butterfly Mountain... Raccoon Butterflyfish by Tony Cherbas
Butterfly Mountain... Raccoon Butterflyfish
3rd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

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Glorious capture! Timing is everything here and the color balance / exposure is perfect.
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 28, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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No way out Giant Grouper breakfast , by Khaled Zaki
No way out Giant Grouper breakfast ,
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2016
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Editor's Comment
Spectactular capture!! Lighting is perfect and the expression on both the fish is priceless!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Queen Angel by Daniel Waldman
Queen Angel
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Museo Isla Mujeres by Daniel Waldman
Museo Isla Mujeres
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Grey Angel by Daniel Waldman
Grey Angel
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Butterfly Fish by Daniel Waldman
Butterfly Fish
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Natica by Francesco Pacienza
Natica
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Close Encounter by Abimael Márquez
Close Encounter
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 24, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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scorpionfish resting by Aksems Kuzucu
scorpionfish resting
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 18, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Painted Comber in the cave by Aksems Kuzucu
Painted Comber in the cave
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Painted Comber by Aksems Kuzucu
Painted Comber
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date posted posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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american crocodile by Susanna Randazzo
american crocodile
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date posted posted: Monday, January 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Seahorse in its environment. Secret Bay Anilao by John Parker
Seahorse in its environment. Secret Bay Anilao
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date posted posted: Monday, January 11, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Manatee by Abimael Márquez
Manatee
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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