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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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Nurse Shark resting in cave by Daniel Waldman
Nurse Shark resting in cave
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Desperate fish by Mehmet Öztabak
Desperate fish
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Crocodile Fish on The Barge by John Parker
Crocodile Fish on The Barge
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Hard coral close up by Taner Atilgan
Hard coral close up
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5 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 31, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trigger portrait by Taner Atilgan
Trigger portrait
1 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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flounder, night dive, tokina 10-17@17 mm by Marco Gargiulo
flounder, night dive, tokina 10-17@17 mm
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31 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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The beginning of life starts as we release baby turtles i... by Steven Anderson
The beginning of life starts as we release baby turtles into the Gulf Stream which is located between the US and Bahamas that flows north and carries turtles on a lifetime journey.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 26, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Blue Striped Grunts by Susanna Randazzo
Blue Striped Grunts
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Giant Yellow Froggie by Henley Spiers
Giant Yellow Froggie
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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Life on the bottom by Iyad Suleyman
Life on the bottom
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: East China Sea Malaysia
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Stonefish at the Reunion island by Edouard Chéré
Stonefish at the Reunion island
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date posted posted: Friday, December 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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Trying to figure out which way is up! by Chris Miskavitch
Trying to figure out which way is up!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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An orange sea star at Beatrice in Anilao, Philippines by Marteyne Van Well
An orange sea star at Beatrice in Anilao, Philippines
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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black&white by Mehmet Öztabak
black&white
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 13, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Anilao Reefs.... by John Parker
Anilao Reefs....
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Anemone Fish by Zaflee Md Suibarek
Anemone Fish
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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For those of us lucky enough the venture into the sea, an... by Terry Steeley
For those of us lucky enough the venture into the sea, an Asian Sea Cow or Dugong is a rare and beautiful treat.
— Subal underwater housing, Zen DP230, Canon 1Dx, Canon EF8-15mm @ 15mm, f9, 1/125, ISO200, available light and 2x Inon Z240 strobes.
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Trigger close up by Taner Atilgan
Trigger close up
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 7, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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get close to American crocodile by Susanna Randazzo
get close to American crocodile
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Ribbon Eel, coming out to say hello. by Chris Miskavitch
Ribbon Eel, coming out to say hello.
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, December 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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the undecided .. by Susanna Randazzo
the undecided ..
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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long-distance selfie with remote control (and cooperative... by Mathieu Foulquié
long-distance selfie with remote control (and cooperative minnows for the foreground)
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes France
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Full Moon by Zaflee Md Suibarek
Full Moon
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, December 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Sea fern and bait ball by Terry Steeley
Sea fern and bait ball
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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My Buddy and a Butterfly by Beate Seiler
My Buddy and a Butterfly
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Eye contact by Taner Atilgan
Eye contact
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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ONE DIRECTION ONLY by Domenico Luzzi
ONE DIRECTION ONLY
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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