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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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Jelly Fish - Qatar by Khaled Zaki
Jelly Fish - Qatar
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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Blue Angel Fish-Qatar by Khaled Zaki
Blue Angel Fish-Qatar
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Persian/Arabian Gulf Qatar
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from sipadan by Mehmet Öztabak
from sipadan
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Celebes Sea Malaysia
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Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, catchi... by Magnus Larsson
Porcelain anemone crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, catching plankton in the current that passes its host anemone.
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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'Fireworm Sunball' by Jim Catlin
'Fireworm Sunball'
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, ... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
The North Wall of Grand Cayman is spectacular! At depth, everything loses color and these sponges appeared a muted greyish-pink. I knew they had to be more colorful. A burst from my strobes revealed the stunning, bright purple.
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Hello! by Francesco Pacienza
Hello!
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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American crocodile.. in its splendor , from a safe distance by Susanna Randazzo
American crocodile.. in its splendor , from a safe distance
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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one subject but 2 photographers... :D by Gaetano Gargiulo
one subject but 2 photographers... :D
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Hippocampus guttulatus #3 by Mathieu Foulquié
Hippocampus guttulatus #3
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015
2nd place Monthly HotShots
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editor's comments

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Such an impressive angle, the Sea Horse almost looks like a statue! I love the contrast on this shot.
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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shallow life (Thau lagoon, France) by Mathieu Foulquié
shallow life (Thau lagoon, France)
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2015

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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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High Noon Frog by Tony Cherbas
High Noon Frog
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, November 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United States
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Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Thau lagoo... by Mathieu Foulquié
Long-snouted seahorse, Hippocampus guttulatus (Thau lagoon, France)
2nd place Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 31, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Sun Frog by Tony Cherbas
Sun Frog
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22 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Aer Borek Village Pier by John Parker
Aer Borek Village Pier
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23 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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A small island full of life on the sandy ground by Olivier Notz
A small island full of life on the sandy ground
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 25, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Fish School by Oxana Kamenskaya
Fish School
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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A colorful soft coral reef scene in Fiji. by Jeffrey Richards
A colorful soft coral reef scene in Fiji.
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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My favourite moray ell by Svetoslav Dimitrov
My favourite moray ell
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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School of Jacks, Cabo Pulmo México by Alejandro Topete
School of Jacks, Cabo Pulmo México
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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"That´s my reef...!" - Amazing and smart Day Octopus (Oct... by Andre Philip
"That´s my reef...!" - Amazing and smart Day Octopus (Octopus cyanea)
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Sunbeams — Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon 8-... by Terry Steeley
Sunbeams
— Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon 8-15mm fisheye @ 15mm, f9, 1/160, ISO160, Inon Z240 strobe.
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 20, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Ceram Sea Indonesia
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Grass crack anemone - Paranemonia cinerea (Thau lagoon) by Mathieu Foulquié
Grass crack anemone - Paranemonia cinerea (Thau lagoon)
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea France
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Morray smile by Svetoslav Dimitrov
Morray smile
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Crab watching the beatiful yellow dotted by Aksems Kuzucu
Crab watching the beatiful yellow dotted
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 17, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Frog fish on sponges. Canon 7D, Nauticam housing, Tokina ... by Roberta Zeller
Frog fish on sponges. Canon 7D, Nauticam housing, Tokina 10-17, Sea & Sea strobes
3 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Honduras
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Chain Moray in East End by Lowrey Holthaus
Chain Moray in East End
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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