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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
Cleaning by Joachim Neumann
Cleaning
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 17, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Clownfish & anemone by Marco Gargiulo
Clownfish & anemone
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Grey Seal Portrait - Sigma 15mm + TC 1.4 by Spencer Burrows
Grey Seal Portrait - Sigma 15mm + TC 1.4
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9 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, August 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Coral with diver by Mathias Weck
Coral with diver
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 13, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: South China Sea Philippines
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Porcospino fish by Marco Gargiulo
Porcospino fish
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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HOME, night dive by Marco Gargiulo
HOME, night dive
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Inquisitive Grey Seal, UK Farne Islands by Spencer Burrows
Inquisitive Grey Seal, UK Farne Islands
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Dramatic close-up! Lighting brings out the best of the subject here. Very cool action shot!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Seal framed by diver fins by Mark Hedges
Seal framed by diver fins
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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School of butterfly fish by Dave Difiore
School of butterfly fish
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Colorfull Reef, El Morro México by Alejandro Topete
Colorfull Reef, El Morro México
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 6, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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The statue is Amphritite - Siren of Sunset Reef I shot t... by Patricia Sinclair
The statue is Amphritite - Siren of Sunset Reef I shot this fairly close up in order to show the beautiful growth in her hair.
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Cayman islands
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octopus eye by Susanna Randazzo
octopus eye
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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snorkeling with whale sharks near Isla Mujeres ,Mexico by Susanna Randazzo
snorkeling with whale sharks near Isla Mujeres ,Mexico
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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Photobombing beluga whale, does not happen every day! by Ellen Cuylaerts
Photobombing beluga whale, does not happen every day!
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Canada
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Green Turtles in Akumal , Quintana Roo by Susanna Randazzo
Green Turtles in Akumal , Quintana Roo
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date posted posted: Saturday, August 1, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Mexico
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"The Gathering" These guys are pretty territorial and ... by Allen Walker
"The Gathering"
These guys are pretty territorial and defend their areas with vigour, so pretty cool to see 4 of them together.
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, July 30, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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A diver gets an overhead view of the healthy reef system ... by Steven Anderson
A diver gets an overhead view of the healthy reef system that surround the waters of the Bahamas.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 29, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Bahamas
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Cuckoo Wrasse half lit , at Porthkerris Cornwall by Mark Hedges
Cuckoo Wrasse half lit , at Porthkerris Cornwall
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Red Harp coral by Tracey Jones
Red Harp coral
2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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seal posing on lundy island u.k .. by Mark Hedges
seal posing on lundy island u.k ..
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 27, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Gray Triggerfish by Abimael Márquez
Gray Triggerfish
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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Close focus Nassau Grouper being cleaned inside the Oro V... by Jim Catlin
Close focus Nassau Grouper being cleaned inside the Oro Verde wreck. Shot from about 3 inches with an Oly 8mm fisheye
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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Dusky shark bursting through bait ball during the annual ... by Allen Walker
Dusky shark bursting through bait ball during the annual Sardine Run of the Wild Coast of the Transkei, South Africa.
22 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 26, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Turtle in the Reef, Cozumel México by Alejandro Topete
Turtle in the Reef, Cozumel México
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, July 24, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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And surely that ain't right . by Eda Çıngı
And surely that ain't right .
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 21, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Aegean Sea Turkey
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Anthias by Robert Malolepszy
Anthias
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 20, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Colorful grown over rock by Olivier Notz
Colorful grown over rock
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 18, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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