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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
My hero by Claudia Weber-Gebert
My hero
41 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 31, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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The green turtles were all over this wall dive by Larry Polster
The green turtles were all over this wall dive
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Arabian Sea Maldives
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Scorpaena scrofa by Marco Gargiulo
Scorpaena scrofa
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Raja by Marco Gargiulo
Raja
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Soft coral on Giannis D by Taner Atilgan
Soft coral on Giannis D
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 30, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Eunicella singularis by Marco Gargiulo
Eunicella singularis
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Anemonia sulcata by Marco Gargiulo
Anemonia sulcata
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 29, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Raja by Marco Gargiulo
Raja
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editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Perfect black background which make this ray stand out in just the right angle.
59 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 28, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Raja by Marco Gargiulo
Raja
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43 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 28, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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colors by Marc Van Den Broeck
colors
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 27, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Frogfish fishing with its lure by Marteyne Van Well
Frogfish fishing with its lure
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 27, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Under the sun by Gleb Tolstov
Under the sun
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2013

Final RoundThrough to 2013 awards final round judging
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 26, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Israel
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Balistes carolinensis by Alberto Gallucci
Balistes carolinensis
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 25, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Balearic Sea Spain
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Lionfish flared out as I approached - not sure who was mo... by Trevor Flanagan
Lionfish flared out as I approached - not sure who was more surprised
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 24, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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David + Goliath eye to eye ;-) (cleaner meets bumphead) by Andre Philip
David + Goliath eye to eye ;-)
(cleaner meets bumphead)
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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symbiose by Marc Van Den Broeck
symbiose
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Like a make up... by Nihat Cine
Like a make up...
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Sibuyan Sea Philippines
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Lonely Turtle by Azman Kamaluddin
Lonely Turtle
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 23, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Malaysia
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Reef Scene NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing,... by Thomas Bannenberg
Reef Scene
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, @30mm
Settings: f13, 1/50, ISO 100
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 22, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Shark Angel close up, Acapulco Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Shark Angel close up, Acapulco Mexico
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Red sea , Sudan by Helmy Hashim
Red sea , Sudan
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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STARFISH LOBSTER by Marc Van Den Broeck
STARFISH LOBSTER
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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Down in the mouth Yellowbar brings a smile to the face :) by Trevor Flanagan
Down in the mouth Yellowbar brings a smile to the face smile
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Crocodilefish (Papilloculiceps longiceps) NIKON D7000 ... by Thomas Bannenberg
Crocodilefish (Papilloculiceps longiceps)
NIKON D7000 in a Seacam "Prelude" uw housing, @30mm
Settings: f13, 1/80, ISO 100
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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...my new best friend El Hierro - Canary Islands by Claudia Weber-Gebert
...my new best friend
El Hierro - Canary Islands
50 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 21, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) Spain
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Parrotfish sleeping in night cocoon by Marc Van Den Broeck
Parrotfish sleeping in night cocoon
19 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 20, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
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"Who are you...?" - a surprised young hawksbill turtle ch... by Andre Philip
"Who are you...?" - a surprised young hawksbill turtle check me up
27 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 20, 2013
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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