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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
Stowaway by Anthony Smith
Stowaway
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 16, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Porcupinefish at the Busselton Jetty by Olivier Notz
Porcupinefish at the Busselton Jetty
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Pipefish BHB pipefish by Mark Sagovac
Pipefish
BHB pipefish
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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Unforgettable encounter with sea lions at the coast of We... by Olivier Notz
Unforgettable encounter with sea lions at the coast of Western Australia. These seal ions are very playful!
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 14, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Australia
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Manta by Night by Anthony Smith
Manta by Night
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 13, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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Best viewed enlarged to see the full scene. I framed the... by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith
Best viewed enlarged to see the full scene. I framed the flamingo tongue close to the dome and used one strobe to light it, then lit the reef in the background with the other strobe.
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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A very friendly grey seal who spent 45 minutes with us at... by Dave Baker
A very friendly grey seal who spent 45 minutes with us at Lundy Island in the Bristol channel
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 12, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Colorful garden by Taotao Yang
Colorful garden
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Big Eyes by Taotao Yang
Big Eyes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Octopus mating by Tracey Jennings
Octopus mating
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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The squid couple before mating by Taotao Yang
The squid couple before mating
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Sea Garden by Taotao Yang
Sea Garden
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Shalow, La Paz Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Shalow, La Paz Mexico
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 11, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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The Flight by Marco Gargiulo
The Flight
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Glowing Hermit Crab at the BHB...glowing! by Mark Sagovac
Glowing
Hermit Crab at the BHB...glowing!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) Uruguay
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Different treatment. I have shot this animal in a bright ... by Steven Miller
Different treatment. I have shot this animal in a bright scene before.
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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Here's a lionfish trying to hide in Neptune's cup by Nick Daly
Here's a lionfish trying to hide in Neptune's cup
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Andaman Sea Thailand
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Holding On Little Seahorse holding on a shell under the ... by Mark Sagovac
Holding On
Little Seahorse holding on a shell under the BHB as tide was coming in
8 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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A gentle giant Chevron Manta ray glides by, hoping to fee... by Lauren Berger
A gentle giant Chevron Manta ray glides by, hoping to feel bubbles on it's gills, they love bubble baths from divers!
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16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, February 8, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Puffer Fish Mauritius/ Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Puffer Fish Mauritius/ Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 7, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Hermit Crab....Can you spot its friend???? by Chris Miskavitch
Hermit Crab....Can you spot its friend????
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 5, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Atlantic United States
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Room for text by Steven Miller
Room for text
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Eagle Ray close up, Akumal Mexico by Alejandro Topete
Eagle Ray close up, Akumal Mexico
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Editor's Comment
Impressive shot! Eagle rays usually won't let you get this close but this one seems to like you. Nice and dramatic capture.
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Mexico
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Canon 7D /Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux Stella Maru by Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Canon 7D /Linley Jean-Yves Bignoux
Stella Maru
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 4, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Indian Ocean Mauritius
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Frenchie French angel under the bridge. by Mark Sagovac
Frenchie
French angel under the bridge.
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Antarctic (Southern Ocean) Afganistan
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Still life by Steven Miller
Still life
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7 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Manatee by Abimael Márquez
Manatee
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 2, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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