THE UNDERWATER PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS

marifa (59)in #photography • 6 years ago

I'm leaving you with these awesome photos of great photographers. I'll be busy starting tomorrow for my laboratory test. Then by the next morning, at dawn, we'll be leaving for Cebu again for the fourth chemotherapy. Till then, see you next time.

Rodney Bursiel was declared the grand prize winner once judges had clapped their eyes on this image that he shot in Tonga.
He told Scuba Diving Magazine: 'Our boat was gifted with a magical encounter with a curious and interactive mother and calf. As the mother hovered at 30 feet, her inquisitive calf would make its way to the surface to breathe, coming in close to inspect each of us.

Karen Smith earned second place in the wide-angle category for this shot of freedivers in Tulum's deepest underwater cave - The Pit.

This shot by Tom St. George of a cave in Tulum, Mexico, earned him third place in the wide-angle category.
He said that it was 'a bit like diving on Mars'.

Alex Dawson's shot of a tank in Tala Bay, Jordan, won him the top prize in the wide-angle category.
The machine, an M42 Duster, was sunk by the Jordanian Royal Ecological Society to make a snorkel and dive attraction.

This shot of a moray eel at Tiran Island in the Red Sea earned Jamie Hall first place in the compact camera category.
He clicked a few shots as the eel looked and was over the moon when he viewed the image'.

Conor Culver combined a shot of an octopus in Indonesia with a bottle from the USS Baja California dive site in Florida to create this conceptual image.
It won him the first prize in the conceptual category.

Yap Katumbal came second in the compact camera category for this shot of an octopus 'that looked like it was waiting to be photographed' in the Lembeh Strait in Indonesia.

This image of a maroon clownfish in Bunaken, Indonesia, earned Christian Bachmann second place in the macro category.

Ferenc Lorincz came third in the compact camera category with this shot of a grouper in Marsa Shagra, Egypt.
The fish was lit from both sides with flashes.

Rafael Fernandez waited for weeks until he could see the eyes inside a batch of clingfish eggs before photographing them.
The image, taken in La Herradura, Spain, won him third prize in the macro category.

This amazing shot of a champion freediver from Chile swimming in Mexico won Christian Vizl third prize in the conceptual category.
The model was snapped swimming towards the surface very slowly and the image was turned on its side to create the illusion of entering a magical world.

This mesmerizing night shot of a blanket octopus was taken by Cai Songda in Janao Bay in the Philippines.
It earned him first place in the macro category.

Lucie Drlikova took this shot in a swimming pool in Prague. The effect of a woman floating in front of a mirror was achieved by turning the image 90 degrees.