 Best of Show
Jose Alejandro Alvarez
Republica Dominicana
"Juvenile Lionfish"
Very tiny lionfish over black sponge
Location: Popoh, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
2 x Inon D2000 |
 1st Place
Wide-Angle Traditional
Carlos Villoch
Spain
"Flying Jelly"
A jellyfish follows the sun flying through the surface of a small lake. With sun light these Jellyfish can grow alge within their own tissues to fee on.
Location: Palau
Nikon N90s
Ikelite Housing
2 x Nikonos 105
1/250 @ f16, ISO 200 |
 2nd Place
Wide-Angle Traditional
Todd Essick
USA
"Shark Dreams"
Model with reef shark over her head
Location: Bahamas
Nikon D2x
Aquatica Housing
Magic Filter |
 3rd Place
Wide-Angle Traditional
John "Chip" Scarlett
USA
"Sheer Pleasure"
Tiger Shark
Location: Tiger Beach, Bahamas
Nikon D2X
Subal Housing
16mm lens
1/80 @ f7.1, ISO 200 |
 Honorable Mention
Wide-Angle Traditional
Christine Smith
USA
"Tarpon vs Silversides"
Tarpon Feeding on Silversides
Location: Grand Cayman
Olympus SP350
Olympus housing
Sea & Sea
1/125 @ f8, ISO 200 |
 Honorable Mention
Wide-Angle Traditional
Yeang Chng
USA
"Ballet at Punta Maria"
Two scalloped hammerheads caught in synchrony during a cleaning pass.
Location: Punta Maria, Cocos Island
Canon 1Ds Mk2
Seacam Housing
Inon Z220
1/60 @ f4.5, ISO 100 |
 1st Place
Wide-Angle Unrestricted
Aaron Wong
Singapore
"Crab on a rock"
Fresh water crab
Location: Tioman
Nikon D70
Sea & Sea
2 x Sea&Sea YS90 strobes
1/80 @ f8, ISO 200 |
 2nd Place
Wide-Angle Unrestricted
Ric Frazier
USA
"Drowning"
Patients hospital room half underwater for a Trade ad. Shot in a tank in a studio
Location: Glendale, CA
CD1D
Subal Housing
6 Arri 2k, 2 HydroPar 650w se HMI
1/200 @ f8, ISO 120 |
 3rd Place
Wide-Angle Unrestricted
Claude Ruff
France
"Le Rubis", ISO 200 feet Submarine Panorama Picture
Location: Cavalaire - Mediterranean Sea - France
Nikon D200
Sea & Sea housing
1/30 @ f5.6, ISO 200 |
 Honorable Mention
Wide-Angle Unrestricted
Ross Armstrong
New Zealand
"Looking up"
Mangrove trees viewed from underwater looking straight up
Location: Matapouri Estuary, New Zealand
Nikon D70
Nexus Housing
10.5mm fisheye
1/200 @ f11, ISO 200 |
 1st Place
Macro Traditional
Noam Kortler
Israel
"Golden Heart"
Location: Eilat Israel
Nikon D2X
Seacam Housing
1 x Nikonos SB105 strobe
1/100 @ f25, ISO 100 |
 2nd Place
Macro Traditional
Alessio Viora
Italy
"Breakfast time"
Freshwater shrimp larvae eating fellow shrimp
Location: Capo D'Acqua - italy
Nikon F100
Underwave Housing
Subtronic Mega Color
1/250 @ f22, ISO 50 |
 3rd Place
Macro Traditional
Julia Edwards
The Netherlands
"Hermit Crab"
Hermit Crab on Sponge
Location: Solomon Islands
Nikon D2x
Subal ND2 housing
2 x YS90DX
2x Teleconverter
f32, ISO 100 |
 Honorable Mention
Macro Traditional
Steven Kovacs
USA
"Mating Hamlets"
Location: Curacao
Nikon D200
Ikelite Housing
Ikelite Substrobe 200 strobe
105mm lens |
 Honorable Mention
Macro Traditional
Ronald Boyes
Australia
"Snake"
Tongue Out
Location: Banda Sea - Indonesia
Nikon D2X
Subal Housing
2 x Inon Z220
1/100 @ f16, ISO 100 |
 Honorable Mention
Macro Traditional
Judy Johnson
USA
"Howdy"
Yellowbarred Jawfish
Location: Lembeh Strait
Nikon D2x
Nexus Housing
2 x Ikelite DS-125
105mm lens
1/125 @ f20, ISO 200 |
 1st Place
Macro Unrestricted
Jose Alejandro Alvarez
Republica Dominicana
"Juvenile Lionfish"
Very tiny lionfish over black sponge
Location: Popoh, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
2 x Inon D2000 |
 2nd Place
Macro Unrestricted
Claude Ruff
France
"Kelp Stipe"
Detailed Kelp Macro Shot
Location: British Columbia - Canada
Nikon D200
Subal Housing
Housed Nikon SB800 & Nikon SB105
1/250 @ f25, ISO 100 |
 3rd Place
Macro Unrestricted
Judy Johnson
USA
"Baby Banggai's Palace"
Baby Banggai Cardinalfish in urchin
Location: Lembeh Strait
Nikon D2x
Nexus Housing
2 x Ikelite DS-125
105mm lens
1/125 @ f29, ISO 200 |
 Honorable Mention
Macro Unrestricted
Cor Bosman
The Netherlands
"ColorWheel"
Christmas tree worm
Location: US Virgin Islands
Nikon D2x
Subal ND2 housing
2 x YS90DX
2x Teleconverter
1/60 @ f14, ISO 100 |
 Honorable Mention
Macro Unrestricted
Songpol Amnartsingh
Thailand
"Blue in Black"
Location: Lembeh Strait
NIKON D70
Nexus Housing
2 x INON Z-220
Nikkor 70-180@70
1/100 @ f14, ISO 100 |
 Honorable Mention
Macro Unrestricted
Jose Alejandro Alvarez
Republica Dominicana
"Batfish at surface"
A juvenile batfish swimming against the surface in very shallow water, mimicking a floating leaf.
Location: Bangka, Indonesia
Nikon D200
Aquatica Housing
2 x Inon D2000 |
1st Place
Compact Camera
Filip Staes
Belgium
"Samerangersee"
A view underneath one of Austria's clearest Lakes.Typical of the ""Samerangerlake"" are the white algues that have been growing for hundreds of years.
Location: Tirol, Austria
Canon Powershot S80
Ikelite Housing
Inon D2000 and Inon Z220 strobes
Inon UWL- 100 28AD wide conversion lens + dome lens
1/80 @ f8 |
 2nd Place
Compact Camera
Udo van Dongen
The Netherlands
"Mating Sepias"
Every year thousands of Sepias visit Dutch coastal water to mate and put their eggs. Most of them die afterwards.
Location: Zeelandbrug, Oosterschelde, The Netherlands
Canon G5
Umie DCH-701 Housing
Inon D180, Inon D180s strobes
Inon UWL-100 with domeport
1/60 @ f3.5, ISO 100 |
 3rd Place
Compact Camera
William Goodwin
USA
"Tubed!"
Peppermint shrimp in a tube sponge lit from below with dive light.
Location: Margate Bay, Bonaire
Sony DSC N-1
Sony Housing
UK Light Cannon
1/100 @ f5.6, ISO 200 |
 Honorable Mention
Compact Camera
Gary Brennand
Australia
"Green Turtle"
Turtle frequents Flynn Reef out of Cairns at a sight called Gordon•s Mooring. Spent some time with the turtle letting it get used to me. It went to the surface (16m depth) for air I ascended half way positioned myself under it and waited for it to descend, it headed straight for me and I captured this picture.
Location: Cairns, Australia
Canon Powershot G5
Ikelite Housing
1 x Ikelite 125 strobe
1/125 @ f4.5, ISO 100 |
 Honorable Mention
Compact Camera
Galice Hoarau
The Netherlands
"Jellyfish"
Location: Reunion
Canon G5
Ikelite Housing
Bersub HID light
1/200 @ f2.2, ISO 50 |
 Honorable Mention
Compact Camera
Michael Carey
USA
Green Sea turtle being cleaned by yellow tangs
Location: Puako, Hawaii
Olympus D 550
Olympus PT 009 housing
Camera flash/ Natural light
1/250 @ f2.9, ISO 60 |
 1st Place
Environment and Conservation
Marco Caraceni
ITALY
"The Man and the Sea"
Location: Adriatic sea
Nikonos V
Nikon SB102 strobe
Aqualand with 16mm nikon
1/60 @ f11 |
 2nd Place
Environment and Conservation
Gavin Parsons
United Kingdom
"Dead manta"
A large manta ray, caught by African fishermen
Location: Tanzania
Nikon D70
Sea and Sea
1/250 @ f8, ISO 200 |
 3rd Place
Environment and Conservation
Carlos Villoch
Spain
"Trapped"
Split image of lobsters trapped in a cage
Location: Los Roques, Venezuela
Nikon D70
Ikelite
Dual Ikelite DS-50 strobes
1/100 @ f11, ISO 200 |
 Honorable Mention
Environment and Conservation
Suzanne Long
Australia
Endangered Australian sea lions (Neophoca cinerea) with marine parks boat in background
This animal is the focus of conservation efforts in Western Australia
Location: Jurien Bay Marine Park, Western Australia
Nikon D70 |
 Honorable Mention
Environment and Conservation
Linda Blanchard
USA
"Hook, Line, and Sinker"
Dead Cormorant hanging by fishing line from pier piling
Location: Newport Beach, California
Nikon N90s with 24MM lens
Subal Housing
2 x Sea & Sea YS90 strobes
1/125 @, ISO 200 |
Stephen Frink is the world's most frequently published underwater photographer with editorial work appearing in Scuba Diving Magazine, for whom he is Director of Photography and writes a monthly column on underwater photo trends and techniques. Previously, he was a contributing photographer for Skin Diver Magazine for 17 years. His work has also been published in a wide variety of general interest publications such as Natural History, Glamour, Time, Newsweek, Islands, Travel And Leisure, Esquire, Fortune, Forbes, Money, as well as numerous National Geographic publications. Frink has authored a coffee table book entitled "Wonders Of The Reef", published by Harry N. Abrams; and teaches the Stephen Frink School of Underwater Photography in his home waters of Key Largo, Florida. Clients for assignment photography over the past 24 years have included Nikon, Canon, Victoria's Secret, Mercury Marine, Aqua Lung, Scuba Pro, Jantzen, Dacor, R.J. Reynolds, Sea Quest, Henderson Aquatics, Club Med, and scores of resorts and live-aboard dive boats throughout the world. 
Eric Cheng is an underwater photographer who has become known around the world for his expertise in underwater imaging. He has meticulously documented his travels around the world, and has been published in numerous publications, both in print and on the web. In 2003, Eric was awarded a prestigious Antibes Festival award for his work with Wetpixel.com, the Antibes underwater imaging web site of the year, and in 2005, he won a category in the prestigious Nature's Best Magazine photo competition, which has placed some of his work in the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. Eric also leads trips and has given workshops and seminars in locations around the world.
Dr Alexander Mustard is both a marine biologist and also a part of a 'new wave' of up-and coming young underwater photographers who have challenged our perceptions of what we see underwater, Alex has won many awards for his photography including being a multiple winner in both the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year and World Festival of Underwater Photography in Antibes, France. His new book "The Art Of Diving", a collaboration with author Nick Hanna, is not just a photo collection but is an exploration of why we love to dive, and has been described by David Doubilet as "the best book about diving since Jacques Cousteau's The Silent World." He is founder of the Young Underwater Photographer's Group, the Digital Officer for the British Society of Underwater Photographers and a Co-Administrator of Wetpixel.com. Alex is also the brains behind Magic filters - filters designed specifically for available light underwater photography with digital cameras. 
Since 1995, Tony has combined his love of visual art with his interest in the marine world through underwater photography, and he has concentrated on using his photographs and writing to encourage others to appreciate and protect the beauty of the oceans.