Images of Underwater Photo Contest Winners
Best Overall
: Two gobies, MarsaAlam, Egypt. Photographer: Tobias Friedrich, Germany.
Macro 1st Place
: Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti). Photographer: Michael Gallagher, United Kingdom.
Macro 2nd Place:
Nudibranch (Cratena peregrina). Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain. Photographer: Jordi Benitez, Spain.
Macro 3rd Place
: Nudibranchand mantis shrimp, Serayabeach, Bali, Indonesia. Photographer: Erika Antoniazzo, Malaysia.
Wide-angle 1st Place
: Mating cuttlefish, Oosterschelde, Holland. Photographer: Luc Rooman, Belgiu.
Wide-angle 2nd Place
: Sting ray and cardinal fish Mogan, Gran Canaria, Spain. Photographer: David Barrio Colongues, Spain.
Wide-angle 3rd Place
: Barracuda, Sudanese Red Sea. Photographer: Jackie Campbell, Ireland.
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Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 1st Place
: Jellyfish, Lake Worth Lagoon, Riviera Beach, Florida. Photographer: Steven Kovacs, Florida.
Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 2nd Place
: Web Burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum) Lake Worth Lagoon, Riviera Beach, Florida. Photographer: Susan Mears, Florida.
Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 3rd Place:
Frog at the surface of a lake, Belgium. Photographer: Luc Rooman, Belgium.
Best Student Entry
: Orange spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris), YasawasIslands, Fiji. Photographer: Laura Rock, Florida.