Best-In-Show Prize (Photo): The David Doubilet Award for Excellence in Underwater Photography. |
Proud! Filip Staes Antwerpen Equipment: Nikon D7100, Nikkor 60mm macro, Subsee +10, Inon strobe, snoot Location: Pulau Pef, Raja Ampat |  |
GENERAL/MARINE LIFE: |
First Place: Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Timothy Dalton Floral Park, NY Equipment: Nikon D800, Nikon 17-35mm, Aquatica Housing Location: Isla Mujures, Mexico |  |
Second Place: Toward the light Xavier Mas Spain Equipment: Nikon D7000, tokina 10-17mm, Ikelite housing, sea & sea D1 Location: Ibiza |  |
Thrid Place: Tiger Anemone Patricia Jordan Fairview, NJ Equipment: Nikon D3S, Subal Housing, Inon Strobes Location: North Sulawesi, Indonesia |  |
Honorable Mention: Take a Sunbath Bettina Balnis Germany Equipment: Nikon D7000, Sealux housing, Tokina 11-17 Location: Germany |  |
Honorable Mention: Tandem Tigers Tanya Houppermans Fredericksburg, VA Equipment: Olympus OM-D E-M1, Nauticam Housing, Lumix G 8mm fisheye lens, dual Sea & Sea YS-D1 strobes Location: Grand Bahama |  |
Honorable Mention: Pink Symbiosis Eric Madeja Kota Kinabalu Sabah Equipment: Nikon D300, Sea & Sea Housing Location: Alor, Indonesia |  |
Honorable Mention: Hatchling Steven Miller New Richmond, Ohio Equipment: Canon 50D Ikelite Housing and DS-161 strobes 10-17mm Fisheye Location: Wakatobi |  |
GREEN/COLD WATER |
First Place: Diver on the Rocks Tobias Friedrich Niedernhausen, Hessen Equipment: Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 8-15mm Fisheye Location: Greenland (East), Tassilaq |  |
Second Place: Stellar Sea Lion Greg Lecoeur Nice, France Equipment: Nikon D300s- Tokina 10-17mm Location: Vancouver Island |  |
Third Place: Leafy Seadragon Matt Tworkowski Kyneton Victoria Equipment: D7000, Inon Strobes Location: Rapid Bay, Australia |  |
Honorable Mention: Under the tree Filip Staes Equipment: Nikon D7100, Tokina 10-17mm, Hugyfot housing, Inon strobes Location: Tirol, Austria |  |
MACRO/CLOSE-UP |
First Place: Sitting on my throne Aldo Costa Scandiano, Italy Equipment: Nikon D800 + Nikon 105mm in Seacam housing and Seacam 150 with a retra snoot Location: Tulamben (Bali) |  |
Second Place: Perfect Egg Laying Aldo Costa Equipment: Nikon D800 + Nikon 105mm in Seacam housing and Seacam 150 with a retra snoot Location: Tulamben (Bali) |  |
Third Place: Lace Marchione Giacomo Italy Equipment: Nikon D800E, 60mm Nikon lens. Seacam housing, two sea and sea 120Ys Location: Gangga Island, Indonesia |  |
Honorable Mention: Wet Flower Alberto Gallucci Milano, Italy Equipment: Canon G12, Inon Z240 and Inon UCL 330 Location: Capo Noli, Ligurian Sea, Italy |  |
UNDERWATER BEHAVIOR |
First Place: Dragonet In Full Dress Suzan Meldonian Boca Raton FL Equipment: Nikon D200, Sea & Sea Housing, 105mm + 10x Subsee diopter, Dual Inon Z220 strobes Location: Blue Heron Bridge, Florida, USA |  |
Second Place: Time for a Dental Cleaning Judith Townsend Boca Raton FL Equipment: Nikon D7000, 2 Inon Strobes Location: Boca Raton, FL |  |
Third Place: Manatee Nursing Two Gloria Freund McLean, Virginia 22101 Equipment: Nikon D300S, Subal Housing, no strobes Location: Crystal River, FL |  |
Honorable Mention: No Escape Bettina Balnis Velbert, Germany Equipment: Nikon D7000, Sealux housing, Nikon 60 Location: Indonesia |  |
Honorable Mention: Iguana feeding on Algae Timothy Dalton Equipment:Nikon D800, Nikon 17-35mm, Aquatica Housing Location: Isla Fernandina, Galapagos, Ecuador |  |
Honorable Mention: Lunchtime Steven Kovacs Loxahatchee, Florida Equipment: Nikon D7000, 105mm lens, Ikelite housing, 2 x Ikelite DS160 Location: Riviera Beach, Florida |  |
Honorable Mention: Help Marco Chang Taipei, Taiwan Equipment: Nikon D610 Location: Necoast, Taiwan |  |
CONSERVATION |
First Place: Last Dance Claudio Stoppato Ortona, Italy Equipment: Nikon d80 fisheye 16 mm Location: ORTONA |  |
Second Place: Whale Shark Drags A Net Gregory Sweeney Bokeelia, FL Equipment: Canon 5D Mark III EF16 - 35mm f2.8L Location: Gulf of Mexico off Isla Mujeres |  |
Third Place: Drag Gregory Sweeney Equipment: Canon 5D Mark III EF16 - 35mm f2.8L Location: Bahamas |  |
Honorable Mention: The Cage Alessio Viora NO Italia Equipment: Canon Eos 5 D Seacam Housing 2 Seacam Flash Location: Micronesia |  |
Honorable Mention: The Last Fly Yenyi Lee Taipei City, Taiwan Equipment: Canon 5DMK3, 16-35mm L, Inon Z-240 Location: NE Coast, Taiwan |  |
NOVICE/POINT & SHOOT: |
First Place: Together Massimo Giorgetta Latina, Italy Equipment: Nauticam Housing - Canon G12 + subsee+10 Location: Indonesia - Lembeh Strait |  |
Second Place: Manta Ray Feeding At Night Brent Barnes Edmond OK Equipment: Olympus 350, Olympus Housing, INON fisheye lens, dual S&S 110 alpha strobes Location: Kona, Hawaii |  |
Thrid Place: Bouquet Karen Dancheck Bradley Beach, NJ Equipment: Canon S100 in Fisheye Fix housing Location: Palau |  |
Honorable Mention: Ray Vacuum Russell Lincoln Egg Harbor Township, NJ Equipment: Canon Location: Key West, FL |  |
Best In Show Prize (Creative): The Jim Church Award for Excellence in Underwater Creative Imaging. |
Anemone Orb Jim Squires Saint Simons Island, GA |  |
Honorable Mention: Spiral Alex Varani Imola, Italy |  |
Best-In-Show Prize (Video): The Stan Waterman Award for Excellence in Underwater Videography. |
Nothing Is What It Seems Gino Rosiers Antwerp, Belgium | |
Second Place: Our Wonderful World Diane Randolph Greenacres, FL | |
Third Place: Shadow Reef Elke Specker Poway, CA | |
VIDEO SNAPSHOT |
The Hunt Lutfi Tanriover Mugla Fethiye, Turkey | |
Second Place: Growing Pains Diane Randolph | |
Honorable Mention: Feather Fun Laura Howard Lutz, FL | |