2019 Imaging Competition Winners

WAVE

Yung-sen Wu
Keelung City, Taiwan

Equipment: ONY a7RIII + FE 12-24mm F4 G

Location: Adams River, Canada

First Place

ECLIPSE

Edwar Herreno
Sainte Tulle OT

Equipment: Nikon D800, Sea&Sea 250 pro Strobes, Tokina 15mm

Location: Bat Island, Costa Rica

Second Place

SQUADRON

Anthony Cherbas
Kapaa HI

Equipment: Canon 7d mk 2

Location: French Polynesia

Third Place

OCEANIC WHITE TIP SHARK IN BLACK AND WHITE

Brent Barnes
Edmond OK

Equipment: Nikon D7000 with Nikor 10-24 mm Lens in Aquatica Housing and Dual Sea and Sea 110 alpha strobes

Location: Cat Island, Bahamas

Honorable Mention

ZERO PLANE

Noam Kortler
Eilat, Israel

Equipment: Nikon D850 with Nikkor 8-15mm lens set on 8mm with Seacam Housing + 2, X Seacam D150 Digital strobes

Location: Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea

First Place

MATING FROGS

Luc Rooman
Belgium

Equipment: Nikon D810+815 fisheye

Location: De Melle, Turnhout, Belgium

Second Place

CORNELIA B WINDIATE

Michael Thornton
Lehi UT

Equipment: Canon 5D Mark ii, Subal Housing, Sea&Sea YS-D2 Stobes

Location: Lake Huron

Third Place

THRONE OF KELP

Ellen Cuylaerts
Miami FL

Equipment: Nikon D800, Nikkor 16mm, Sola 3000, Subal Housing

Location: Farne Islands, UK

Honorable Mention

POD

Gregory Sweeney
Bokeelia FL

Equipment: Canon EOS 5D MKIII, Nauticam Housing, Canon EF17-40mm f4L

Location: Panama City, Florida

First Place

DIAMOND SQUID

Judith Townsend
Boca Raton FL

Equipment: Nikon D7000, 60 mm lens, 2 Inon Z-240 strobes, 2 focus lights

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida

Second Place

ALIEN

Cai Songda
Xiamen City, Metro Manila

Equipment: Nikon D850 in Seacam Housing Dual Seaflash 150D

Location: Anilao Batangas

Third Place

Hermaea bifida

Filip Staes
Antwerp, Belgium

Equipment: Fujifilm finepix S5Pro, 60mm macro + subsea, Inon Z240 strobe

Location: Lake Grevelingen, Zeeland, the Netherlands

Honorable Mention

LARVAL PANCAKE BATFISH

Judy Townsend

Equipment: Nikon D7000, 60 mm lens, 2 Inon Z-240 strobes, 2 focus lights

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida

Honorable Mention

Fu Manchu

Judy Townsend

Equipment: Nikon D7000, 60 mm lens, 2 Inon Z-240 strobes, 2 focus lights

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida

First Place

THE MEAL

Domenico Tripodi
Reggio Calabria, Italy

Equipment: Nikon D7200, isotta housing, Nikon 60mm

Location: Reggio Calabria - Italy

Second Place

KISS ME

Virginia Salzedo
Trento Italy

Equipment: Nikon D500, Tokina 10-17, Isotta housing, 2 161 Ikelite strobes

Location: Porto Santo Stefano, Tuscany, Italy

Third Place

BULL SHARK SMILE

Sylvie Ayer
Fribourg Switzerland

Equipment: Nikon D810

Location: Mozambique

Honorable Mention

TRAPPED

Virginia Salzedo
Trento Italy

Equipment: Nikon D750 14-24mm Nauticam housing no strobes

Location: Santa Caterina, Puglia, Italy

First Place

OCEANIC WHITETIP SHARK "CARCHARHINUS LONGIMANUS"

Nicholas Samaras
Thessaloniki

Equipment: Sea & Sea Housing, Canon EOS 5D Mark II, Canon 8-15mm Lens, Retra strobes

Location: Red Sea, Egypt

Second Place

SILENT KILLER

Noam Kortler
Eilat Israel

Equipment: Nikon D850 + Nikkor 60mm Macro lens. SEACAM Housing + 2 X SEACAM D150 Digital Strobes.

Location: Red Sea, Eilat, Israel

Third Place

THE BLUE THAT GOT AWAY

Ron Watkins
New Hope, PA

Equipment: Canon Nikon D850 with 8-15mm lens in Nauticam Housing with dual S&S YS250 strobes

Location: Rhode Island

Honorable Mention

ROPEY

Nola Schoder
San Diego, CA

Equipment: Nikon D7100 w/ Sea & Sea Housing & YS-D1 Strobes

Location: Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

Honorable Mention

SMOKING ALSO DAMAGES THE ENVIRONMENT

Guido Villani
Naples Italy

Equipment: Nikon D800 Nikkor 10,5 mm 2 IKELITE IS 600 Strobes

Location: Bacoli, Naples (Italy)

Best In Show Prize

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Gregory Sweeney
Bokeelia FL

Second Place

TROPICAL ISLAND

Dray van Beeck
Netherlands

Third Place

ANGEL

Filip Staes
Antwerp, Belgium

Honorable Mention

CLOWNS IN THE DESERT

Massimo Giorgetta
LATINA ITALY