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Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Glenn Ian Villanueva

90 Entries Found: Page 2  of  4
Taken in Secret Bay, Anilao, Philippines
This is a photo of a fish in a jellyfish, hiding from predators. Taken in Anilao, Philippines during one of our blackwater dives.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
3rd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
This is a photo of a common nudibranch, chromodoris willani. A very clean looking nudi, one of my favourites. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
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This is a photo of sea-cucumber shrimp well known as the emperor shimp (Periclimenes Imperator). Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
This is a photo of scorpion fish, side view portrait. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
This is a photo of a one (1)-claw sea pen crab hanging out on his habitat. Taken in Dauin, Negros Island, Philippines.
This is a photo of a Rhinopias Eschemeryi spotted in Anilao, Philippines. Quite rare in the area, it was an honor to have photographed this dude.
This is a photo of a crinoid shrimp riding on this crinoid. Taken in Anilao, Philippines
This is a photo of a file fish swimming on grassy patches. Taken at the ive site Coconut, Anilao, Philippines.
This is an old photo of a hairy squat crab in sponge barrel. Taken back in 2018 for our group's internal competition. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
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This is a photo of a yellow sea horse playing hide n seek with me on an artificial reef. Taken in Dauin, Negros Island last December during the christmas break.
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This is a photo of an ordinary chromodoris holding for dear life in the middle of an intense current sweeping through us. Taken in Secret Bay, Anilao, a very rich site with diverse macro-critters but where intense current is also frequently observed
This is a photo of a Flutemouth Fish gliding along a buoy rope. Taken in Dauin North dive site, Negros Island, Philippines.
This is a photo of a nudibranch, Diversidoris Crocea. Taken in Secret Bay, Anilao, Philippines.
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This is a photo of my favourite subject, an octopus (coconut octopus). This photo was taken during the 2021 Anilao Underwater Shootout requiring a future date setting in the photos taken during the event.
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This is a photo of a nudibranch, Eubranchus Sp. in its natural habitat. Spotted in Dauin, Negros Island, Philippines.
This is a photo of a clownfish, looking like he/she singing. Taken in Dauin, Negros Island, Philippines.
This is a photo of a lizardfish hanging out on an old tire. Taken in Dauin, Negros Island, Philippines.
This is a photo of a puffer fish featured in the cute underwater documentary, "Puff". Taken in Dauin, Philippines
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This is a photo of a sea-pen crab. Taken in Dauin, Philippines.
This is a photo of a turtle, I believe he is a hawksbill turtle but looks like a green turtle because of the green moss on his back. Spotted in Apo Island, Philippines this turtle was caught munching on the bleached corals.
This is a photo of 2 file fish swimming along the grassy coastline of Basak, Zamboanguita, Philippines. This is one of the newly discovered muck diving area in the Philippines. Different types of frogfish and octopus are spotted in the area.
This is a photo of a yellow goby (Gobiodon Okinawae) found inside a beer bottle. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2022
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
This is a photo a Melibe Colemani nudibranch which has been dubbed the holy grail of nudis. I'm honoured to be able to take a photo of this beautiful rare slug.Hope they multiply as sightings of them were recently rare. In Anilao, Philippines.
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This is a photo of a nudibranch, Trinchisea Yamasui. Taken in Anilao, Philippines.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2022
2nd place Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
This is a photo of a Moray Eel trying to play with my camera. It was quite challenging getting a good distance photographing this fella as he seems to want to be closer to the lens. Taken in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2022

Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
This is a photo of a juvenile scorpionfish sitting on hard coral. Taken in Puerto Galera, Philippines.
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90 Entries Found: Page 2  of  4