We all hate backscatter, but sometimes it adds mystery to a picture. The tiger shark in the background seems to be trying to hide behind the backscatter to ambush the bluefin trevally. Without the backscatter it would look less menacing. - Erik

Ingredients: a soup of plankton, different torches. Recipe: one strong torch at the back of the ship shining down. Put the normal torches in the sand shining up... and wait for the UFO's to appear. No strobe or torch used on the camera, 16mm. - Erik

This lovely creature came right at us and showed interest in my hair. Luckily it did not become a feeding frenzy. It further ignored us and found more pleasure in some soft coral. No additional lenses used so not really wide angle, 1 strobe. - Els

Sea Lion Pup at Coronado Island Mexico
Shot with Canon G7XMKIII in Fantasea housing, dual Inon S2000 strobes and UWL09 Pro wide angle lens.

Wobbegon shark

Purple jellyfish in the red sea.
Shortlisted!

Kahaluu Beach Park, Big Island, Hawaii

Weever fish have venomous spines

purple

Sea lion in the late afternoon

Green turtle

Kahaluu Beach Park, Big Island, Hawaii

This guy was relaxing on the reef and ignored us more than I've ever seen a turtle do. He was super chill and let us snap some nice shots of him.

Phallusia on nightdive

Kahaluu Beach Park, Big Island Hawaii

Kahaluu Bay, Big Island, Hawaii

Nice corals and fish at the Fury Shoals.

Two eyes on one side..

Turtle swimming under the sun
Shortlisted!

True Love

French Angelfish, Big Island, Hawaii

Australian sea lion – Neophoca cinerea – Indian Ocean, Western Australia

little shark with Tattoo

Banded Pipefish Corythoichthys intestinalis

Nudibranch

Symbiosis

Manta Ray at Nusa Penida