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'A Light Embrace' - A lemon shark glides through the late-afternoon sunlight off the coast of Grand Bahama
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Wednesday, March 1, 2017
34 votes

The Night Watch A great hammerhead at night near Bimini, Bahamas
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Thursday, February 19, 2015
32 votes

'Flyby' - A blacktip shark passes by with a group of remoras trailing along at Aliwal Shoals, South Africa
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Sunday, July 2, 2017
32 votes

'Portrait of a Hammerhead at Sunset' - A great hammerhead shark at dusk at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Monday, February 20, 2017
29 votes

'The Magic Hour' - This image of a Caribbean reef shark was taken just before sunset. With the sun low to the horizon, and the sea calm, the water acts like a prism, separating white light into its individual colors.
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Friday, March 3, 2017
29 votes

'Center of the Universe' - A sand tiger shark is surrounded by bait fish inside of the wreck of the Aeolus off the coast of North Carolina
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Tuesday, October 11, 2016
28 votes

'Girl Power' - A beautiful and powerful female tiger shark at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Monday, March 13, 2017
28 votes

'Whiskers'- A Steller sea lion comes in for a closer look off the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada.
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Monday, April 11, 2016
26 votes

'Lemon Friends' - Two lemon sharks at the surface of the water at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Thursday, March 16, 2017
26 votes

'Life In The Big City' - The wreck of the U352 off the coast of North Carolina is reminiscent of a bustling city, with all of the residents busily going about their daily routines
By Tanya Houppermans
posted Monday, October 10, 2016
25 votes
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'Raggie' - A male ragged tooth shark (also known as a san... by Tanya Houppermans
'Raggie' - A male ragged tooth shark (also known as a sand tiger) swims past a coral-encrusted rock wall at the Cathedral dive site at Aliwal Shoals, South Africa
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date posted posted: Wednesday, July 5, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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'Flyby' - A blacktip shark passes by with a group of remo... by Tanya Houppermans
'Flyby' - A blacktip shark passes by with a group of remoras trailing along at Aliwal Shoals, South Africa
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32 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 2, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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'Portrait of an Oceanic Blacktip' - Taken at Aliwal Shoal... by Tanya Houppermans
'Portrait of an Oceanic Blacktip' - Taken at Aliwal Shoals, South Africa
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, June 4, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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'Aliwal Aura' - A blacktip shark glides through the light... by Tanya Houppermans
'Aliwal Aura' - A blacktip shark glides through the light rays piercing the emerald-green waters of Aliwal Shoal, South Africa
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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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'You've Got A Friend In Me' - Two lemon sharks skim the s... by Tanya Houppermans
'You've Got A Friend In Me' - Two lemon sharks skim the surface of the water at Tiger Beach, Bahamas.
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 3, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'The Twins' - Two tiger sharks swim toward the camera, wh... by Tanya Houppermans
'The Twins' - Two tiger sharks swim toward the camera, while a bull shark hovers in the background on the right-hand side
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, March 19, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Lemon Friends' - Two lemon sharks at the surface of the ... by Tanya Houppermans
'Lemon Friends' - Two lemon sharks at the surface of the water at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
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26 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 16, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Girl Power' - A beautiful and powerful female tiger shar... by Tanya Houppermans
'Girl Power' - A beautiful and powerful female tiger shark at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 13, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'The Magic Hour' - This image of a Caribbean reef shark w... by Tanya Houppermans
'The Magic Hour' - This image of a Caribbean reef shark was taken just before sunset. With the sun low to the horizon, and the sea calm, the water acts like a prism, separating white light into its individual colors.
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 3, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'A Light Embrace' - A lemon shark glides through the late... by Tanya Houppermans
'A Light Embrace' - A lemon shark glides through the late-afternoon sunlight off the coast of Grand Bahama
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2017
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Just a perfect shark shot
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 1, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Portrait of a Hammerhead at Sunset' - A great hammerhead... by Tanya Houppermans
'Portrait of a Hammerhead at Sunset' - A great hammerhead shark at dusk at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
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29 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 20, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Reef Rally' - Lemon sharks and Caribbean reef sharks swa... by Tanya Houppermans
'Reef Rally' - Lemon sharks and Caribbean reef sharks swarm around a small mound of rock and coral at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2017

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19 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 9, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Kate and the Hammerhead' - A great hammerhead shark glid... by Tanya Houppermans
'Kate and the Hammerhead' - A great hammerhead shark glides under the M/V Kate at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 7, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'When the Stars and the Sharks Align' - A hammerhead, tig... by Tanya Houppermans
'When the Stars and the Sharks Align' - A hammerhead, tiger shark, lemon sharks, and reef sharks at Tiger Beach, Bahamas
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date posted posted: Monday, February 6, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Summer Break' - Sand tiger sharks spend the summer month... by Tanya Houppermans
'Summer Break' - Sand tiger sharks spend the summer months aggregating around the shipwrecks off the North Carolina coast as part of their annual migration along the east coast of the U.S.
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21 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'In Orbit' - Shooting upward at a Caribbean reef squid as... by Tanya Houppermans
'In Orbit' - Shooting upward at a Caribbean reef squid as it drifts under a cloudy, drizzly sky in the shallow waters of Grand Cayman
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18 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2017
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Living History' - The mid-section of the U-352, showing ... by Tanya Houppermans
'Living History' - The mid-section of the U-352, showing the conning tower, lying on the sea floor off the coast of North Carolina. The U-boat is surrounded by thousands of small fish that have made the wreck their home.
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date posted posted: Sunday, December 25, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'A Few Thousand of My Closest Friends' - A sand tiger sha... by Tanya Houppermans
'A Few Thousand of My Closest Friends' - A sand tiger shark is surrounded by bait fish near the conning tower of the U-352 off the coast of North Carolina
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 20, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'Just The Two Of Us' - Southern stingrays gliding over th... by Tanya Houppermans
'Just The Two Of Us' - Southern stingrays gliding over the sea floor off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Monday, December 19, 2016
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Ebb and Flow' - A river of bait fish swirl past a sand t... by Tanya Houppermans
'Ebb and Flow' - A river of bait fish swirl past a sand tiger shark in the wreck of the Aeolus off the coast of North Carolina
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2016

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12 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, December 5, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'Following The Leader' - Horse eye jacks swim over the st... by Tanya Houppermans
'Following The Leader' - Horse eye jacks swim over the stern of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman
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date posted posted: Monday, November 14, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'It's Raining Squid' - Two Caribbean reef squid in the sh... by Tanya Houppermans
'It's Raining Squid' - Two Caribbean reef squid in the shallow waters of Grand Cayman during a rain storm
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8 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, October 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Rush Hour on the Atlas' - Sand tiger sharks swim though ... by Tanya Houppermans
'Rush Hour on the Atlas' - Sand tiger sharks swim though massive schools of bait fish on the wreck of the Atlas off the coast of North Carolina
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date posted posted: Monday, October 17, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'Center of the Universe' - A sand tiger shark is surround... by Tanya Houppermans
'Center of the Universe' - A sand tiger shark is surrounded by bait fish inside of the wreck of the Aeolus off the coast of North Carolina
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28 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, October 11, 2016
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'Life In The Big City' - The wreck of the U352 off the co... by Tanya Houppermans
'Life In The Big City' - The wreck of the U352 off the coast of North Carolina is reminiscent of a bustling city, with all of the residents busily going about their daily routines
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2016

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25 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 10, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Atlantic (North American coastal) United States
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'Suspended' - A diver descends to the wreck of the Kittiw... by Tanya Houppermans
'Suspended' - A diver descends to the wreck of the Kittiwake off the coast of Grand Cayman
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 6, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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'Into The Woods' - A mutton snapper swims through the cor... by Tanya Houppermans
'Into The Woods' - A mutton snapper swims through the coral reefs of Grand Cayman
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, August 22, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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