loading ...
please wait
Video Underwater Photo Contest Entries By Haydn Salvas

Search Contest Entries

Entries by Category
Entries by Sea
Entries by Country
or enter search text
 Contest Chat
Stats
Portfolios
Slide ShowSlide Show (latest)
Slide Show
Medal Winners
Spam voting policy
Really Simple Syndication Top 10 RSS feed
The Rules!
Our underwater photography contest is the longest running and most prestigious online. If you want to make a name for yourself this is THE place to do it.
Just look at some of the internationally acclaimed photographers who have launched their u/w photo careers here over the years.
It's easy to enter the contest just... click here to enter

Monthly winners will be shown by the 10th of the following month
The pre-judging for the annual awards has started!
click here to see shortlisted entries

Peoples' Vote


On the deck of the Shinkoku, it took me ages to finally get the shot I really wanted. Was aiming to capture this little guy's head on but also capture the transulcent nature of the anemone.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Sunday, March 4, 2012
27 votes

60 year old Japanese book on the deck of the Fumitzuki wreck.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Friday, May 11, 2012
26 votes

Diving on the Shinkoku Maru in Truk when we came across a male and female Leopard sharks courting when two other male sharks came in and all hell broke loose!
By Haydn Salvas
posted Sunday, November 2, 2014
25 votes

First attempt at u/w photography, and one of my favourite little critters, Weedy Sea Dragon. Photo was taken at Flinders Pier in Victoria, Australia.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Saturday, February 11, 2012
23 votes

Wanted to get a near to front on shot of a Weedy Sea Dragon. After about thirty minutes I managed to get this. The position of the lights hit at just the right angle to highlight the beautiful colours of the body.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Friday, September 12, 2014
22 votes

Cow fish on a night dive out of Portsea, Melbourne.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Saturday, March 1, 2014
17 votes

Took a trip to Truk Lagoon, amazing place with some amazing scenes. Gas Mask within one of the wrecks just one of the reminders of the loss of life.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Saturday, March 3, 2012
16 votes

Always an interesting situation to find common place element of a ship in a not so common place. This one was on one of the decks within the middle of the wreck, well away from the sides.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Saturday, March 3, 2012
16 votes

Inside the engine room of the Heian Maru in Truk, lots of rust, fine silt and broken gauges.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Sunday, March 4, 2012
15 votes

Forget the eye of the tiger, the eye of the Turtle is more impressive.
By Haydn Salvas
posted Monday, April 28, 2014
13 votes
About Peoples' vote About Peoples' vote



Special Offer
Our Price $899
buy underwater cameras
buy your UnderwaterPhotography.com T-shirts!
The UnderwaterPhotography.com photo course collection
click here to buy the book
25 Entries Found
This guy was so small by Haydn Salvas
This guy was so small
shortlistedShortlisted!
6 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
This guy was so tiny! by Haydn Salvas
This guy was so tiny!
6 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Was amazing to get to finally see one of these frog fish. by Haydn Salvas
Was amazing to get to finally see one of these frog fish.
11 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
We found this guy hitching a ride on a sea cucumber by Haydn Salvas
We found this guy hitching a ride on a sea cucumber
6 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
My first time muck diving and managed to see one of these... by Haydn Salvas
My first time muck diving and managed to see one of these guys!
2 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
First time muck diving and we managed to find these guys. by Haydn Salvas
First time muck diving and we managed to find these guys.
3 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 20, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
First cuttlefish for the year on a ripping current wall d... by Haydn Salvas
First cuttlefish for the year on a ripping current wall dive. Putting this into the temperate water section as it was shot in Melbourne, Australia. Temperate can be full of colour too!
6 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Thursday, February 26, 2015
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Diving just outside the heads of Port Phillip Bay at a si... by Haydn Salvas
Diving just outside the heads of Port Phillip Bay at a site called Castle Rock. Saw a tail hiding under a ledge within the kelp bed had to wait a good ten minutes for the right time for the shot but it was worth it! Necklace Carpet Shark.
3 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Tuesday, January 6, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Inside the bow section of the Japanese destroyer Oite in ... by Haydn Salvas
Inside the bow section of the Japanese destroyer Oite in Truk. One of the Odyssey dive guides was coming the other way and managed to take this shot of him modelling with the fan.
7 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, November 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
On the deck of the Katsuragisan Maru when I looked under ... by Haydn Salvas
On the deck of the Katsuragisan Maru when I looked under a sheet of metal only to find this guy chilling out!
5 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, November 2, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Diving on the Shinkoku Maru in Truk when we came across a... by Haydn Salvas
Diving on the Shinkoku Maru in Truk when we came across a male and female Leopard sharks courting when two other male sharks came in and all hell broke loose!
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging
25 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, November 2, 2014
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Love these gobies that just pop their head out of holes i... by Haydn Salvas
Love these gobies that just pop their head out of holes in and around the Flinders Pier engine block
shortlistedShortlisted!
12 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Friday, September 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Wanted to get a near to front on shot of a Weedy Sea Drag... by Haydn Salvas
Wanted to get a near to front on shot of a Weedy Sea Dragon. After about thirty minutes I managed to get this. The position of the lights hit at just the right angle to highlight the beautiful colours of the body.
shortlistedShortlisted!
22 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Friday, September 12, 2014
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Forget the eye of the tiger, the eye of the Turtle is mor... by Haydn Salvas
Forget the eye of the tiger, the eye of the Turtle is more impressive.
13 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Monday, April 28, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Fiji
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Fish at the bow of the Rotomahana, a 40 metre wreck, shel... by Haydn Salvas
Fish at the bow of the Rotomahana, a 40 metre wreck, sheltering from the strong current.
10 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, March 5, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Cute little guy under Rye Pier, does it look like he's po... by Haydn Salvas
Cute little guy under Rye Pier, does it look like he's poking his tongue out to you?
5 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Tuesday, March 4, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Natural light shot inside HMAS Canberra by Haydn Salvas
Natural light shot inside HMAS Canberra
10 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Saturday, March 1, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Cow fish on a night dive out of Portsea, Melbourne. by Haydn Salvas
Cow fish on a night dive out of Portsea, Melbourne.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2014 awards final round judging
17 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, March 1, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

60 year old Japanese book on the deck of the Fumitzuki wr... by Haydn Salvas
60 year old Japanese book on the deck of the Fumitzuki wreck.
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
A very different subject that tells a story.
26 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Friday, May 11, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

The deck of the San Francisco Maru near the lantern room,... by Haydn Salvas
The deck of the San Francisco Maru near the lantern room, one still left on!
9 Votes
VOTE!

date posted posted: Tuesday, March 6, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

On the deck of the Shinkoku, it took me ages to finally g... by Haydn Salvas
On the deck of the Shinkoku, it took me ages to finally get the shot I really wanted. Was aiming to capture this little guy's head on but also capture the transulcent nature of the anemone.
shortlistedShortlisted!
27 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, March 4, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Inside the engine room of the Heian Maru in Truk, lots of... by Haydn Salvas
Inside the engine room of the Heian Maru in Truk, lots of rust, fine silt and broken gauges.
15 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, March 4, 2012
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Always an interesting situation to find common place elem... by Haydn Salvas
Always an interesting situation to find common place element of a ship in a not so common place. This one was on one of the decks within the middle of the wreck, well away from the sides.
16 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, March 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 

This member has a pro account

Took a trip to Truk Lagoon, amazing place with some amazi... by Haydn Salvas
Took a trip to Truk Lagoon, amazing place with some amazing scenes.
Gas Mask within one of the wrecks just one of the reminders of the loss of life.
16 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, March 3, 2012
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Micronesia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
First attempt at u/w photography, and one of my favourite... by Haydn Salvas
First attempt at u/w photography, and one of my favourite little critters, Weedy Sea Dragon.
Photo was taken at Flinders Pier in Victoria, Australia.
23 Votes
VOTE!

go to the dive site record where this shot was takenDive Site for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, February 11, 2012
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Australia
view portfolio more shots by Haydn Salvas view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
 
 
25 Entries Found