A monthly hotshot is an entry that was shortlisted by 2 or more judges. The monthly winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd and Runner Ups) are chosen from this short list by our editor (no medals, just your name in the lights for a month!). They are chosen according to the number of judges votes with some reference to the peoples votes and the editor’s choice. It is no coincidence that many of the Hotshots end up in the annual awards!
To get a chance to feature your photo in next month’s winners, enter your best underwater photo here.
The monthly winners for June have been announced. Thank you all for entering and Congratulations to the winners and runners up!
Check out June’s well deserved winners:
1st Place:
Compass Jellyfish and sunburst, Lundy Island
Editor’s Comment:
Wow Nick, this one is for the books.
In Category: Wide Angle – Marine Life | Taken in: United Kingdom
A childhood fascination with diving and the ocean, inspired by the 70’s TV series “The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau”, led to Nick learning to dive at the earliest opportunity, aged 14 back in the 1980’s.
Diving primarily around the UK, it is only in more recent years that Nick’s long standing interest in photography has extended into the water. Having initially bought an Olympus underwater compact camera in 2004 and subsequently Nikon D300/D3 DSLRs, one to one tuition with renowned Underwater Photographer Martin Edge has proved instrumental in Nick’s development.
Now fuelled by dive trips to more tropical climes as well as continued UK diving as a member of Woking based BSAC branch Surrey Aquanauts, a selection of Nick’s more recent underwater photographs together with images of personal interest above the water can be seen via the web site link.
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2nd Place:
Fight
Editor’s Comment:
Great shot, not a common sight and well taken.
In Category: Macro – swimming | Taken in: Israel
Nikon d700 in Ikelite housing, ds160 strobes
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3rd Place:
Cinematographer in the background with this beautiful Oceanic Whitetip shark.
Editor’s Comment:
Perfect color and sharpness and great composition. As an underwater photographer, I always love seeing us in action.
In Category: Sharks | Taken in: Bahamas
Canon 5D3 padi instructor love cozumel and sharks
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Runner Up:
Portal.
Tarpon with Silversides – Grand Cayman 2013.
Olympus E-PL3, 9mm, dual UFL-2 strobes.
f/16, 1/50sec, ISO400.
Editor’s Comment:
Absolutely beautiful.
In Category: Wide Angle – Marine Life | Taken in: Cayman islands
Water.
I’ve been fascinated with it from before I can remember. Apparently my father – in trying to impress my parents’ female friends with his knowledge of babies – gently submerged me as a new-born into our pool. I couldn’t get enough of it.
I became PADI certified in 2008, and bought a cheap point-and-shoot camera with my husband to show our friends and family the wonders of the Caribbean Sea. With time, I got better gear along the way – currently I’m in love with 4/3 mirrorless cameras.
I feel I’ve only just begun really getting into underwater imaging. I’m most certainly still learning, and will always do so. I remind myself most of all to witness the beauty around me, all the time.
With photographs, it all comes back to that one thing in the end: Water. It inspires me. If I can show the beauty of water, and the crucial importance of water, and all nature’s gifts in it, in any conceivable way, I’ll have a happy soul.
The journey continues.
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Runner Up:
Felimare picta
Editor’s Comment:
Text book CFWA, crisp sharp , rule of 3rds, Sunball and a beautiful Nudi. Watch and learn.
In Category: Wide Angle – Marine Life | Taken in: Italy
My name is Rosario Scariati I’m 43 years old and I take photographs underwater for about three years, now I own a Canon EOS 550D, Canon EOS 7D ,Canon EOS 5D Mark 3 in Nauticam Housing optics used Canon 50 macro, Canon 100 macro, 8/15 mm canon two lenses SubSee and two flash Sea & Sea YSD1 love to dive between Naples and Sorrento.
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Runner Up:
“Happy”
This shot was taken while freediving in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
Editor’s Comment:
Whale Shark smiling, love it.
In Category: Wide Angle – Natural Light (no strobe) | Taken in: Mexico
Hello! My name is Lauren Berger, and I live in Sacramento, California. Diving is my true passion, and I am also very involved in shark and ocean conservation. I absolutely love sharks, and my favorite dive site is where the sharks congregate! I also love the majestic Kelp forests of Point Lobos, Carmel, CA. I am new to underwater photography, just under a year. I absolutely love it and love leaning more about improving my skills and technique. I use an Olympus Pen Epl-5, and a GoPro Hero-3 White edition.
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In the past 20 years, I dived in many places: Red Sea, Mediterranean, Thailand, The Maldives, Florida, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and others.. I was lucky enough to dive with all the latest equipment, that includes high end compacts, Mirrorless, DSLR's, almost every strobe in the market and many different lenses and accessories.
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