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This category shows the winning images from the monthly HotShots i.e. the Best of the Best!
Ladybug (Amphipod)
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Juvenile candy crab
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Colorfull mantis shrimp
Nikon D750, Easedive Leo3 housing, two Ikelite strobes
105mm Nikkor lens, f/22, 1/250
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ANEMONE - NEMANTHUS ANNAMENSIS
Mauritius 2022
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This is a photo of a nudibranch, Reticulidia Halgerda. Spotted off the coast of Acacia Dive Resort in Anilao.
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Pseudoprotella phasma
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Seahorse
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Seahorse and his baby
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protecting
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Wonderpus
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Three-headed eel
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
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Amphipods on a coral flower
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Helmet
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Nembrotha lineolata
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2022
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Moray Eel
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
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Tasty pastry.
Elegant and colorful jelly fish, El Quseir, Egypte.
Nikon D80 with Ikelite housing and two Ikelite strobes. Tamron SP-AF 17-50, 17mm, ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/60.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
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I found this Armina nudibranch crawling on the sand soon as we descended for a dive in Anilao. I had enough time to get the shot that I wanted.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
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This is a photo of my cuttlefish friend, nuki! I have been diving on the house reef of my friend's dive resort and this fella always shows up towards the end of my photo dives. He always poses before my camera and always gets intrigue by lights.
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A split image showing both the underwater world, and majestic landscape of French Polynesia
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"Splash"
Blacktip shark breaking through the surface back into the water after trying to grad a sardine.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2021
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Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
Shrimp from the Eastern Mediterranean - Pulchricaudatus sp.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
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half picture in Garden of the queen
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
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Medsea shark egg CFWA shot
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
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Eye of cone snail
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Final RoundThrough to 2019 awards final round judging
Emperor shrimp on the chromodoris.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2018
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Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
Travel Safely Mantas
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2018
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small gobi on a seafeather
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