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This category shows the winning images from the monthly HotShots i.e. the Best of the Best!
Soft Coral Crab by John Parker
Soft Coral Crab
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2016
Winner Monthly HotShots
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Impressive close-up! Perfect angle, great lighting, great background separation. THIS is how you shoot macro! Oh yeah, great subject as well!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 11, 2016
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Eating by Abimael Márquez
Eating
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
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I'm a sucker for turtles and love this gorgeous close up, it really shows the character with beautiful lighting.
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, February 13, 2016
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Puerto Rico
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No way out Giant Grouper breakfast , by Khaled Zaki
No way out Giant Grouper breakfast ,
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2016
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Spectactular capture!! Lighting is perfect and the expression on both the fish is priceless!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Asian Sea Thailand
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Jaws by Henley Spiers
Jaws
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Amazing close-up! The detail on the almost-hatched eggs is stunning.
20 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 22, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Saint Lucia
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Few encounters are more rewarding than shooting sunset sp... by Terry Steeley
Few encounters are more rewarding than shooting sunset splits with a wonderfully co-operative lemon shark.
— Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon EF8-15mm fisheye @ 15mm, f11, 1/160, ISO320, 2x Inon Z240 strobes
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015
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Perfect split shot - ideal exposure on both top and bottom sides, with an excellent capture of the shark posing to the camera. Great shot!
17 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 16, 2015
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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Happy Halloween! -I am your Father Luke, or Space Boy rid... by Steven Miller
Happy Halloween! -I am your Father Luke, or Space Boy rides the Siphon Express... An Octo eye and siphon, no photoshop- just LR brushes, saturation, and some gin.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2015
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24 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indonesia
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Moonlight Ballet (night underwater photo shooting in s... by Lucie Drlikova
Moonlight Ballet
(night underwater photo shooting in swimming pool)
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2015
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One of the best fashion shots I've seen!
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, September 24, 2015
date posted category: Fashion
date posted location: United States
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Clearfin Lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) predating on J... by Luke Gordon
Clearfin Lizardfish (Synodus dermatogenys) predating on Juvenile Acanthuridae, right moment, right time
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2015
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Right moment, right time, right capture! Perfect fit! One of the best captures I've seen this month.
26 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 2, 2015
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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"The Order of Things" - Life in the ocean is so unknown, ... by Allen Walker
"The Order of Things" - Life in the ocean is so unknown, yet we fly to the moon, experiment on Mars, all our research to find a human habitat in space in stead of understanding the ocean, a habitat that supports earth!!! A rather crazy notion!!!
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015
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Extraordinary image! Nature's beauty at it's best with perfect composition adding to the "Order of things".
25 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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~ Feed Me! ~ by Geo Cloete
~ Feed Me! ~
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2015
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Terrific angle and amazing capture! The sun rays really complement the background. Excellent photo!
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 15, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (South) South Africa
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'Lemon Shark evening split' — Subal underwater housin... by Terry Steeley
'Lemon Shark evening split'
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Subal underwater housing, Canon 1Dx, Canon EF 8-15mm@15mm, f11, 1/160, ISO400, ambient light and Inon Z240 strobe
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2015
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One of the best captures we have seen here in months! Perfect framing of the subject, perfect lighting and awesome composition. Incredible shot!
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, May 28, 2015
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Bahamas
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'Are you looking at me?' Whip Coral Benny. — Subal unde... by Terry Steeley
'Are you looking at me?' Whip Coral Benny.
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Subal underwater housing, Canon 5D mk2, Canon 100mm macro, f18, 1/200, ISO200, Inon Z240 strobes, Subsee +5 diopter
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2015
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Underwater Photography is all about getting close and shooting low. This shot nails it!
28 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, April 27, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Blushing Yellow / Gobi by James Deverich
Blushing Yellow / Gobi
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2015
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2015 awards final round judging
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Banda Sea Indonesia
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A curious baby humpback swims by me on the way to get a b... by Craig Mcinally
A curious baby humpback swims by me on the way to get a breath. The escort male is just visible behind momma. Despite the protection of the adult whales, two orcas killed and ate the baby the day after this photo was taken.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2015
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Magical shot showing the ocean's most majestic creatures and making us all jealous :) The ambient light here worked perfectly and the colors are deep and precise. Clear winner!
36 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, February 9, 2015
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Mexico
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Gobi on a seapen by Beate Seiler
Gobi on a seapen
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2015
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Captures nature in all its beauty and glory. I would hang this in my living room without hesitation.
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, January 26, 2015
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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"A bugs' life" found this little shrimp walking across a ... by Gaetano Gargiulo
"A bugs' life" found this little shrimp walking across a Sabella and could not resist... I had to take a shot :D
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2014
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Amazing background, looking forward to seeing this one in high res.
34 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 24, 2014
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Tyrrhenian Sea Italy
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Pelagic octopus, free swimming at night off Kona, Hawaii ... by Helen Brierley
Pelagic octopus, free swimming at night off Kona, Hawaii - full size portrait version
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2014
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Beautiful subject and very well taken
50 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 17, 2014
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific United States
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- Crossways - Tarpon hunting Silversides. This is an imag... by Nina Baxa
- Crossways - Tarpon hunting Silversides. This is an image I've been striving for, for over a year now....
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2014
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Incredible shot!
74 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 20, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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APOCALYPSE by Ellen Cuylaerts
APOCALYPSE
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
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After so many shots from stingray city, hard to imagine you would pull of such a special one. Very well done!
57 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 23, 2014
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands
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An over/under of a bluebottle (physalia physalis) I love ... by Matthew Smith
An over/under of a bluebottle (physalia physalis) I love how the pneumatophore (air bladder) of this bluebottle caught the light from my underwater strobe and lit up like a fluorescent tube!! Amazing!
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This is a clear winner, due to the perfect balanced lighting used here, matching the scene and the subject in every aspect. Stunning shot!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 17, 2014
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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turban snail newport morning by Dale Kobetich
turban snail newport morning
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Wow, every beginning photographer should take a close look at this composition. All the rules, perfectly met in one shot.
62 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, July 21, 2014
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Pacific United States
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Compass Jellyfish and sunburst, Lundy Island by Nick Blake
Compass Jellyfish and sunburst, Lundy Island
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2014
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Wow Nick, this one is for the books.
52 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 23, 2014
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Atlantic (European coastal) United Kingdom
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Face to faces by Raoul Caprez
Face to faces
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2014
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Very cool, well taken.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Brazil
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Golden Tail Moray (Gymnothorax miliaris) Bonaire, Nether... by Beth Watson
Golden Tail Moray (Gymnothorax miliaris)
Bonaire, Netherland Antilles
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2014
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Love the smile.
31 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, March 21, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Gulf Of Mexico Netherlands Antilles
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over-under with Gilbert by Mathieu Foulquié
over-under with Gilbert
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2014
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Beautiful over and under. This is some photo shoot you did for the toads there Mathieu, great work.
45 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: France
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A Spanish Dancer treating me to its graceful dance. by Valda Fraser
A Spanish Dancer treating me to its graceful dance.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2014
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Wow, one of my favorites. Your second Orange over Blue shot, maybe I have a weakness for this color combination. Very well taken.
33 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 30, 2014
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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"WAI: THE UNDERWATER QUARTER" Raja Ampat, Marti model shot by Isabella Maffei
"WAI: THE UNDERWATER QUARTER"
Raja Ampat, Marti model shot
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2013
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Beautiful over and under shot. It is so difficult to catch such a perfect shot, well done Isabella!
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Indonesia
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