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This category shows the winning images from the monthly HotShots i.e. the Best of the Best!

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Chess III ; Victory round... by Dray Van Beeck
Chess III ; Victory round...
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2009
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Dray entered a couple on this theme. All good. This one is my favorite
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Unbelievable...I was cleaning my photo equipment at the p... by Dave Benz
Unbelievable...I was cleaning my photo equipment at the pool and justat this moment a leguan come in the pool to drink fresh water. I dive to the buttom of the pool and make my shot !!! Thank you, little Godzilla...
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a central subject shouldn't be your first choice but I'm being picky. It's a very rare shot!
54 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 16, 2009
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Netherlands Antilles
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Girl with softcoral - Nikon D2Xs, Seacam-housing, Nikon Z... by Frank Schneider
Girl with softcoral - Nikon D2Xs, Seacam-housing, Nikon Zoom 12-24 mm, Flash Seacam Mini100 (manual setting) - Model: Tanja
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just look at that old US divers mask. You can't get them any more but they were the classic mask for photography. Add a beautiful model, foreground interest, tilt the head. This shot was not an accident!
69 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2009
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Glossodoris cruenta. A great find in the last few minutes... by Chad Ordelheide
Glossodoris cruenta. A great find in the last few minutes of our last dive in Lombok.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2009
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nudi of the month!
43 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, January 20, 2009
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Skydiver. A diver suspended in the clear waters of an Aus... by Richard Harris
Skydiver. A diver suspended in the clear waters of an Australian Sinkhole.
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it's about the light
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, December 10, 2008
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Australia
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Coconut or Veined Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) with ... by Marco Waagmeester
Coconut or Veined Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) with it's shell - Puri Jati, Bali (Canon G9, Inon D2000w)
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tidy and perfectly framed
61 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 4, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Taken in Nuweiba with Emperor Divers in Egypt, this was t... by Maria Munn
Taken in Nuweiba with Emperor Divers in Egypt, this was taken with a Fuji Finepix F31D compact camera and an Inon Wide Angle lens on the Underwater Setting whilst doing a headstand to fit it all in!
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2008
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an exceptional effort Maria
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date posted posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Rhinopias eschmeyeri (Rhino-fish), Lembeh strait by Aleksandr Marinicev
Rhinopias eschmeyeri (Rhino-fish), Lembeh strait
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Great subject, filling the freame, what more do you want!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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All aboard the Manta Train!! Olympus SP350, Inon fishey... by Christian Loader
All aboard the Manta Train!! Olympus SP350, Inon fisheye lens, natural light. Baa Atoll, Maldives.
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It's rare to get a shot of receding, recurring subjects - almost unique with something the size of Mantas! Very contrasty, have you tried it B&W? Totally a hotshot from Christian.
62 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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One of my most memorable marine life encounters. A baby s... by Cal Mero
One of my most memorable marine life encounters. A baby seal basking in the morning sun
Olympus sp-350
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2008
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good job you had your camera with you Cal
47 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, July 20, 2008
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Tasman Sea Australia
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All Stop - Prop of the Um El Farud Zurrieq Malta, covered... by Simon Theuma
All Stop - Prop of the Um El Farud Zurrieq Malta, covered with colourful sponges.
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008
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A wreck shot with a lot to offer - color, form, composition. Top drawer Simon!
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 5, 2008
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Malta
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Golden dress by Zena Holloway
Golden dress
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
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This is how you shoot models underwater...
51 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, May 21, 2008
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: United Kingdom
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Charging Nudi. Taken in Tenggol with Canon G9, Inon Z240 ... by Edvin Eng
Charging Nudi. Taken in Tenggol with Canon G9, Inon Z240 & lenses. Full frame.
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For once I agree with the people's vote - a first rate nudi from Edvin
79 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: South China Sea Malaysia
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Apnea World Championship in Maribor, 2007 by Dejan Sarman
Apnea World Championship in Maribor, 2007
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2008
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Great crop, great framing and composition. The action moving into frame from a disappearing point. A unique shot proving swimming pools can also provide subjects
38 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, March 27, 2008
date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Slovenia
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retro nudi by Heru Suryoko
retro nudi
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2008
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I like my abstracts abstract - and colorful too! well done Heru
44 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, February 20, 2008
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Stella marina Astropecten aranciacus photographed in the ... by Fabrizio Frixa
Stella marina Astropecten aranciacus photographed in the Ionian Sea Near the marine park of the Islands of the Ciclopi.
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A smashing study Fabrizio
24 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Ionian Sea Italy
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Alien... composition of a Gonionemus murbachii and the ey... by Christian Skauge
Alien... composition of a Gonionemus murbachii and the eyes of a lemon sole, Microstomus kitt. Looks a little eerie :-)
Nikon D200 in Nexus housing.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2007
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ET phone home. Well done Christian!
49 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, December 29, 2007
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Norwegian Sea Norway
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Mystic Clown by Larissa Roorda
Mystic Clown
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A super display of photoshopping Larissa! At first glance it could be real!
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date posted posted: Friday, November 30, 2007
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Pacific Fiji
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WRECK Nikon D100 and 16mm by Marco Caraceni
WRECK
Nikon D100 and 16mm
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2007
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Ooo this is how you do a fisheye bowshot
23 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, October 5, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Solomon Sea Solomon islands
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Reflection by Nicholas Samaras
Reflection
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Usually this type of surface reflection shot is done as a 180 degree spin so well done Nicholas on a new interpretation!
48 Votes
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date posted posted: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Aegean Sea Greece
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Flying Dutch by Victor Amor
Flying Dutch
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This could almost be a misty topside shot, a fine wreck from Victor
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date posted posted: Friday, August 10, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
date posted location: Atlantic (South) Spain
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Clownfish and sunburst taken at Campsite 3, Ras Mohamed P... by Nikki Van Veelen
Clownfish and sunburst taken at Campsite 3, Ras Mohamed Park with E300.
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I've not seen a clownfish in a sunburst before!
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date posted posted: Saturday, July 21, 2007
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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white shark incoming Gans Bay South Africa by Geoff Spiby
white shark incoming
Gans Bay
South Africa
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I usually say images with a central subject do not usuualy work. This proves the rules are meant to be broken. Awesome shot Geoff!
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date posted posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Photo is taken in Florida with Nikon D80 by Andy Kutsch
Photo is taken in Florida with Nikon D80
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nice composition Andy creating 'something out of nothing'
37 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, May 25, 2007
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: United States
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Happy Manatee,Taken at Crystal River FL. Camera nikon D-200 by Ray Eccleston
Happy Manatee,Taken at Crystal River FL. Camera nikon D-200
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2007
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always a 'pussycat' shot but hard to capture cleanly like this from Ray
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date posted posted: Monday, April 23, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: United States
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Diver discovers massive edible crab. Image taken at Eye... by Mike Clark
Diver discovers massive edible crab.
Image taken at Eyemouth, Scotland using a Nikon D70 with 10.5mm lens and 2 strobes.
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I love Eyemouth/St Abbs 'cos you can get great shots like this one from Mike
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date posted posted: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
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Nik D200 - Composing by Manfred Bail
Nik D200 - Composing
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I'm not sure what this is about but you must admire Manfred's technique. This could be an album cover (sorry CD) perhaps?
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date posted posted: Thursday, February 8, 2007
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Maldives
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