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Sunday, 12 February 2012

BEAUTIFUL IMAGES OF UNDERWATER PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS


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Images of 2011 Underwater Photo Contest Winners
By
Our Amazing Planet.

Gobies
Best Overall Winner: Two gobies, MarsaAlam, Egypt.
Photographer: Tobias Friedrich, Germany.

Pygmy Seahorse
Macro 1st Place: Pygmy seahorse (Hippocampus bargibanti).
Photographer: Michael Gallagher, United Kingdom.

Nudibranch
Macro 2nd Place: Nudibranch (Cratena peregrina), Tarragona, Catalunya, Spain.
Photographer: Jordi Benitez, Spain.

Nudibranchand Mantis Shrimp
Macro 3rd Place: Nudibranchand mantis shrimp, Serayabeach, Bali, Indonesia.
Photographer: Erika Antoniazzo, Malaysia.

Mating Cuttlefish
Wide-Angle 1st Place: Mating cuttlefish, Oosterschelde, Holland.
Photographer: Luc Rooman, Belgiu.

Sting Ray Cardinal Fish
Wide-Angle 2nd Place: Sting ray and cardinal fish Mogan, Gran Canaria, Spain.
Photographer: David Barrio Colongues, Spain.

Barracuda
Wide-Angle 3rd Place: Barracuda, Sudanese Red Sea.
Photographer: Jackie Campbell, Ireland.

Jellyfish
Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 1st Place: Jellyfish, Lake Worth Lagoon, Riviera Beach, Florida.
Photographer: Steven Kovacs, Florida.

Web Burrfish
Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 2nd Place: Web Burrfish (Chilomycterus antillarum), Lake Worth Lagoon, Riviera Beach, Florida.
Photographer: Susan Mears, Florida.

Frog Lake Surface Reflection
Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 3rd Place: Frog at the surface of a lake, Belgium.
Photographer: Luc Rooman, Belgium.

Orange Spotted Filefish
Best Student Entry: Orange spotted filefish (Oxymonacanthus longirostris), Yasawas Islands, Fiji.
Photographer: Laura Rock, Florida.

Whale Shark
Student 2nd Place: Whale shark, (Rhincodon typus), Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia.
Photographer: Laura Rock, Florida.

Blue Striped Cleaner Wrasse
Student 3rd Place: Blue striped cleaner wrasse cleaning an Emperor Angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator), Yasawas Islands, Fiji.
Photographer:  Laura Rock, Florida.


[Source: Our Amazing Planet.]



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