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 November have been announced. Thank you all for entering and Congratulations to the winners and runners up!
Check out November’s well deserved winners:
1st Place:
Pelagic octopus, free swimming at night off Kona, Hawaii
Editor’s Comment:
Beautiful subject and very well taken
In Category: Macro – swimming | Taken in: United States
I have a passion for the ocean and need to be on, in or under it whenever possible.
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2nd Place:
The Finding Of Inner Peace
Editor’s Comment:
Very artistic. So happy to see UW photography of this level in the fashion cat.
In Category: Fashion | Taken in: United States
Hi, my name is Lucie, I have been diving since 1994 and UW photo is my passion for last 4 years, I am using Nikon D700 in Sealux case, I do not have favorite dive site, I just love to be under water everywhere and anytime!
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3rd Place:
The thankful smile of an Oceanic White Tip female shark. I think she is saying “Thanks for swimming with me!”. Taken in Cat Island on Stuart Cove’s White Bungi
Editor’s Comment:
Amazing smile , looks like Bruce from Nemo
In Category: Sharks | Taken in: Bahamas
I started off diving in 2011 and since then have improved and started taking pictures and video under water. For me, it’s all about the fun and bringing cool images to the people who don’t get to see sub aqua.
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Runner Up:
Meander.
Editor’s Comment:
In Category: Fashion | 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:
[:b:]Elegance in white.[:/b:]
Editor’s Comment:
In Category: Macro – Nudibranchia | Taken in: Italy
I begin in the 2008 to take underwater pictures. I used a Nikon Coolpix 8700 with Nikon SB800 in Fantasea camera and strobe Housing. I don’t use TTL but only manual adjustment both on camera and flash. Now I use a Nikon D90 and a Nikon D5200 with Easydive Leo II housing and a Nikon Coolpix P7000 in Easydive housing Easysnap. I use strobes Nikonos SB-105. My lenses are: Nikkor 40mm Macro, Nikkor 60mm Macro, Nikkor 12-24 ƒ2,8 and Nikkor 18-55.
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Runner Up:
Pigtails
Editor’s Comment:
Very nice. I think the DOF is slightly too small. Feels overdone.
In Category: Macro – Close-Up | Taken in: Philippines
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