Search the Contest

Entries by Category
Entries by Sea
Entries by Country
or enter search text

forum forum Stats Portfolios Annual Medal Winners slide show Annual Medal Winners spam voting policy photo contest RSS feed rules

Weekly Hotshot

Monthly Winners

Monthly winners will be shown by the 10th of the following month

Upload a Photo

Our UW photo contest is the longest running and most prestigious online. If you want to make a name for yourself this is THE place to do it. See some famous publications about winning photos.

How the Contest Works?

Underwater Photo Contest | Macro - not swimming

19905 Entries Found: Page 685  of  738
Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are NOT MOVING usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
'Portrait' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Plant reflection.
Capernwray Quarry, Lancashire.
F90X, 60mm.
"Damn...They found me again" Kapalai 2005
a threefin barely 2mm thick stalks plankton in a sponge, lit from the outside by my strobe on the left and natural light on the right.. the plankton is on the top left of the tunnel. can you see it?! :0)
Diamond Blenny at Turtle Reef, Grand Cayman, using Canon A70 with internal flash only.
this snakelocks was taken in waterford south east ireland may this year. no warm water for me !!!
Flamingo Tougue...a butt shot that seems to work.
Turks & Caicos
D2x
'Flower' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Periclimines Shrimp in his shellter, Subal F100 housing 105mm, made in Marseille, Mediterraneen sea.
Feather star close up on a night dive, Port Sudan, Sudan. Camera Canon EOS 20D in Ikelite housing, EF 2.8 100mm USM macro and Ikelite 125DS strobe.
White Frog Fish
Blue seasquirt
No strobe, just the camera flash...macro mode...Philippines
Australian Frogfish
Ningaloo reef, Western Australia
D2x

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Is this Chewbaccas Mom?
Wolk eel from British Columbia Canada. The males such as this one always seem to look like one of the old guys from the muppets.
Bronze Medal Bronze Medal 2005

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Wheres your dentures Grandad!
Roatan, Honduras.
Crayfish hiding in ledge.
about 30m, Canon A85 and internal flash. August 05, Tasmania, Australia
Emperor shrimp ,Kapalai
Starfish in Kauai - D70
A Different angle of my Last entry. Nudibranch. c5060 Tetra Macro lens single strobe
'White shrimp in yellow' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Cold water diving at its best. Decorated Warbonnet profile. Canon Rebel
Murae eel with shrimp in mouth in south of France
Smuggy Froggy
a snub giant anglerfish... taken in Sipaka Point in the Philippines... this is the resident of giant frogfish of the area and is almost as large as a football...
Spider crab portrait.
Porth Ysgaden, N. Wales.
F90X, 60mm.
'Coral crab' from PNG. Taken with Olympus E-20 in Titan housing with macro lense and two Sea&Sea YS-90DX strobes.
Picture taked with Nikon N80 with Nikkor AF 105 2.8/D. Angra dos Reis - Brazil
Love those crabs.
19905 Entries Found: Page 685  of  738