Winners medal
Winning here (or even just being placed) is Underwater Photography's most coveted accolade because it says you succeeded in the most competitive environment there is, against the top talent of the moment.
Every year a panel of judges select the best images entered in our online photo contest from the previous year. Gold, silver, and bronze medals are awarded for the top three from each category in order of merit.
The judges comprise of industry professionals, previous year's World Champions, our site moderators - anyone we can rope in! They are unpaid, non-affiliated, and (of course) cannot vote for themselves.
You may not agree with the judges. You may think you have 'better shots' at home - prove it! Enter this year's contest.
| World Champion 2006/07 |
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The judges award the photographer who submits the most consistent and complete portfolio over the year World Champion.
Other photographers of distinction are awarded Grand Master.
 The overall 2006/07 World Champion is...
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Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
shots that cross the surface boundary (so under/overs like Snells Window too)
Gold Medal Winner
Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
The man and the sea
nikonos V and 16mm.
Location: Italy
Silver Medal Winner
Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
My best effort with the Maria Schroeder wreck in Nabq Park. Taken with flat port and E300.
Location: Egypt
Bronze Medal Winner
Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
I have taken the photo on a divetrip by natural light.
Location: Egypt
Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared
Gold Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
Catamaran used by local fishermen of Maya Island, Indonesia.. e900 with INON fisheye.. 2 meters from the surface..
Location: Indonesia
Silver Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
Underwater photographer at work in Ras Mohammed. D100 in Sea & Sea housing, no strobes. Converted to B&W in Photoshop.
Location:
Silver Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
Blue Hole - Middle Chamber. EOS5D + Sigma 15mm FE.
Location: Croatia
Runner Ups
Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
Wide Angle - Wrecks
anything man-made that is sunk including cars, tanks, planes etc. - oh and ships!
Gold Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Wrecks
The machine-room of the Kalais. This beautyful wreck laying in only 30 meters depth will disappear because it is inside the ampliation area of the exterior mole of the harbour at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. This picture was taken may 2004.
Location: Spain
Silver Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Wrecks
Freshwater wreck,Capernwray 10.5mm.
Location: United Kingdom
Bronze Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Wrecks
upper part of the Salem Express (Safaga)
D200, 10.5mm
Location: Egypt
Runner Ups
Wide Angle - Wrecks
Wide Angle - Divers
Divers doing what divers do - underwater or on the surface
Gold Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Divers
Red frogfish and photographing diver; Sabang beach, shallow water, Nikonos RS, Fisheye, Flash Nikon SB104 - Model: Leda
Location: Philippines
Silver Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Divers
Underwater Babe! Taken In Redang, Malaysia!
Location: Malaysia
Bronze Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Divers
Giant sloth bones in kolimba cave
Location: Mexico
Wide Angle - Marine Life
wide angle shots with no divers in frame
Gold Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Marine Life
Northern Right Whale, Patagonia - Puerto Pirámides.
Location: Argentina
Silver Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Marine Life
Big cod at the "Bajón del Río", El Hierro, Canary Islands
(one of the winning pics of the 10th Open Fotosub Isla de El Hierro, october 2006)
Location: Spain
Bronze Medal Winner
Wide Angle - Marine Life
Tornado of Jacks in the Solomons
Location: Solomon islands
Runner Ups
Wide Angle - Marine Life
Macro - not swimming
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)
Gold Medal Winner
Macro - not swimming
My special little buddy. Canon 20D & 60mm macro with Inon strobes.
Location: Australia
Silver Medal Winner
Macro - not swimming
Lembeh Streit, north Sulawesi. I love this frog fish!
Nikon Coolpix 5000 in Sea & Sea housing and two strobes.
Location: Indonesia
Bronze Medal Winner
Macro - not swimming
Do you want to be a star?
Location: Indonesia
Runner Ups
Macro - not swimming
Macro - swimming
Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in MID WATER not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3)
Gold Medal Winner
Macro - swimming
Turtle in cave
Location: Northern Mariana Islands
Silver Medal Winner
Macro - swimming
A jellyfish. Photo taken in the Philippines at night. C5050.
Location: Philippines
Bronze Medal Winner
Macro - swimming
This little Yellowface Pikeblenny wasn't too shy about posing. Little Cayman, BWI. Nikon D70.
Location: Cayman islands
Runner Ups
Macro - swimming
Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
Shots that have been digitally edited outside of the camera for creative reasons (not brightness/contrast etc.) in a program like PhotoShop
Gold Medal Winner
Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
Strange Encounter. Originally a so-so/lifeless shot of some coral. Mirrored and worked with Photoshop.
Location: United States
Silver Medal Winner
Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
"Jumpin' Jacks" - Grand Cayman East End. Taken with an Olympus C4040 Zoom in a PT-010 housing. Processed with Photoshop.
Location: Cayman islands
Bronze Medal Winner
Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
Messing in photoshop and I came up with this.......
Location: Belize
Runner Ups
Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
Topside (above water but marine related)
shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment
Gold Medal Winner
Topside (above water but marine related)
Marine Iguana, Isabella, Galapagos. 2006. Nikkor 70-300mm.
Location: Ecuador
Bronze Medal Winner
Topside (above water but marine related)
Great White Shark - taken whilst cage diving with these wonderful animals off Gansbaai. Taken with Konica Minolta Dimage A200 prefocused and with patience!
Location: South Africa
Runner Ups
Topside (above water but marine related)