loading Photo Contest loading ...
please wait - lots of graphics on this page!
Underwater Photography: Contest Michael Gallagher (4)

Underwater photo contest

Peoples' VotePeoples' Vote

Hammerhead, Galapagos, up close!
By Michael Gallagher
posted Wednesday, March 17, 2010
59 votes

Harlequin Shrimp claiming a starfish, Indonesia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Wednesday, December 07, 2011
56 votes

My starfish!!!
By Michael Gallagher
posted Wednesday, October 19, 2011
50 votes

Yellow Pygmy Portrait, Indonesia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Saturday, December 24, 2011
49 votes

Parrotfish portrait, taken at night in the Maldives
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, November 12, 2009
49 votes

Free-swimming BRO, Lembeh
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, August 04, 2011
48 votes


By Michael Gallagher
posted Sunday, November 13, 2011
47 votes

Juvenile flying fish with its own reflection at the surface, Indonesia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Friday, June 17, 2011
45 votes

Hairy Frogfish with snoot, Lembeh
By Michael Gallagher
posted Thursday, July 21, 2011
44 votes

Leopard shark with a trio of remoras, Byron Bay, Australia
By Michael Gallagher
posted Friday, September 16, 2011
44 votes
About Peoples' vote About Peoples' vote
hot forum threadsForums
forum latest your photo
By Leena Roy
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
forum latest Great eye contact
By Underwaterellen
05:43 CST Today (2 hours ago)
forum latest Parablennius pilicornis
By Alberto Gallucci
05:22 CST Today (2 hours ago)
forum latest Nice shot! :-)
By iyad68
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
forum latest lovely movement also in the reflection
By Underwaterellen
Tuesday, June 18, 2013

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
Our underwater photography 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.
Just look at some of the internationally acclaimed photographers who have launched their u/w photo careers here over the years.
Weekly HotShotsHotshot

Mona Dienhart

week 24 winner
weekly hotshot click to zoom

It's easy to enter the contest just...
click here to upload your pics
Last month's HotShotsHotShots

Ellen Cuylaerts

monthly winner (May)
monthly hotshot click to zoom
Other HotShots...
Wolfgang Zwicknagl (Third place), Wolfgang Zwicknagl (Second place), Alex Varani, Beate Seiler, Elaine White, Iyad Suleyman, Leena Roy, Nonna Pokras, Tony Cherbas, Uwe Schmolke, Adolfo Maciocco, Alex Varani, Benjamin Choong, Doris Vierkötter, Elena Li Pera, Gleb Tolstov, Greg Duncan, Henrik Gram Rasmussen, Iyad Suleyman, Lucie Drlikova, Marco Bartolomucci, Marylin Batt, Mehmet Salih Bilal, Nadya Kulagina, Oscar Miralpeix, Tony Cherbas, Valda Fraser,


Hotshot stats...
Why not get a Pro Account? You can upload twice as many images per day (than ordinary members) and they will be displayed twice the size!
260 Images by Michael Gallagher Found: Page 4  of  10
1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 10 

Michael Gallagher

Yellow cuttlefish on a night-dive in Komodo National Park, Indonesia
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 30
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Monday, March 14, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Crocodilefish portrait, Komodo, Indonesia
Runner Up Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
Nice symetrical composition Michael with loads of detail
votes: 40
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Sunday, March 13, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Close-up of a wobbegong shark, Byron Bay, Australia
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 24
vote

go to the forum thread for this entry forum thread for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, March 12, 2011
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Australia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Porcelain Crab Toofer!! A tiny juvenile porcelain crab rides atop an adult of the same species. Shot taken in Komodo, Indonesia.
votes: 18
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Monday, March 07, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Komodo dragon in Indonesia, taken in between dives on a liveaboard trip there last year...
votes: 15
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, March 02, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Jack Stack!!! A stack of horse eye jacks in the Sudanese Red Sea...
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 26
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Monday, February 28, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Sub-adult whale shark with snorkeller, Djibouti
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
nice interaction Michael
votes: 27
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Sunday, February 27, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Indian Ocean Djibouti
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Eye contact - Blue Spotted Stingray at night - Red Sea, Egypt
votes: 23
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, February 23, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Emperor shrimp hitching a ride on the back of an orange nudibranch, Komodo, Indonesia.
shortlistedShortlisted!

editor's comments

Editor's Comment
this shot is all about the colour contrast
votes: 29
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Sunday, February 20, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Grouper portrait, Byron Bay, Australia...
votes: 20
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Saturday, February 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Pacific Australia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Reef squid at night, Komodo
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 41
vote

go to the forum thread for this entry forum thread for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, February 12, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
"Solitude". Sunset in the Orkney Islands in midsummer, after a fantastic day diving the WW1 wrecks in Scapa Flow. Shot taken on slide film and converted to digital.
votes: 20
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Monday, February 07, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: North Sea United Kingdom
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Teensy-tiny anemone shrimp in Komodo, Indonesia
votes: 22
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Sunday, February 06, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Strangler!!! Otherwise known as a striped anglerfish, found in the muck at the bottom of Chowder Bay, Sydney Harbour.
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 26
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Saturday, February 05, 2011
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific Australia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Juvenile Cuttlefish, Byron Bay, Australia.
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging
votes: 33
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Tuesday, February 01, 2011
date posted category: Macro - swimming
date posted location: Pacific Australia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Filefish eyeball, close up. Shot taken in the Seychelles.
votes: 20
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Thursday, January 27, 2011
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Barracuda, Sudan - trying to isolate an individual in the swirling mass was harder than I thought it would be...
votes: 25
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Monday, January 24, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Sudan
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Goby on a elephant ear sponge, Milne Bay, PNG.
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 23
vote

go to the forum thread for this entry forum thread for this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Freestyle frog! A masked tree frog promptly exits the swimming pool when a hungry snake appears. Shot taken in the jungle in Costa Rica after a liveaboard trip to Cocos Island.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2011

Final RoundThrough to 2011 awards final round judging
votes: 35
vote

go to the forum thread for this entry forum thread for this image
date posted posted: Saturday, January 15, 2011
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: Pacific Costa Rica
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Kung fu, crab style!! The free swimming crabs in Djibouti are seriously aggressive, and I still have the scars to prove it...
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 25
vote

go to the forum thread for this entry forum thread for this image
date posted posted: Thursday, January 13, 2011
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Red Sea Djibouti
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
My first ever whale shark!!! What a way to end the year...
shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2010 awards final round judging
votes: 36
vote

go to the forum thread for this entry forum thread for this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 19, 2010
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean Djibouti
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher view portfolio
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
A twofer!! A pair of pygmy cuttlefish, each not much bigger than the size of my thumbnail, taken in Komodo, Indonesia
votes: 15
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Saturday, December 18, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Pacific Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Ribbon sweetlip close-up, taken in Komodo, Indonesia. Such beautiful fish...
votes: 7
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Sunday, December 05, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Goby silhouette, with some experimental lighting...
votes: 24
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Saturday, December 04, 2010
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Pacific Papua New Guinea
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Wobbegong shark surrounded by glassfish at the Cod Hole, Byron Bay, Australia. One of my rare attempts at using a compact camera - IXUS 85 in Canon Housing with Inon Fisheye lens...
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 41
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Pacific Australia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
Muck diving, Sydney style!! Sea horse at Chowder Bay, in Sydney Harbour, Australia...
votes: 19
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Tuesday, November 23, 2010
date posted category: Temperate Waters
date posted location: Pacific Australia
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
White mouthed moray eel, Seychelles
shortlistedShortlisted!
votes: 38
vote

create a new forum thread to discuss this image discuss this image
date posted posted: Monday, November 22, 2010
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Indian Ocean Seychelles
view portfolio more shots by Michael Gallagher
report inappropriate content to the webmaster report abuse 
260 Images by Michael Gallagher Found: Page 4  of  10
1 2 3 [4] 5 6 7 8 9 10 

top of page
all content ©1996/2013 UnderwaterPhotography.com
all images © their respective owners