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This category shows the winning images from the monthly HotShots i.e. the Best of the Best!
Ladybug (Amphipod) by Julian Hsu
Ladybug (Amphipod)
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, February 6, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Java Sea Indonesia
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Juvenile candy crab by Jeffrey Lim
Juvenile candy crab
Winner Monthly HotShots
6 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, January 19, 2024
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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Colorfull mantis shrimp Nikon D750, Easedive Leo3 housin... by Margriet Tilstra
Colorfull mantis shrimp
Nikon D750, Easedive Leo3 housing, two Ikelite strobes
105mm Nikkor lens, f/22, 1/250
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2 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 16, 2023
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Bohol Sea Philippines
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ANEMONE - NEMANTHUS ANNAMENSIS Mauritius 2022 by Didier Pasquini
ANEMONE - NEMANTHUS ANNAMENSIS
Mauritius 2022
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4 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Indian Ocean Reunion
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This is a photo of a nudibranch, Reticulidia Halgerda. Sp... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of a nudibranch, Reticulidia Halgerda. Spotted off the coast of Acacia Dive Resort in Anilao.
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, June 8, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Pseudoprotella phasma by Luis Arpa
Pseudoprotella phasma
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
14 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, May 14, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Seahorse by Min Seok Jeon
Seahorse
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39 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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Seahorse and his baby by Min Seok Jeon
Seahorse and his baby
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60 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, March 20, 2023
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Asian Sea Korea, Republic of
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protecting by Marc Van Den Broeck
protecting
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
18 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 15, 2023
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Wonderpus by Regie Casia
Wonderpus
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, November 28, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Three-headed eel by Penn De Los Santos
Three-headed eel
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
9 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, October 20, 2022
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Philippines
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Amphipods on a coral flower by Jeffrey Lim
Amphipods on a coral flower
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
5 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, September 24, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Helmet by Penn De Los Santos
Helmet
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
16 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, August 7, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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Nembrotha lineolata by Penn De Los Santos
Nembrotha lineolata
Runner Up - worthy of note but not a medal winner - an equal 4th place if you like! Runner Up 2022
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10 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, June 6, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Philippines
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Moray Eel by Penn De Los Santos
Moray Eel
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2022 awards final round judging
11 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, May 30, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippines
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Tasty pastry. Elegant and colorful jelly fish, El Quseir... by Margriet Tilstra
Tasty pastry.
Elegant and colorful jelly fish, El Quseir, Egypte.
Nikon D80 with Ikelite housing and two Ikelite strobes. Tamron SP-AF 17-50, 17mm, ISO 100, f/7.1, 1/60.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
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13 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, April 1, 2022
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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I found this Armina nudibranch crawling on the sand soon ... by Penn De Los Santos
I found this Armina nudibranch crawling on the sand soon as we descended for a dive in Anilao. I had enough time to get the shot that I wanted.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2022
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17 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, March 22, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippines
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This is a photo of my cuttlefish friend, nuki! I have bee... by Glenn Ian Villanueva
This is a photo of my cuttlefish friend, nuki! I have been diving on the house reef of my friend's dive resort and this fella always shows up towards the end of my photo dives. He always poses before my camera and always gets intrigue by lights.
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
7 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, February 25, 2022
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Visayan Sea Philippines
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A split image showing both the underwater world, and maje... by Matt Neustadter
A split image showing both the underwater world, and majestic landscape of French Polynesia
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
13 Votes
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date posted posted: Saturday, January 15, 2022
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific French Polynesia
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"Splash" Blacktip shark breaking through the surface bac... by Allen Walker
"Splash"
Blacktip shark breaking through the surface back into the water after trying to grad a sardine.
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2021
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Friday, November 12, 2021
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Shrimp from the Eastern Mediterranean - Pulchricaudatus sp. by Athanassios Lazarides
Shrimp from the Eastern Mediterranean - Pulchricaudatus sp.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
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15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, October 3, 2021
date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Cyprus
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half picture in Garden of the queen by Massimo Giorgetta
half picture in Garden of the queen
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
35 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
date posted category: Over/Under (shots half topside, half U/W)
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Medsea shark egg CFWA shot by Raffaele Livornese
Medsea shark egg CFWA shot
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2021
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2021 awards final round judging
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Thursday, August 19, 2021
date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Eye of cone snail by Stefaan Haegeman
Eye of cone snail
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
Final RoundThrough to 2019 awards final round judging
15 Votes
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date posted posted: Sunday, January 13, 2019
date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Philippines
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Emperor shrimp on the chromodoris. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Emperor shrimp on the chromodoris.
Gold Medal Gold Medal 2018
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
32 Votes
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date posted posted: Tuesday, November 20, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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Travel Safely Mantas by Nick Polanszky
Travel Safely Mantas
Silver Medal Silver Medal 2018
Winner Monthly HotShots
Final RoundThrough to 2018 awards final round judging
21 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, October 29, 2018
date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Sea Of Cortés /Gulf of California Mexico
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small gobi on a seafeather by Beate Seiler
small gobi on a seafeather
Winner Monthly HotShots shortlistedShortlisted!
30 Votes
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date posted posted: Monday, September 10, 2018
date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Bali Sea Indonesia
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