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Underwater Photography: Contest May HotShots

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Nudi Fluo Dive
By Doris Vierkötter
posted (Last month)
37 votes

Smile
By Gleb Tolstov
posted (Last month)
36 votes

Lybia tassellata (boxer crab) with eggs.
By Alex Varani
posted (Last month)
36 votes

Blenny up close
By Tony Cherbas
posted (Last month)
33 votes

This is Rajan, the probably most famous Elephant on this planet. He is a retired movie star and working elephant but for some extra bananas he still does the model job from time to time ;-)
By Wolfgang Zwicknagl
posted (Last month)
33 votes

A pair of yellow-mouthed moray eels.
By Valda Fraser
posted (Last month)
31 votes

Want to play
By Uwe Schmolke
posted (Last month)
30 votes

Small nudibranch with sunlight
By Elena Li Pera
posted (Last month)
28 votes

Yellow Garden Eel
By Iyad Suleyman
posted (Last month)
28 votes

Cardinal Fish with Mouth Brood
By Tony Cherbas
posted (Last month)
25 votes
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Ellen Cuylaerts

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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,


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Ellen Cuylaerts


Freediver at Ex-USS Kittiwake


posted: (Last month)
category: Wide Angle - Wrecks
location: Caribbean Sea Cayman islands

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At first glance, thumbnail size this image doesn't have anything to say. Just another bow wreck shot. But when you zoom it... it tells a story and draws you in. Well done Ellen
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May HotShots

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This is Rajan, the probably most famous Elephant on this ... by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
This is Rajan, the probably most famous Elephant on this planet. He is a retired movie star and working elephant but for some extra bananas he still does the model job from time to time ;-)
Third place Monthly HotShots

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underwater elephants! whatever next! Please get a pro account Wolfgang so we can see your shots larger!

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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Wide Angle - Divers
date posted location: Andaman Sea India
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Guadalupe Island is definitly the best place on earth to ... by Wolfgang Zwicknagl
Guadalupe Island is definitly the best place on earth to dive with Great White sharks. Be sure to stay in the cage!!!
Second place Monthly HotShots

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Yes Wolfgang, much better viz than South Africa.

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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Sharks
date posted location: Pacific Mexico
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Want to play by Uwe Schmolke
Want to play

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date posted category: Wide Angle - Marine Life
date posted location: Landlocked Seas/Lakes United States
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Blenny up close by Tony Cherbas
Blenny up close

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date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Philippine Sea Guam
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Bubble coral by Leena Roy
Bubble coral

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date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Philippine Sea Philippines
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Blenny Portrait by Iyad Suleyman
Blenny Portrait

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date posted category: Macro - Super macro
date posted location: Gulf Of Oman United Arab Emirates
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Lybia tassellata (boxer crab) with eggs. by Alex Varani
Lybia tassellata (boxer crab) with eggs.

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date posted category: Macro - not swimming
date posted location: Celebes Sea Indonesia
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in beige by Nonna Pokras
in beige

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a very graphic line on this ndi Nonna

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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Sulu and Sulawesi Seas Indonesia
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"Puzzlereef" by Alex Varani
"Puzzlereef"

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an imaginative working Alex

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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Creative - Manipulated (Photoshopped)
date posted location: Molucca Sea Indonesia
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Puffer fish converted to black & white in Lighgtroom. La... by Elaine White
Puffer fish converted to black & white in Lighgtroom.
Lankayan, Borneo

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best use of B&W for ages Elaine

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date posted location: Malaysia
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Dragon fly - Wedding on my lifewest during kayaking the S... by Beate Seiler
Dragon fly - Wedding on my lifewest during kayaking the St.Marks River

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excellent behavior shot Beate

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date posted posted: (Last month)
date posted category: Topside (above water but marine related)
date posted location: United States
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Beautiful flavelina in Komodo. by Greg Duncan
Beautiful flavelina in Komodo.

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date posted category: Macro - Nudibranchia
date posted location: Flores Sea Indonesia
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Smile by Gleb Tolstov
Smile

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date posted category: Wide Angle - Close Focus
date posted location: Caribbean Sea Cuba
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Small nudibranch with sunlight by Elena Li Pera
Small nudibranch with sunlight

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date posted category: Macro - Close-Up
date posted location: Mediterranean Sea Italy
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Rays rays rays by Nadya Kulagina
Rays rays rays

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date posted category: Wide Angle - Natural Light (no strobe)
date posted location: Halmahera Sea Indonesia
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Classic "Huh?" what's going on expression? Canon Power... by Benjamin Choong
Classic "Huh?" what's going on expression?
Canon Powershot S100 + 2 x Sea&Sea YS-01
Subsee+10 & Inon UCL165
ISO 125, f/8, 1/640

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Playing with lightrays @ Jackfish alley (Ras Mohamed Nati... by Adolfo Maciocco
Playing with lightrays @ Jackfish alley (Ras Mohamed National Park) Nikon d7000 Tokina 10-17 @ 10mm Hugyfot housing
F5 1/13 Iso 1000

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date posted location: Red Sea Egypt
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Genesis , the fifth day by Marco Bartolomucci
Genesis , the fifth day

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date posted category: Freshwater
date posted location: Italy
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Jump into the sunlight ( Cenotes/ Mexico ) by Lucie Drlikova
Jump into the sunlight
( Cenotes/ Mexico )

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Salt water crocodile by Gleb Tolstov
Salt water crocodile

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A pair of yellow-mouthed moray eels. by Valda Fraser
A pair of yellow-mouthed moray eels.

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date posted location: Indian Ocean South Africa
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Cardinal Fish with Mouth Brood by Tony Cherbas
Cardinal Fish with Mouth Brood

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well defended for coral polyps by Oscar Miralpeix
well defended for coral polyps

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Skeleton shrimp with eggs. by Mehmet Salih Bilal
Skeleton shrimp with eggs.

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Lovely Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Anilao. by Marylin Batt
Lovely Peacock Mantis Shrimp, Anilao.

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Yellow Garden Eel by Iyad Suleyman
Yellow Garden Eel

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Hypselodoris Bullockii by Iyad Suleyman
Hypselodoris Bullockii

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Whaleshark in the Dark by Henrik Gram Rasmussen
Whaleshark in the Dark

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Nudi Fluo Dive by Doris Vierkötter
Nudi Fluo Dive

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The spiral of the sea by Alex Varani
The spiral of the sea

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