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

19940 Entries Found: Page 118  of  739
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)
Harlequin Shrimp, adult and juvenile. Ambon, Indonesia
Tubeworm
Fringehead blenny, NRAD, San Diego
Tongue eating louse in pink clownfish. Nikon D90, dual strobes
C O L O U R - F U L
Hermit crab (Paguroidea)
Anilao, Philippines. June 2015
Who's There?
A small Cocos Barnacle Blenny peeks through a hole in the coral at Cocos Island, Costa Rica
"Hazy"
A Roughhead Blenny with a soft background. I really like how the wide aperture isolates these Blennys.
shortlistedShortlisted!
"Arrow Portrait"
A Redlined Arrow Crab sitting on a healthy patch of coral.
"Trapeze"
A Wire Coral Shrimp perched on a branch of wire coral with a deep blue background.
"Fuzzy"
I wanted to emphasize the bright color eyes of this Roughhead Blenny so I used a wide open f/stop to achieve a narrow focus on his eyes.
..
"In the Trenches"
It is rare to find an Octopus during the day. Generally when we see a pile of empty Conch Shells, we assume there is a hiding eight legger some where close. This one in particular had curled himself up into a tight ball just inside
Whiteface Waspfish....why so grumpy!?
labirynt
shortlistedShortlisted!
"Small but mighty"
The illusive ribbon eel close up... At last!
RedEyes can be seen on any night dive getting close to these guys is a fun challenge
porcelain crab
"In the Branches"
This Decorator Crab really blends in well with all the Gorgonian Polyps that surround him.
Cocos Barnacle Blenny
These blennies are only found in the waters surrounding Cocos Island, Costa Rica. They are about 3.5cm long, and live in holes in the smooth coral.
Red arrow
Soft swaying with the flow of the current.
"Puzzle Piece"
A Small Blenny lines it self up perfectly with the groove on a Brain Coral.
Pygmy Atlantic octopus
TGIF Yawn. Frogfish.
"Perched"
A Squat Anemone Shrimp hanging out in an anemone.
"Purple Porch"
A Gaudy Clown Crab on a Purple Vase Sponge.
19940 Entries Found: Page 118  of  739