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Beneath The Sea

Is Proud to Present the Winners of its

2001 Photo and Video Competition

Beneath the Sea is pleased to have once again given amateur underwater photographers and videographers a chance to compete with their peers from across the United States and Canada. For the winners there were many awards and prizes including equipment from premier manufacturers!

Videography Competition

Best-In-Show Prize (video): The STAN WATERMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHY, and one week on Mike Ball Dive Expeditions' liveaboard dive boat Paradise Sport, diving Papua New Guinea.

Grand Prize Winner
Ray Izumi
Redmond, Washington
Northwest Idyll

First Place
Rodney Challenger
Tierra Verde, Florida
Creatures of the Night

Second Place
J.D. Duff
West Palm Beach, Florida
The Ocean

Third Place
Fred Heiman
Los Gatos, California
Holiday in Hawaii

Photography Competition

Best-In-Show Prize (slides): The DAVID DOUBILET AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY, plus one week on board the liveaboard dive boat Undersea Hunter, diving the waters around Cocos Island, Costa Rica.

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Best In Show

Best In Show

Fiji Splendor
Katherine Smith · Houma, LA

General

1st Prize
Eye to Eye
Katherine Smith
Houma, LA

2nd Prize
The Hook
Bill Brush
Long Beach, CA

3rd Prize
Cuda
Teresa Cordoni
Coquitlam, BC

Marine Life

1st Prize
Searching
Scott Johnson
Murfreesboro, TN

2nd Prize
Incognito
Don Peck
Paducah, KY

3rd Prize
Asteroidea
Dave Whittemore
Augusta, ME

Macro

1st prize
Hot Pink
Mary Jane Adams
Arcadia, CA

2nd prize
Creature Comforts
Lynn Kendall
Round Hill, VA

3rd prize
All Wrapped Up
Kevin Roland
Bakersfield, CA

Closeup

1st Prize
Garibaldi
Banks Albach
Santa Barbara, CA

2nd Prize
Cuttlefish
Debbie Kulhawik
Emerald Isle, NC

3rd Prize
Mask
Scott Johnson
Murfreesboro, TN

Honorable Mention
Luminous Leafy Scorpionfish
Melissa Boag
Burbank, CA

Northeast Cold Water

1st prize
Scarface
Dave Whittemore
Augusta, ME

2nd prize
Scarlet
Dave Whittemore
Augusta, ME

West Coast Cold Water

1st Prize
Hermissenda
Todd Winner
Hermosa Beach, CA

2nd Prize
Motherly Love
George Tillack
Lakewood, CA

3rd Prize
In Love
Tracy Clark
El Cajon, CA

Honorable Mention
Black Sea Bass
Bill Brush
Long Beach, CA

Honorable Mention
Blenny
Dave Nesheim
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Cold Water Wrecks

1st Prize
Diver in Helicopter
Marlene Boeman
Gilbert, PA

2nd Prize
The Wreck of the Chelsea
James Lee
Wrentham, MA

3rd Prize
Wreck Colors
Tracy Clark
El Cajon, CA

Blue Water Wrecks

1st prize
Life on the Duane
Karl Decker
Pembroke Pines, FL

2nd prize
Duane Residents
Rich Gettmann
Camas, WA

3rd prize
Cuttlefish & Wreck
Todd Winner
Hermosa Beach, CA

Honorable Mention
Betty Bomber
Katherine Smith
Houma, LA

Honorable Mention
Ship's Skeleton
Ray Berch
Belleville, MI

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