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DAVID DOUBILET AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY
Leafy Sea Dragon
Cal
Mero, Victoria, Australia |
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GENERAL |
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FIRST: Sea Cucumber and the Anemone
George Vincent,
Lewisville TX |
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SECOND: Wreck of The Giannis D
Jim
Garland, Merseyside UK
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THIRD: Trio and Wreck
Dany
Weinberg, Israel
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MARINE LIFE |
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FIRST: Lemon Snap
Pedro A Vieyra,, London, United Kingdom
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SECOND:
Fish Ball
Burak Dedeler. Istanbul
Turkey |
MACRO/CLOSE-UP |
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FIRST: Pygmy Deluxe
Kim
Yusuf, Munich, Germany |
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SECOND: Emperor Shrimp
on Spanish Dancer
Goos van der Heide,
GRONINGEN The Netherlands |
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THIRD: Blenny
Keri
Wilk, Ontario Canada |
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HONORABLE MENTION: In the Shadows
David Henshaw, Menorca, Spain |
UNDERWATER BEHAVIOR |
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FIRST: Free Ride
Rand
McMeins, Lynnwood, Washington |
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SECOND: Velociraptor
Marco Caqraceni, MIGLIANICO ITALY |
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THIRD: Whale shark & sardines
Matthew D. Potenski,
Sayreville NJ
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HONORABLE MENTION: Territory fight
Dany
Weinberg, Eilat Israel |
CONSERVATION |
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HONORABLE MENTION: What we do
Umeed Mistry, Bangalore, India |
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HONORABLE MENTION: Sad Encounter
Csaba Tokolyi, Budapest Hungary |
NOVICE/POINT & SHOOT |
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FIRST: Eye of the
Tiger
Tobias Friedrich, Wiesbaden Germany |
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SECOND: Green Turtle
Yan Ottesen, Rennaz
Switzerland |
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Dolphins and
snorkeler
Yan
Ottesen, Rennaz Switzerland |
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HONORABLE MENTION: Cuttlefish Face
Yan
Ottesen, Rennaz Switzerland |
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HONORABLE MENTION: Statia
Scorpionfish
Holly Turczyn , Warren, NJ |
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HONORABLE MENTION: Chein Tong
Guardian
Holly Turczyn , Warren, NJ |
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CREATIVE |
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JIM CHURCH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
UNDERWATER CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
Rajan at South Button
Umeed Mistry, Bangalore, India
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HONORABLE MENTION:
Open Window
Ernst Seeling, Vienna
Austria |
VIDEO |
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STAN WATERMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
UNDERWATER VIDEOGRAPHY
Attach of the Sea Slugs
Robert Williams, Newbury Park, CA |
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SECOND: It Takes Two
Sharon Wada, Snohomish WA |
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VIDEO SNAPSHOT
FIRST: Bali Squid
Walter Marti, Mission Viejo, CA |
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VIDEO SNAPSHOT
SECOND:
Sea Lion Flyby
Robert Williams, Newbury Park, CA |
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The Beneath the Sea Photo Competition gives warm
thanks to our sponsors:
Beneath The Sea thanks the 2009 Photo
Competition judges (from left to right):
Bob Ricke, Joe Kopelman, Maria Hults, Mark
Synder, and Herb Segars
