Breathtaking Underwater Photography [14 Pics]
Apr 25 2012
These photos are the winners of University of Miami's annual Underwater Photography contest. Some beautiful creatures live out of reach of our eyes!
Spiraling Underwater View [Wide Angle – First Place] Photo by Mark Fuller.
Beneath an area of red mangroves; South Bimini, Bahamas [Wide Angle – Second Place] Photo by Matthew D. Potenski.
Pink soft corals; Fiji [Wide Angle – Third Place] Photo by Bill Lamp’l.
Headshield slug; US Virgin Islands. [Best overall Photograph] Photo by Ximena Olds.
Procelain crab; Komodo National Park, Indonesia [Macro Photography – Second Place] Photo by Davide Lopresti.
Yellownose gobies; Dutch Caribbean [Macro Photography – First Place] Photo by Todd Mintz.
Ghostly nudibranch; Greece [Fish or Marine Life Portrait – Third Place] Photo by Nicholas Samaras.
Juvenile sperm whale; Dominica Island, Caribbean Sea [Fish or Marine Life Portrait – First Place] Photo by Douglas A. Kahle.
Orange, white and purple Emperor Shrimp; Ambon, Indonesia [Macro Photography – Third Place] Photo by Marcello Di Francesco.
Paddle Flap Rhinopias; Bali, Indonesia [Fish or Marine Life Portrait – Second Place] Photo by Rockford Draper.
Whale Shark; Mujeres, Mexico [Student Photo – First Place] Photo by Kyra Hartog
Spotted Harlequin Shrimp; Similan Islands, Thailand [Student Photo – Second Place] Photo by Phillip Gillette.
A juvenile Tiger Shark and a Lemon Shark; Bahamas [Student Photo – Third Place] Photo by Austin Gallagher
Sea Nettle Jellyfish; Monterey, California [Fan Favourite Award] Photo by Todd Aki.
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