Beneath The Sea 2009 Imaging Competition Winners
Beneath The Sea, the largest consumer dive show in the US, have announced the winners of the 2009 underwater imaging competition.
The team at DPG congratulates all the winners!We recognize many of the names on the winners list as DPG members.
Below you will find the first place images for each category and a list ofall of the winners. The complete gallery can be found here.
Best in Show
The David Doubilet Award for Excellence in Underwater Photography
Leafy Sea Dragon
Cal Mero
Victoria, Australia
General
1st: Sea Cucumber and the Anemone
George Vincent
Lewisville TX
Jim Garland
Merseyside UK
3rd: Trio and Wreck
Dany Weinberg
Eilat Israel
Marine Life
1st Lemon Snap
Pedro A Vieyra
London, United Kingdom
2nd Fish Ball
Burak Dedeler
Istanbul Turkey
Macro/Closeup
1st Pygmy Deluxe
Munich, Germany
2nd Emperor Shrimp on Spanish Dancer
Goos van der Heide
GRONINGEN The Netherlands
3rd Blenny
Keri Wilk
Ontario Canada
HON In the Shadows
David Henshaw
Menorca, Spain
Underwater Behavoir
1st Free ride
Lynnwood, Washington
2nd Velociraptor
Marco Caqraceni
MIGLIANICO ITALY
3rd Whale shark & sardines
Matthew D. Potenski
Sayreville NJ
HON Territory fight
Dany Weinberg
Eilat Israel
Novice/Point & Shoot
Tobias Friedrich Wiesbaden Germany
2nd Green Turtle
Yan Ottesen
Rennaz Switzerland
HON Dolphins and snorkeler
Yan Ottesen
Rennaz Switzerland
HON Cuttlefish Face
Yan Ottesen
Rennaz Switzerland
HON Statia Scorpionfish
Holly Turczyn
Warren, NJ
HON Chein Tong Guardian
Holly Turczyn
Warren, NJ
Creative
The Jim Church Award for Excellence in Underwater Creative Imaging
Rajan at South Button
Umeed Mistry
Bangalore, India
HON: Open window
Ernst Seeling
Vienna Austria
Conservation
Umeed Mistry Bangalore, India
HON Sad encounter
Csaba Tokolyi
Budapest Hungary
Video
The Stan Waterman Award for Excellence in Underwater Videography
Attack of the Sea Slugs
Robert Williams
Newbury Park CA
2nd : It Takes Two
Sharon Wada
Snohomish WA
Video Snapshot
Walter Marti
Mission Viejo CA
2nd: Sea Lion Flyby
Robert Williams
Newbury Park CA
The 32nd Annual Beneath The Sea Dive Exposition will take place March 27, 28 and 29, 2009 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, New Jersey – 10 minutes from Manhattan. Further information can be found on Beneath The Sea's website.
About The Beneath The Sea Competiion
The BTS International Imaging Competition is open to
underwater photographers and videographers throughout the world.
Beneath The Sea is a federally tax-exempt (501(c)(3)) organization
incorporated as not-for-profit in the State of New York and all
proceeds from the Imaging Competition go to further BTS’s goals to (1)
provide continuing education to the recreational diver community, (2)
educate the public in the benefits of protecting the ocean environment
and (3) support ocean and environment related projects and charities.
