Layang Layang 2008 Shootout Winners
The Layang Layang Underwater Digital Photo Shootout announced winners of the 2008 event.
After six days of friendly competition among 34 competitors from 10 countries, a panel of three internationally acclaimed underwater photographers (Settimio Ciprianni, Stephen Wong and Rod Klein) selected winning images from entries submitted by contest participants.
Each of the participating divers undertook the challenge of creating beautiful and creative images during their dives around Layang Layang, with contest rules permitting everyone to submit up to three images in each of two categories — macro and wide-angle.
Winning images will be published on the Layang Layang Island Resort website and FiNS Online.
Layang Layang Island Resort is a man-made atoll located in the deep, blue waters of Sabah, Malaysia. The resort is world-famous for providing some of the best diving that the Asia-Pacific region has to offer — including everything from encounters with large pelagics like hammerhead sharks and manta rays to smaller reef residents like pygmy seahorses.
Results
WIDE ANGLE
George Russel Childress
USA
Francisco Javier Ibanez Tejero
Spain
Yu Chuan
China
Louisa Jane Reid Butler
United Kingdom
Oscar Alfredo Rulli Chalela
Spain
Leander Maree Wiseman
Australia
MACRO
Adam Daniel Butler
United Kingdom
George Russel Childress
USA
Oscar Alfredo Rulli Chalela
Spain
Dominic Peter Barrington
Australia
Leander Maree Wiseman
Australia
Patricia Sibajas Narvares
Spain
