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“Best of Show” and Animal Behavior (Gold) – Ralph Pace

DivePhotoGuide and Wetpixel are proud to announce the winners of the 2017 DEEP Indonesia International Underwater Photo Competition. In conjunction with the Our World Underwater International Photo and Video Competition, the contest makes up what is known as the “superbowl” of underwater imaging competitions, offering more than $100,000 in prizes.

This year’s DEEP Indonesia contest attracted thousands of entries from all over the world, with photographers vying for awesome travel prizes to Indonesia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea, as well as amazing equipment prizes.

Special congratulations to Ralph Pace, who earned the “Best of Show” award with a fantastic image of a pelagic feeding frenzy in the waters of Mexico’s Revillagigedo Islands. This year’s judging panel included professional underwater photographers Amanda Cotton and Daniel Botelho, Scuba Diver AustralAsia and Asian Diver Editor Alice Grainger, Wetpixel Editor Adam Hanlon, and DivePhotoGuide Photo Editor Lia Barrett.

The full set of winning images can be viewed on the Underwater Competition website, and will be published by supporting media partners worldwide. As with all Underwater Competition contests, 15% of proceeds will be donated directly to marine conservation efforts.
 

A big thank you to our amazing sponsors!

Silver – Animal Behavior by Greg Lecoeur
 

Bronze – Animal Behavior by Justin Gilligan
 

Gold – Animal Portraits by Liang Fu
 

Silver – Animal Portraits by Marco Gargiulo
 

Bronze – Animal Portraits by Ferenc ifj. Lőrincz
 

Gold – Reefscapes by Damien Mauric
 

Silver – Reefscapes by Allison Vitsky Sallmon
 

Bronze – Reefscapes by Allison Vitsky Sallmon
 

Gold – Divers by Pekka Tuuri
 

Silver – Divers by Kyle McBurnie
 

Bronze – Divers by Gang Song
 

Gold – Compact Cameras by Emanuele Vitale
 

Silver – Compact Cameras by Stephen Holinski
 

Bronze – Compact Cameras by Irina Bagnova
 

Gold – Surf by Beau Pilgrim
 

Silver – Surf by Beth Watson
 

Bronze – Surf by Beau Pilgrim