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Beneath The Sea 2009 Imaging Competition Winners
By Jason Heller, March 10, 2009 @ 05:00 AM (EST)

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

Beneath The Sea 2009 Competition
Leafy Sea Dragon
Cal Mero
Victoria, Australia

General

Beneath The Sea 2009 Competition
1st: Sea Cucumber and the Anemone

George Vincent
Lewisville TX
2nd: Wreck of The Giannis D
Jim Garland
Merseyside UK

3rd: Trio and Wreck
Dany Weinberg
Eilat Israel


Marine Life

Beneath The Sea 2009 Competition
1st Lemon Snap
Pedro A Vieyra
London, United Kingdom


2nd Fish Ball
Burak Dedeler
Istanbul Turkey

Macro/Closeup

Beneath The Sea 2009 Competition
1st Pygmy Deluxe

Kim Yusuf
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

Beneath The Sea 2009 Competition
1st Free ride

Rand McMeins
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
Beneath The Sea 2009 Underwater Imaging Competition

1st Eye of the Tiger
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

HON What we do
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
1st: Bali Squid
Walter Marti
Mission Viejo CA

2nd: Sea Lion Flyby
Robert Williams
Newbury Park CA

Again, we congratulate all of the winners! The complete gallery can be found here.

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.

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