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Gold – Macro Traditional and “Best of Show” by Shane Gross
 

DPG and Wetpixel are proud to announce the winners of this year’s Our World Underwater International Underwater Photography and Video Competition, which were officially revealed at the Our World Underwater dive show in Chicago this weekend.

Once again, our celebrity panel of judges—Alex Mustard, Erin Quigley, Keri Wilk, and Lia Barrett—pored over thousands of entries taken by novice to professional photographers from around the world. Some $55,000 in awesome gear and dive travel prizes were up for grabs, including $1,000 cash for the “Best of Show” image.

In the end, it was Canadian photographer Shane Gross who won big, clinching not just “Best of Show” for his arresting first place image of a trio of seahorses from the Macro Traditional category, but also first place in the Wide Angle Traditional category. Clinching Gold in the contest’s two most challenging categories is truly an impressive feat—very well done, Shane! Our congratulations to all the winners—and honorable mentions—in the various categories.

The full set of winning images can be found on the UnderwaterCompetition.com site.
 

A big thank you to our amazing sponsors!
 

Silver – Macro Traditional by Anders Nyberg
 

Bronze – Macro Traditional by Enrico Somogyi
 

Honorable Mention – Macro Traditional by Adriano Morettin
 

Gold – Macro Unrestricted by Songda Cai
 

Silver – Macro Unrestricted by Songda Cai
 

Bronze – Macro Unrestricted by Anders Nyberg
 

Honorable Mention – Macro Unrestricted by Davide Lopresti
 

Gold – Wide Angle Traditional by Shane Gross
 

Silver – Wide Angle Traditional by Eduardo Acevedo
 

Bronze – Wide Angle Traditional by Jason Sintek
 

Gold – Wide Angle Unrestricted by Greg Lecoeur
 

Silver – Wide Angle Unrestricted by David Salvatori
 

Bronze – Wide Angle Unrestricted by Greg Lecoeur
 

Honorable Mention – Wide Angle Unrestricted by Renee Capozzola
 

Gold – Compact Cameras by Enrico Somogyi
 

Silver – Compact Cameras by Enrico Somogyi
 

Bronze – Compact Cameras by Sarah Vasend
 

Honorable Mention – Compact Cameras by Ari Nieminen
 

Gold – Black & White by Vaclav Krpelik
 

Silver – Black & White by Greg Lecoeur
 

Bronze – Black & White by Pedro Carrillo
 

Honorable Mention – Black & White by J.R. Sosky
 

Gold – Video by Lee Burghard
 

Silver – Video by Alex Lindbloom
 

Bronze – Video by Sascha Janson