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In Part 1 of this two-part feature looking back on five years of Monthly Contests, we chose our favorite themes from the first two-and-a-half years of competition, running from August 2009 through November 2011. In this second part of the feature, we bring you our favorites from the next two-and-a-half years, from January 2012 to March 2014—another 51 brilliant photos.
That’s a total of 99 spectacular images from our favorite 33 monthly themes. Wow!
We hope, like us, you’ve been energized by the superb talent on display in our Monthly Contests series, and you’ve been inspired to learn about new subjects, try out new creative techniques, and seek out new dive destinations.
Once again, we’d like to say a big “thank you” to everyone who sent in their images for consideration over the years. Congratulations to all the winners for showing us your thought-provoking take on the ocean and its amazing creatures.
January 2012 – Split Shots
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1st Wilfried Niedermayr
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2nd Pasquale Vassallo
50
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3rd Adriano Morettin
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February 2012 – Eels
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1st Glenn Kulmer
52
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2nd Alex Varani
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3rd Ilan Ben Tov
54
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March 2012 – Close Focus Wide Angle
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1st Christian Vizl
55
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2nd Tom Radio
56
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3rd Daniel Flormann
57
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April 2012 – Marine Mammals
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1st Phil Davison
58
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2nd Brandi Mueller
59
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3rd Ron Watkins
60
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May 2012 – Bokeh
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1st Henry Jager
61
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2nd Brandi Mueller
62
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3rd Todd Bretl
63
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June 2012 – Abstract/Art
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1st Matthew Farrugia
61
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2nd Donald T. Brown
62
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3rd Martin Klein
63
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July 2012 – Cephalopods
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1st Todd Bretl
67
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2nd Wahrmut Sobainsky
68
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3rd Brian McHugh
69
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January 2013 – Macro
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1st Peter G. Allinson
70
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2nd Moritz Drabusenigg
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3rd Wahrmut Sobainsky
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April 2013 – Turtles
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1st Montse Grillo
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2nd Montse Grillo
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3rd Kadu Pinheiro
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May 2013 – Black and White
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1st Tay T. Tousey
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2nd Alex Tyrrell
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3rd Eva Creel
78
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July 2013 – The Color Red
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1st Alex Tyrell
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2nd Volker Lonz
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3rd Tammy Gibbs
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September 2013 – Fish Portraits
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1st Doris Vierkötter
82
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2nd Sergi Garcia
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3rd Matt Krumins
84
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October 2013 – Big Animals
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1st Cedric Peneau
85
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2nd Montse Grillo
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3rd Wahrmut Sobainsky
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December 2013 – Jellyfish
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1st Sacha Lobenstein
88
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2nd Cornelia Thieme
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3rd Roland Bach
90
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January 2014 – Wrecks and Artificial Reefs
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1st Nick Blake
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2nd Dmitry Starostenkov
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3rd Shai Oron
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February 2014 – Your Favorite Shot
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1st Elaine White
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2nd Gabriele Viertel
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3rd Sumer Verma
96
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March 2014 – Seahorses, Pipefish, and Seadragons
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1st Fabien Michenet
97
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2nd Goos van der Heide
98
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3rd Bettina Balnis
99
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