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Friday, April 1, 2011

The world's best underwater photographs of 2010: Our World Underwater and Deep Indonesia

This picture gallery showcases some of the year's best underwater photography as chosen by the judges of two major competitions - the Our World Under Water competition and the fourth annual Deep Indonesia International underwater photo competitionPrizes for the events were worth over $120,000 (£74,000). The two competitions attracted over 5,000 entries and winners were picked from 20 countries across the world.

"Underwater Sadness" by Ramon Dominguez - a sea turtle caught in a net in the Sea of Cortez , Mexico

A lonely diver traversing a cavernous underwater crack scooped the 2010 Deep Indonesia photography competition. The picture was taken by 45-year-old professional photographer Magnus Lundgren from Sweden as he was guided though the fissure in Thingvellir Lake , Iceland.

Stephen Holinski of Canada took Gold in the compact cameras category for his picture of a mantis shrimp with eggs.

Briton, John Hill, took the Silver award in the compact cameras category for his action-packed image taken from the heart of a school of silver coated jackfish. An amateur underwater photographer, he was diving off Sipadan Island in East Borneo, Malaysia during September 2009 as part of a year he spent travelling south-east Asia with his girlfriend, Jenny. 

Other award winning pictures included a dramatic picture of a leopard seal snapping its jaws directly at the lens of Bartosz Strozynski, landing him the gold award for animal behaviour. "I was playing with the seal," said 35 year-old Bartosz from Poznan in Poland . "They are curious and they do try to test you in the water. This one saw his reflection in my lens and must have thought I was another leopard seal. So she displayed her teeth as a warning."

David Barrio, 37, from Spain won Best in Show in the Our World Underwater competition for this haunting image of his girlfriend slowly rising through a cabin of a deep sea wreck off the coast of southern Gran Canaria.

Luc Eeckhaut of Belgium won Gold in the Macro Unrestricted category for his image, "Froggy and Shrimpfish", showing a frogfish and some shrimpfish in Indonesia.

The competitions threw up other gems such as this picture by Lazaro Ruda of the United States , showing a male sea horse moments after he gave birth to his first born.

"Inner Glow" by Ross Gudgeon - a jellyfish in Ningaloo Reef , Australia .

"Thanks to Keri" by Michele Davino - a juvenile flying fish in Raja Ampat , Indonesia.

"Struggle for freedom" by Karel Bernard - herring inside a net in the Baltic Sea

"Leopard on ice" by Jonas Thormar - a leopard seal in Antarctic Peninsula.

"Multitude" by Acevedo Eduardo - schooling catfish in Indonesia.

"Hitting Sailfish" by Alexander Safonov - a sailfish attacking schooling fish in Port St Johns, South Africa.

"Untitled" by Jose Alejandro Alvarez - sweetlips in unspecified location.













25 comments:

nano said...

lawa nyerrrrrrr

Hazique Mirza said...

eh sukenyerr....specially yang obor obor tuh

NADIA RAJAMI said...

wow..mantis shrimp pun ada??... sjak amik aquatic sc nie, i really amaze with aquatic.marine life.. they're wonderful and breathtaking..!!..:).. thnx 4 sharing.. t sharing bnyk2 lagi, eyh..:P.. follow u!!..

Hairil Rizal said...

Very impressive and fantabulous pictures!!!

TrigYy said...

gambar2 cantek

kyle said...

nano: tq ;)
haziq: cantek kan obor2 tue, jom makan die, haha..sedap!!!
dea: aquatic sc katne? kyle amik marine gak :)
hairil: yeap, they are the chosen ones!
trigyy: thanks!

Hloveme said...

wahhh! sgt jeles ngan mereka coz dpt wat shoot dlm air..
i realy want to do it tp apakan daya...uhuhuh

hidupan laut mmg sgt lawa2 sumanya n unik..

aqmalazmi said...

pehhh..unit unit belaka diowrg semua kan??????
gerun pon ada..

Firdaus Life said...

perghh cantik pix ni sume

Azlan Strider said...

fuyooo!!!lawa beb gmbar dia..tp mesti xdpt nak exprience in real..hehe..tgk gambar pun jd laa..hehehe

Regards,
-Strider-

aizatshafiq said...

Tersangat cantik...sungguh indah....
Tu yang dinamakan kekuasaan tuhan....

:)

Nabilla Nasir said...

Subhanallah =)

Unknown said...

ciptaan DIA mmg selalu buat apik terpegun

Da Niel said...

the beauty of nature when well kept. but sadly some human just don't see it

blog-tips-kurus said...

male sea horse tu memang menawan! :-)

tieha ismail said...

sian la kat penyu tuh...huhuhuuu

Pyka Rahmat said...

awesomenesssss

Kechik Itu Comel said...

benda baru bg saya..
sangat2 menarik gambar2 ni semua..=)

Sarah Nabila said...

chantiknya...ske jelly fish tu..(^_^)

wanacesh said...

cool sgt!! kyle ambil katne pic2 ni,,kter study marine biology,,nk gk informasi yg laen2 =>

-Incek Fik- said...

A+W+E+S+O+M+E+N+E+S+S+S+S+S+S...

saljurindu said...

flying fish unit.. soka alam laut..

silent said...

dulu aku pernah berangan nak jadi marine

Asma Ahmad said...

sgt cntekkkkk... eyk?? male seahorse gave birth?? female lak?? hehehe...

Liza @ Adzriel AB said...

sangat cantiklah gambar2 tu.