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7 Awesome Underwater Images from Sport Diver's January Photo Contest

| Published On February 13, 2018
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7 Awesome Underwater Images from Sport Diver's January Photo Contest

Underwater photographers submitted their best images in Sport Diver's January 2018 Underwater Photo Contest. Congrats to our winner Rick Koontz, who took this month's top prize with a mesmerizing anemone and clownfish photo he took on a dive trip to the Maldives. Koontz won a dive bag set from Gili Bags.


Here's a look at the winning photo and some of the entries that also blew us away this month.

FIRST PLACE WINNING PHOTO

Clownfish Underwater Maldives

Anemone and clownfish surrounded by fry and glass fish in the Maldives on an afternoon dive.

Rick Koontz

RUNNER UP

nudibranch underwater photography

Photo taken in Anilao, Philippines with a Canon EOS 70-D and Canon 60 mm macro lens with a Nauticam SMC-1.

Laurie Slawson
Sea Turtle Hawaii

A green sea turtle in Maui, Hawaii.

Taryn Guiney

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Anemone Shrimp Underwater Photography

Photo taken in Anilao, Philippines with a Canon EOS 70-D and Canon 60 mm macro lens with a Nauticam SMC-1.

Laurie Slawson

Simple Macro Photography Tips to Improve Your Underwater Images

Scuba Diver Blue Hole

Diver relaxed in Palau's Blue Holes divesite. Taken with the Olympus TG-5 underwater camera.

Erin Walsh
Eel Underwater Roatan

Image taken in Roatan, Honduras. The photographer was setting up for a shot of a crab when the moray came out of a hiding hole.

Milada Copeland
Manta Ray Australia

Taken at Manta Ray Bommie outside of Brisbane, Australia.

Mark Oliver