12 magical underwater images from Scuba Diving Magazine's photo competition

Talia LakritzOct 2, 2020, 18:53 IST

A close-up cuttlefish.Andrey Shpatak/Scuba Diving Magazine

The Through Your Lens underwater photo contest is developed and produced by Scuba Diving Magazine.
The 2020 competition received 2,636 entries, the most in its 16-year history.
The grand prize-winning photo features a whale shark with a mouthful of remoras.

Underwater photography requires patience, endurance, and split-second timing to capture fast-moving creatures on film.

This week, Scuba Diving Magazine's Through Your Lens underwater photo contest announced the winners of its 2020 competition, recognizing outstanding achievements in wildlife photography beneath the waves.

Out of 2,636 entries — the most in the contest's 16-year history — here are 12 award-winning images.

During a night dive in the Sea of Japan, Andrey Shpatak captured this photo of a colorful cuttlefish that earned an honorable mention.

Location: Sea of Japan. Andrey Shpatak/Scuba Diving Magazine

Martina Andres encountered an oceanic whitetip shark while diving in the Red Sea. Her magical photo earned an honorable mention.

Location: Red Sea. Martina Andres/Scuba Diving Magazine

Marc Henauer also won an honorable mention with a photo of this otherworldly underwater cave in Amorgos Island, Greece.

Location: Amorgos Island, Greece. Marc Henauer/Scuba Diving Magazine

Third place in the behavior category went to Thomas Van Puymbroeck, who was on his honeymoon when he saw a stingray in the silt.

Location: Marsa Alam, Egypt. Thomas Van Puymbroeck/Scuba Diving Magazine

In the compact category, Enrico Somogyi's photo of a goby and a lionfish in a beer bottle took third place.

Location: Anilao, the Philippines. Enrico Somogyi/Scuba Diving Magazine

In third place in the wide-angle category, Raffaele Livornese photographed sea lions over a school of sardines.

Location: Baja California, Mexico. Raffaele Livornese/Scuba Diving Magazine

Marc Henauer worked hard to capture this shot of a shipwreck in Greece, and his effort paid off with second place in the wide-angle category.

Location: Amorgos Island, Greece. Marc Henauer/Scuba Diving Magazine

In first place in the macro category, Jeffrey Haines photographed a seahorse hiding in clumps of sargassum.

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida. Jeffrey Haines/Scuba Diving Magazine

Jules Casey's photo of a shorthead seahorse holding on to a pipefish in Port Phillip Bay, Australia, won first place in the behavior category.

Location: Port Phillip Bay, Australia. Jules Casey/Scuba Diving Magazine

Martin Strmiska's photo of a diver enveloped in rays of light won first place in the wide-angle category.

Location: Puerto Morelos, Mexico. Martin Strmiska/Scuba Diving Magazine

Tobias Friedrich won first place in the compact camera category by photographing a vibrant wonderpus on a palm leaf in the Philippines.

Location: Anilao, Philippines. Tobias Friedrich/Scuba Diving Magazine

Evans Baudin won the grand prize with this in-your-face photo of a whale shark carrying dozens of suckerfish in Baja California, Mexico.

Location: Baja California, Mexico. Evans Baudin/Scuba Diving Magazine

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