2015 Ocean Art Contest Winners
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Nudibranchs
SuperMacro
Pool / Conceptual
Congratulations to the winners of the 2015 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition. We received many incredible entries and have awarded over $70,000 in prizes to the winning photographers.
Winners were asked to rank their prize choices and were awarded 1 prize based on totaling points from all their winning photos.
Special thanks to Tony Wu, Martin Edge, Marty Snyderman and Scott Gietler for judging the competition.
Take in inside look at the judging process & learn what the judges look for in our JUDGES' COMMENTS.
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Best of Show
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Best of Show - Jeff Milisen
Shot in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA with Canon T1i
Wide-Angle Category
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1st Place - Francesco Visintin
Shot in Forte de Marmi, Tuscany, Italy with Nikon D7000
2nd Place - Matteo Visconti
Shot in Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea with Canon 5D Mark II
3rd Place - Gregory Sherman
Shot at San Benedicto Island, Archipielago Revillagigedo, Mexico with Canon 5D Mark III
4th Place - Alessandro Buzzichelli
Shot at Wai Island while scuba diving Raja Ampat, Indonesia with Nikon D200
Shot off the coast of Morehead City, North Carolina, USA with Olympus OM-D E-M1
Honorable Mention - Scott Portelli
Shot in Whyalla, South Australia with Canon 5D Mark III
Honorable Mention - Greg Lecoeur
Shot in Moorea, French Polynesia with Nikon D7200
Macro Category
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1st Place - Jeff Milisen
Shot in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA with Canon T1i
Shot in Sant'Angello, Naples, Italy with Nikon D800
3rd Place - Lazaro Ruda
Shot in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA with Canon 7D
4th Place - Dennis Corpuz
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Nikon D7000
5th Place - Dennis Corpuz
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Nikon D7000
6th Place - Alexander Franz
Shot in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia with Nikon D7000
Honorable Mention - Richard Barnden
Shot while diving Palau with Nikon D800
Honorable Mention - So Yat Wai
Shot in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia with Canon 5D MkIII
Cold Water Category
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1st Place - Lill Haugen
Shot in The Oslo Fjord, Norway with Nikon D300
2nd Place - Uwe Schmolke
3rd Place - Annika Persson
Shot at Farnes Island, United Kingdom with Nikon D300
Shot at Near Booth Island, Antarctica with Nikon D800E
5th Place - Morten Beier
Shot in Disco Bay, Greenland with Nikon D300
6th Place - Luc Rooman
Shot in Domein Muisbroek Ekeren, Belgium with Nikon D810
Honorable Mention - Thomas Heckmann
Shot in the Dutch North Sea, Netherlands with Nikon D800E
Honorable Mention - Matthew Tworkowski
Shot in Coles Bay, Tasmania, Australia with Nikon D7000
Portrait Category
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1st Place - Greg LeCoeur
Shot in Nice, France with Nikon D7000
2nd Place - Peter Leopold
Shot in the Arctic Ocean with Nikon D7000
3rd Place - Filippo Borghi
Shot at Giannutri Island, Italy with Nikon D800E
4th Place - Claudio Contreras Koob
Shot in Jardines de la Reina, Cuba with Canon 5D Mark II
5th Place - David Salvatori
Shot in Sant'Agostino Lake, Italy with Nikon D800E
6th Place - Domenico Roscigno
Shot in the Republic of Maldives Baa Atoll with Nikon D800E
Honorable Mention - Qing Lin
Shot at Cocos Island, Costa Rica with Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Marine Life Behavior
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1st Place - Steven Kovacs
Straited Frogfish, Shot at Blue Heron Bridgerx, Florida, U.S.A. with Nikon D7000
2nd Place - Lureen Ferretti
Shot at the Blue Heron Bridge, Florida, U.S.A. with Canon Rebel T1i
3rd Place - Greg Lecoeur
Shot in Port St Johns, South Africa with Nikon D7000
4th Place - Filippo Borghi
Shot at Giglio Island, Italy with Nikon D800E
5th Place - Elio Nicosia
Shot in Sicily, Italy with Nikon D810
6th Place - Ralph Pace
Shot at the Nine Mile Bank, San Diego, California with 5D Mark II
Honorable Mention - Uwe Schmolke
Honorable Mention - Cameron Azad
Shot in Puerto Galera/Sabang Harbor, Phillippines with Nikon D800E
Honorable Mention - Richard Barnden
Shot in Palau with Nikon D800
Novice DSLR
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Shot in Maroro Bay, New Zealand with Nikon D300
2nd Place - Adam Martin
Shot at Daedalus Reef, Red Sea, Egypt with Canon 5D Mark III
3rd Place - Roberto Strafella
Shot in Taranto, Italy with Nikon D700
4th Place - Sergio Nogueira Jr
Shot at Rocca Partida, Mexico with Canon 6D
5th Place - Lauric Thiault
Shot at La Vallée Blanche, Tahiti, French Polynesia with Nikon D800
Shot at Banco Chinchorro, Mexico with Canon 5DS
Honorable Mention - Ian Chow
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Canon 6D
Mirrorless Macro
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Shot in Cebu, Philippines with Panasonic GF1
2nd Place - Christian Gloor
Shot at Air Bajo III, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia with Olympus OM-D E-M5
3rd Place - Alfonso Jesús Expósito Díaz-Álvarez
Shot in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia with Olympus OM-D E-M1
4th Place - Walter Bassi
Shot in the Liguiria Sea, Italy with Olympus E-PL1
5th Place - Maurizio Pasi
Shot in Manado, Indonesia with Olympus OM-D E-M1
Honorable Mention - Lynn Wu
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Olympus E-PL5
Mirrorless Behavior
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1st Place - Walter Bassi
Shot in Capo Noli, Liguria Sea, Italy with Olympus E-PL1
2nd Place - Lynn Wu
Shot on the Northeast Coast, Taiwan with Olympus E-PL5
3rd Place - Cornelia Thieme
Shot in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia with Olympus OM-D E-M5
4th Place - Jim Catlin
Shot at the Riviera Reef, Grand Cayman with Panasonic GX1
5th Place - Henley Spiers
Shot in Anse Cochon, Saint Lucia with Olympus E-M5
Honorable Mention - Yen Ngee Koh
Shot in Tulamben, Bali with Olympus OM-D E-M1
Honorable Mention - Lynn Wu
Shot in Pemuteran Bay, Bali, Indonesia with Olympus E-PL5
Mirrorless Wide-Angle
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1st Place - Matthew Sullivan
Shot in Montane Creek, Pennsylvania with Sony a6000
2nd Place - Fabio Galbiati
Shot at Bangka Island, Indonesia with Olympus OM-D E-M5
3rd Place - Laura Tesler
Shot in Battle Ground Lake, Washington with Olympus OM-D E-M5
4th Place - Adam Taylor
Shot at Santa Barbara Island, California with Olympus OM-D E-M5
5th Place - Tanasit Tancharoen
Shot at Nusa Penida, Bali, Indonesia with Olympus OM-D E-M5
Honorable Mention - Cornelia Thieme
Shot in Jellyfish Lake, Palau with Olympus OM-D E-M5
Honorable Mention - Daniel Copeland
Shot in the Ras Mohammed National Park, Egyptian Red Sea with Panasonic GH4
Compact Macro Category
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1st Place - Alessandro Raho
Shot in Noli, Italy with Canon G16
2nd Place - ChenVui Soon
Shot in Amed, Bali, Indonesia with Sony RX100
3rd Place - Alessandro Raho
Shot in Noli (SV) Italy with Canon G9
4th Place - Dennis Corpuz
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Canon Powershot G15
Honorable Mention – Giacomo Giovannini
Shot in Sistiana, Italy with Canon G12
Compact Behavior
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1st Place - Jack Berthomier
Shot in Ouemo Bay, Noumea, New Caledonia with Sony RX100
2nd Place - Abimael Marquez
Shot in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico with Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100
3rd Place - Jens Schultz
Shot in Ambon, Indonesia with Olympus Tough TG-2
4th Place - Massimo Giorgetta
Shot in the Lembeh Strait, Indonesia with Canon G12
Honorable Mention - Stephen Holinski
Shot at Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada with Sony RX-100
Honorable Mention - Kiyoung Jang
Shot at Boracay island, Philippines with Olympus TG-3
Compact Wide-Angle
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1st Place - Brian Christiansen
Shot in Deshaies, Guadeloupe with Olympus TG-3
2nd Place - Stephen Holinski
Shot at Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada with Sony RX-100
3rd Place - Kate Rister
4th Place - Steven Shoelson
Shot in Raja Ampat, Indonesia with Canon G11
Honorable Mention - Sarah Stein Greenberg
Shot at Fernandina Island, while diving the Galapagos Islands with a Canon G16
Nudibranchs
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1st Place - Roland Bach
Nudibranch Shot at Punta den Siulet, Minorca, Spain with Nikon D300
2nd Place - Roland Bach
Shot in Minorca, Spain with Nikon D300
3rd Place - Miguel Pereira
Shot in Minorca, Spain with Nikon D300
4th Place - Massimo Zannini
Shot in Croazia, Adriatic Sea with Canon 60D
5th Place - Stefano Scortegagna
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Nikon D800E
Supermacro
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1st Place Supermacro - So Yat Wai
Shot in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia with Canon 5D MkIII
2nd Place - Marco Fierli
Shot in South Sulawesi, Indonesia with Canon 5DMKIII
3rd Place - Dennis Corpuz
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Nikon D7000
4th Place - Ludovic Galko-Rundgren
Shot in Anilao, Philippines with Canon 7D
5th Place - So Yat Wai
Shot in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia with Canon 5D MkIII
Honorable Mention - So Yat Wai
Shot in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia with Canon 5D MkIII
Pool / Conceptual
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1st Place - Francesco Pacienza
Shot in Apulia, Italy with Nikon D7100
2nd Place - Sarah Teveldal
Shot in Austin, Texas with Canon 5D Mark II
3rd Place - Dennis Vandermeersch
Shot in Florida, USA with Nikon D300
4th Place - Steffen Binke
Shot in Queensland, Australia with Nikon D800
5th Place - Ken Kiefer
Shot in Bimini, Bahamas with Canon 5D Mark 3
Honorable Mention - Uri Magnus Dotan
Shot in Eilat, Israel with Nikon D300s
Complete List of Winners
Best of Show
“Feeling Exposed” by Jeff Milisen
Wide-Angle
1st Place: Francesco Visintin
2nd Place: Matteo Visconti
3rd Place: Gregory Sherman
4th Place: Alessandro Buzzichelli
5th Place: Tanya Houppermans
6th Place: Aldo Costa
HM: Scott Portelli
HM: Greg Lecoeur
Macro
1st Place: Jeff Milisen
2nd Place: Marco Gargiulo
3rd Place: Lazaro Ruda
4th Place: Dennis Corpuz
5th Place: Dennis Corpuz
6th Place: Alexander Franz
HM: Richard Barnden
HM: So Yat Wai
Coldwater
1st Place: Lill Haugen
2nd Place: Uwe Schmolke
3rd Place: Annika Persson
4th Place: Jorgen Rasmussen
5th Place: Morten Beier
6th Place: Luc Rooman
HM: Thomas Heckmann
HM: Matthew Tworkowski
Portrait
1st Place: Greg Lecoeur
2nd Place: Peter Leopold
3rd Place: Filippo Borghi
4th Place: Claudio Contreras Koob
5th Place: David Salvatori
6th Place: Domenico Roscigno
HM: Qing Lin
Marine Life Behavior
1st Place: Steven Kovacs
2nd Place: Lureen Ferretti
3rd Place: Greg Lecoeur
4th Place: Filippo Borghi
5th Place: Elio Nicosia
6th Place: Ralph Pace
HM: Uwe Schmolke
HM: Cameron Azad
HM: Richard Barnden
Novice DSLR
1st Place: Irene Middleton
2nd Place: Adam Martin
3rd Place: Roberto Strafella
4th Place: Sergio Nogueira Jr
5th Place: Lauric Thiault
HM: Linda See
HM: Ian Chow
Compact Macro
1st Place: Alessandro Raho
2nd Place: ChenVui Soon
3rd Place: Alessandro Raho
4th Place: Dennis Corpuz
HM: Giacomo Giovannini
Compact Marine Life Behavior
1st Place: Jack Berthomier
2nd Place: Abimael Marquez
3rd Place: Jens Schultz
4th Place: Massimo Giorgetta
HM: Stephen Holinski
HM: Kiyoung Jang
Compact Wide-Angle
1st Place: Brian Christiansen
2nd Place: Stephen Holinski
3rd Place: Kate Rister
4th Place: Steven Shoelson
HM: Sarah Stein
Nudibranchs
1st Place: Roland Bach
2nd Place: Roland Bach
3rd Place: Miguel Pereira
4th Place: Massimo Zannini
5th Place: Stefano Scortegagna
Supermacro
1st Place: So Yat Wai
2nd Place: Marco Fierli
3rd Place: Dennis Corpuz
4th Place: Ludovic Galko-Rundgren
5th Place: So Yat Wai
HM: So Yat Wai
Pool/Conceptual
1st Place: Francesco Pacienza
2nd Place: Sarah Teveldal
3rd Place: Dennis Vandermeersch
4th Place: Steffen Binke
5th Place: Ken Kiefer
HM: Uri Magnus Dotan
Special thanks to Tony Wu, Martin Edge, Marty Snyderman and Scott Gietler for judging the competition.
Take in inside look at the judging process & learn what the judges look for in our JUDGES' COMMENTS.
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