Through Your Lens Photo Contest Winners Announced

Check out the winning photos of SCUBA Diving Magazine's underwater photo contest!

By Brent Durand, September 5, 2013

SCUBA Diving Magazine has just announced the winners of their Through Your Lens underwater photo contest. We saw the 45 semi-finalists a few weeks ago and the judges have selected some incredible photos to win each contest category. These images were shot all over the world and capture incredible moments in diving, unique behavior and excellent underwater photo technique. UWPG offers a huge Congrats to the winners, honorable mentions and all the semi-finalists in Through the Lens.

As always, I hope you're as inspired as I am and can't wait to get back in the water! Below are the 1st and 2nd place images in each category followed by a full list of winners and links to all photos and captions on the SCUBA Diving Magazine website.

Gear Sony NEX-5N, 16mm lens, natural light ISO 100 F-Stop f/8 Shutter Speed 1/500

Gear Nikon D7000, Aquatica housing, Nikon 0.5mm lens ISO 200 F-Stop f/13 Shutter Speed 1/160

Gear Canon G15, Recsea housing, two Inon Z-240 strobes ISO 80 F-Stop f/8 Shutter Speed 1/200

Gear Canon S100, Ikelite housing, Inon Bugeye lens, single Ikelite DS51 strobe ISO 80 F-Stop f/8 Shutter Speed 1/400

Gear Nikon D300s, Ikelite housing, Tokina 10-17mm lens at 10mm, natural light ISO 200 F-Stop f/9 Shutter Speed 1/125

Gear Nikon D7000, Aquatica housing, Tokina 10-17mm lens at 16mm, two Sea & Sea YS-120 strobes ISO 100 F-Stop f/9 Shutter Speed 1/200

Gear Canon EOS 60D, Nimar housing, Canon 100mm lens, two Inon Z-240 strobes ISO 320 F-Stop f/14 Shutter Speed 1/200

Gear Canon EOS 50D, Sea & Sea housing, Canon 8-15mm fisheye lens, two Inon Z-240 strobes ISO 100 F-Stop f/20 Shutter Speed 1/200

Taken in the Maldives

Full List of Through Your Lens Winners

GRAND PRIZE: Els Van Den Borre

1st Place Divers: William Goodwin

2nd Place Divers:  Mark Fuller

3rd Place Divers:  Filip Staes

1st Place Macro:  Chia-Chi Chang

2nd Place Macro:  Amir Stern

3rd Place Macro:  Luc Rooman

1st Place Wide-Angle:  Aleksandra Bartnicka

2nd Place Wide-Angle:  Luis Javier Sandoval

3rd Place Wide-Angle:  Francis Pérez

1st Place Behavior:  Marcello Di Francesco

2nd Place Behavior:  J. Gregory Sherman

3rd Place Behavior:  Alan Lo

Honorable Mentions:  Charlotte Sams, Craig Dietrich, Jacqueline Jongenelen, Luis Javier Sandoval, Pietro Formis, Zach Ransom, Eduardo Acevedo, Marcello Di Francesco, Karen Doody, Rebecca Hewett, David Valencia, Goos Van Der Heide, Hamid Rad and Fabio Strazzi.

To view all the winning photographs, please visit SCUBA Diving Magazine's website: 

Through Your Lens Winners

The competition was tough this year. To see just how tough, check out all 45 semi-finalists' images: 

2013 Through the Lens Semi-Finalist Gallery

Congratulations again!

Further Reading

• 2013 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest

• Nauticam Announces Housing for RX-100 II

• Review:  Sola Nightsea UV Light

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