Introducing the international competition underwater photography competition 2015 Underwater Photography Contest results that reveal many eye-catching shots that have taken place in an underwater world inaccessible to the average person. The Underwater Photography Competition is hosted by the University of Miami in the United States, and the photographers' entries were nominated, rated and awarded in four categories: macro photography, wide-angle photography, fish and marine photography, and the best student work.
The winner this year is Andrei Spatak, who managed to photograph Chirolophis japonicas - a fish that lives off the coast of Hokkaido and Honshu in the Sea of Japan.
Category: macro photography. 1st place. Black and white shrimp (Periclimenes amboinensis), Philippines. Photo: Tony Barroso.
Category: macro photography. 2nd place. Priolepis aureoviridis, Indonesia. Photo: Qin Hvan Nag.
Category: macro photography. 3rd place. Black pleurosicia (Pleurosicya micheli), Red Sea, Israel. Photo: Mark Fullers.
Category: wide angle photo. 1st place. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax lucidus) and Jellyfish (Rhizostoma pulmo), Bahrain. Photo: Hani Baders.
Category: wide angle photo. 2nd place. Plectorhinchus polytaenia bars, Indonesia. Photo: Filipo Borgi.
Category: wide angle photo. 3rd place. Fish - Lion (Pterois volitans) and Parapriacanthus guentheri fish, Israel. Photo: Mark Fullers.
Category: fish and sea inhabitants photo, 1st place. Blue octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata), Indonesia. Photo: Beta Vatsone.
Category: fish and sea inhabitants photo, 2nd place. Macrouridae nezumia, Greece. Photo: Kostass Milunakis.
Category: fish and sea inhabitants photo, 3rd place. Sea dogs (Scartella cristata), USA. Photo: Judy Townsend.
Category: student works, 1st place. Sphyrna mokarran, Bahamas. Photo: Lora Roka.
Category: student works, 2nd place. Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris), Bahamas. Photo: Lora Roka.
Anyone can become an underwater photographer by going out underwater training, obtaining Open Water Diver underwater diving certificate and specializing Padi Underwater photographer courses.
