Scuba Diving magazine has just announced the winners of the 2019 Through Your Lens photo contest. This 15th annual readers’ photo contest offers the best in underwater photography. The contest winners will be featured in the September/October issue of Scuba Diving and today on scubadiving.com.
The annual Through Your Lens photo contest provides Scuba Diving readers with a platform to showcase their best underwater photos in four categories: behavior, compact camera, macro, and wide angle.
For 15 years, the contest has attracted 2,560 entries and showcased breathtaking images from around the world. The winning photos were chosen for their beauty and creativity, as well as their ability to influence and inspire. The awarded photographers capture stunning scenes, but also intimate encounters: a juvenile fish trapped in a jellyfish or a humpback whale and her calf.
2019 Winners
Grand Prize 2019 – Jack Israel (Baja California, Mexico)
Behavior
1st Prize – Florent Gooden (Guadalupe, Mexico)
2nd Prize – Franco Tulli (Lembeh Strait, Indonesia)
3rd Prize – Galice Hoarau (Lembeh Strait, Indonesia)
Compact Camera
1st Prize – Kyung Shin Kim (South Korea)
2nd Prize – Nikki Hazouri (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands)
3rd Prize – Juho Karu (Taveuni, Fiji)
Macro
1st Prize – Nicholas Samaras (Stratoni, Greece)
2nd Prize – Tobias Friedrich (Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia)
3rd Prize – Marco Gargiulo (Sorrento, Italy)
Wide Angle
1st Prize – Gabriel Barathieu (Mayotte)
2nd Prize – Hannes Klostermann (Homestead, Florida)
3rd Prize – Pier Mane (Trou-aux-Biches, Mauritius)
Find details of each photo as well as additional images on the Scuba Magazinee. Submit your photos for the 2020 photo contest starting November 1st. It is open until May 31, 2020, and all levels of underwater photographers are encouraged to participate. For a list of categories and official rules, visit this site.