This post is completely self-indulgent, but I guess when you think about it, the whole idea of writing a blog about my own underwater photography is pretty egocentric. I recently entered an underwater photography contest in which several of my images placed. So just to drive the whole ego-related point home, You can see the winners and the losers below.
The contest is a local “shootout” in Southern California, known as the So Cal Shootout. Underwater Photographers have three days to capture images and submit them for judgement. There are lots of categories and lots of prizes and most people go home happy, even if they don’t have a winning image because it is always fun to scuba dive with friends.
I entered eight images in several different categories. I believe all the images are good, but not every image takes a prize, so the losers get to go first:
Entered in Portrait:
Giant Kelpfish
Entered in Behavior:
Giant Kelpfish Guarding Eggs
Entered in Behavior:
Nudibranch laying eggs
Entered in Macro Open:
Tube Anemone
Entered in Wide Angle Open:
A Diver in the Kelp Forest
And now for the lucky winners:
Best In Show and First Place in Wide Angle Behavior
Sea Lion Blowing Bubbles
Third Place in Open Macro
Simnia Snail
Fourth Place in Open Behavior
Sheephead Eating a Sea Urchin
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