2024 CONTEST WINNERS

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NOVEMBER 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – WIDE-OPEN APERTURE

CHALLENGERS – GOLIATH GROUPERS AND BAITFISH

VIDEO – SUPER MACRO VIDEO

1st Place – “Tiny Treasures of the Blue Heron Bridge”
by Eleanor Hornberger

2nd Place – “Tiny Shrimps”
by Karen Doby

3rd Place – “Little Beauties”
by Karen Doby

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OCTOBER 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – SURFACE REFLECTIONS

CHALLENGERS – THINK PINK

VIDEO – TURTLES OR RAYS IN FLIGHT

1st Place – “Manta Dreams”
by Karen Doby

2nd Place – “Devil Rays vs Manta Rays”
by Karen Edwards

3rd Place – “Into the Vortex”
by Sara Imm

SEPTEMBER 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – BEAUTIFUL BACKSCATTER

CHALLENGERS – BLENNIES THAT MAKE US LAUGH

VIDEO – MINISTRY OF FUNNY WALKS

1st Place – “Walk On By”
by Karen Edwards

2nd Place – “Crawly Critters”
by Karen Doby

3rd Place – “Tiny Legs”
by Dewalt Kotze

AUGUST 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – BLACKWATER CREATURES

CHALLENGERS – EYE SEE YOU

VIDEO – BLACKWATER VIDEO

1st Place – “Creatures of the Deep”
by Dewalt Kotze

2nd Place – “Blackwater Beauties”
by Dewalt Kotze

3rd Place – “Night Moves”
by Karen Edwards

JULY 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – MASTERING SUNLIGHT

CHALLENGERS – EGGS

VIDEO – SHARKS IN THE SUNLIGHT

1st Place – “Isla Mujeres Whale Sharks”
by Karen Edwards

2nd Place – “Sunshine on my Shoulders”
by Karen Doby

3rd Place – “Starry Sharks”
by Karen Doby

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JUNE 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – STRUGGLING CORALS

CHALLENGERS – UNDERWATER MODELS

VIDEO – UNDERWATER FLOWERS

1st Place – “Christmastree Charisma”
by Karen Doby

2nd Place – “Florida Flowers”
by Dewalt Kotze

3rd Place – “Underwater Flowers”
by Dewalt Kotze

MAY 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – LONG EXPOSURE

CHALLENGERS – BLACK AND WHITE

VIDEO – ZOOM, ZOOM, ZOOM!

1st Place – “Look a Little Closer”
by Karen Doby

2nd Place – “All Good in da ‘Hoods”
by Karen Doby

3rd Place – “Tiny Details”
by Dewalt Kotze

APRIL 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – BEAUTIFUL BEHINDS

CHALLENGERS – HIDING/SHYNESS

VIDEO – SEAHORSES

1st Place – “Seahorses Around the World”
by Karen Doby

2nd Place – “The Good the Bad and the Bridge”
by Zach Whalen

3rd Place – “Do You Like My Tail”
by Karen Edwards

MARCH 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – SHOT IN BAD VISIBILITY

CHALLENGERS – SHOOTING TOP DOWN

VIDEO – MANATEES

1st Place – “Manatee Grace”
by Adam Berry

2nd Place – “Tater Love”
by Josh Schellenberg

3rd Place – “Manatee Shenanigans”
by Karen Doby

4th Place – “I Don’t Wanna Work”
by Suzanne Bushnell

5th Place – “Adorable”
by Karen Edwards

FEBRUARY 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – BACKLIT SUBJECT

CHALLENGERS – FANGTASTIC

VIDEO – CAMOUFLAGE

1st Place – “I’m a Sponge”
by Brenda Hill

2nd Place – “Can’t See Me”
by Karen Edwards

3rd Place – “You Can’t See Me”
by Suzanna Bushnell

4th Place – “Hidden Predators”
by Kevin Hanson

5th Place – “Camouflage”
by Ger Jan Meijer

JANUARY 2024 WINNERS

MASTERS – SKIN AND SCALES PATTERN

CHALLENGERS – SHIPWRECK INTERIOR

VIDEO – FLORIDA WRECKS

1st Place – “Florida Wreck Tour”
by Kevin Hanson

2nd Place – “U.S.N.S Vandenberg”
by Zach Whalen

3rd Place – “RSB1 Baitball”
by Dewalt Kotze