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DEEP Indonesia 2011

PHOTOGRAPHER
Erin Quigley

CATEGORY
Animal Behavior

Gold

5TH ANNUAL DEEP INDONESIA INTERNATIONAL UNDERWATER PHOTO COMPETITION

HOSTED BY DIVEPHOTOGUIDE & WETPIXEL

The prestigious DEEP Indonesia International Underwater Photo Competition is part of a unique series hosted by DivePhotoGuide & Wetpixel, in association with DEEP Indonesia, Indonesia’s first and premier diving, adventure travel and extreme sports expo.

Photographers competed in seven themed categories to win over $51,000 in prizes, including underwater photo equipment and premium dive travel packages to some of the top photo destinations in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Indonesia trips include Triton Bay, Raja Ampat, Komodo, Lembeh, Manado, and Bali. The contest included a category for images that focus on conservation and the marine environment, one specifically for entries taken by compact digital cameras, and another specifically for Indonesian entrants.

Thousands of entries from around the world continue to set the bar is constantly higher each year. Congratulations to Erin Quigley of the United States for taking Best in Show with her Gold winner of the Animal Behavior category. Congratulations are also in order to all who participated. The images were all fantastic. Winners also achieve the glory of being named some of the world’s best underwater photographers. The wining images will be exposed to millions of readers of dive, travel and photography magazines and websites worldwide. Esteemed judges include leading professional underwater photographers and magazine editors from around the world.

Winners will be announced online, published by our media partners worldwide and exhibited during the DEEP Indonesia Expo in Jakarta, Indonesia (March 31 - April 3, 2011).

As with all UnderwaterCompetition.com events, 15% of entry proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.

Rules & Guidelines

Winners

BEST OF SHOW

Animal Behavior

Gold

Erin Quigley United States

Compact Cameras

Gold

Marcus Commodore

Canada

"Say AAAH!"

Location: Koh Ha, Thailand

Silver

Matthew Tworkowski

Australia

"Religious Experience"

Location: Under Flinders Pier in Australia

Bronze

Stephen Holinski

Canada

"Mountain Stream"

Location: Crescent Falls, Alberta, Canada

Honorable Mention

jackie campbell

Ireland

"Barracuda Stack"

Location: Sudan

Divers

Gold

Damien Siviero

Australia

"Diving the Devil"

Location: Devil\'s Ear, Ginnie Spring, Florida

Silver

Alexey Stoyda

Russian Federation

"Sun Light Temple"

Location: Mexico, Tulum, Pit cenote

Bronze

Liz Harlin

"Diver and upright shipwreck"

Location: Solomon Islands

Honorable Mention

David Salvatori

Italy

"My Star out of the Dark"

Location: Elba island (Livorno), Italy

Animal Portrait

Gold

Bettina Balnis

"Hypnotic"

Location: Cologne Germany

Silver

Keri Wilk

Canada

"Crocodile"

Location: Solomon Islands

Bronze

Nuno Sá

Portugal

"Basking Shark"

Location: Azores

Honorable Mention

Erin Quigley

United States

"Big Gulp"

Location: Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

Honorable Mention

Jeffrey de Guzman

Philippines

"Dragon Eyes"

Location: Raja Ampat

Animal Behavior

Gold

Erin Quigley

United States

"Desayuno"

Location: Isla Guadalupe, Mexico

Silver

$Can you guess what\'s for dinner? by Eugene Goh ()$

Eugene Goh

"Can you guess what\'s for dinner?"

Location: Lembeh Strait, Indonesia

Bronze

Uwe Schmolke

Germany

"Prying eyes"

Location: Indonesia

Honorable Mention

Fabien Michenet

France

"Playing humpback whale calf"

Location: Tahiti

Reefscapes

Gold

Anthony Plummer

Australia

"Island Life"

Location: Munda, Solomon Islands

Silver

Michele Davino

Italy

"Jetty"

Location: Sorong Indonesia

Bronze

Andrew Sallmon

United States

"Red anemone"

Location: Monterey, CA USA

Honorable Mention

Douglas Hoffman

"Living Art"

Location: Fiji

Honorable Mention

Mark Fuller

Israel

"Glassy swirl"

Location: Eilat Red sea

Environment and Conservation

Gold

Juanmi Alemany

Spain

"The lines of death"

Location: Tenerife, Canary Islands

Silver

Marco Caraceni

"The dark side of Net"

Location: Ortona Italy

Bronze

Jose Alejandro Alvarez

Dominican Republic

"End of the tuna 2"

Location: Pedernales,Dominican Republic

Honorable Mention

Matthew Potenski

"Mangroves & Bulldozer"

Location: Bimini, Bahamas

Indonesia Residents

Gold

Ronny Rengkung

Indonesia

"The Big from Papua"

Location: Teluk Cendrawasi Papua Indonesia

Silver

Christian Loader

Indonesia

"Star of Seraya"

Location: Seraya, Bali

Bronze

Indra Swari Wonowidjojo

Indonesia

"Skeleton Shrimp"

Location: Flores

Honorable Mention

Michael McEvoy

Indonesia

"Full Set Of Teeth"

Location: Indonesia

Honorable Mention

Indra Swari Wonowidjojo

Indonesia

"Dusky Horse"

Location: Manado - Sulawesi

Categories

PHOTO

Compact Cameras

Any image taken by a point-and-shoot, non-DSLR, non-interchangeable-lens camera.
Any camera with interchangeable lenses is not considered a compact, so images taken with such cameras must not be entered into this category.

Divers

Any underwater image featuring a scuba diver or freediver.

Animal Portrait

Any underwater image featuring a portrait of an animal.

Animal Behavior

Any underwater image featuring animal behavior.

Reefscapes

Any underwater image featuring a wide angle view of a reef.

Environment and Conservation

Underwater images of all kinds, taken by any camera, with a focus on marine or freshwater environment and conservation. Subject matter must address a marine or freshwater-related environmental issue. The goal in this category is to convey a real-world message.

Indonesia Residents

Open to Indonesian residents only

Prize Assignments

Eric Quigley (USA)	10 days in Papua New Guinea at Walindi Resort and One week in Raja Ampat at Misool Eco Resort
Juanmi Alemany (Spain)	10 days in Papua New Guinea at Walindi Resort
Bettina Balnis (Germany)	10 days in Komodo with Kararu Dive Voyages
Marcus Commodore (Thailand)	10 days in Komodo with Kararu Dive Voyages
Anthony Plummer (Australia)	10 days in Lembeh Strait with Critters @ Lembeh and Lembeh Resort
Ronny Rengkung (Indonesia)	10 days in Lembeh Strait with Critters @ Lembeh and Lembeh Resort
Damien Siviero	10 days in Lembeh Strait with Lembeh Cottages/Eco Divers
Alexy Stoyda (Russian Federation)	10 days in Lembeh Strait with Lembeh Cottages/Eco Divers
Marco Caraceni (Italy)	10 days in Manado at Minahasa Lagoon
Michele Davino (Italy)	One week in with Bali Diving Academy
Eugene Goh	One week in with Bali Diving Academy
Christian Loader (Indonesia)	10 days in Manado at Minahasa Lagoon
Matthew Tworkowski	10 days in Raja Ampat or Triton Bay with MY Seahorse
Keri Wilk (Canada)	10 days in Raja Ampat or Triton Bay with MY Seahorse
Indra Swari Wonowidjojo (Indonesia)	One week in Raja Ampat at Misool Eco Resort
Nuno Sá (Portugal)	Ikelite DS160 Strobe
Andy Sallmon (USA)	Ikelite DS160 Strobe
Uwe Schmolke (Germany)	Ikelite DS160 Strobe
Jose Alejandro Alvarez (Dominican Republic)	Ikelite DS160 Strobe
Stephen Holinski (Canda)	Radiator 1.5mm Steamer Wetsuit
Liz Harlin (USA)	Radiator 1.5mm Steamer Wetsuit
Jackie Campbell (USA)	ULCS $100 Gift Cert
Douglas Hoffman (USA)	ULCS $100 Gift Cert
Michael McEvoy (Indonesia)	ULCS $100 Gift Cert
Fabien Michenet (French Polynesia)	Signed Wyland book
Matthew Potenski	Signed Wyland book
David Salvatori (Italy)	Signed Wyland book
Jeffrey de Guzman (Philippines)	Signed Wyland book
Mark Fuller (Israel)	Signed Wyland book
Xavier Safont (Spain)	Signed Wyland book

Prizes

10 day packages to Papua New Guinea at Walindi Dive Resort

10 day packages to Komodo with Kararu Dive Voyages

10 day dive packages to Triton Bay or Raja Ampat aboaurd MSY Seahorse

10 day dive packages to Lembeh Strait and Buyat Bay with Critters @ Lembeh and Lembeh Resort

10 day packages to Manado and Bunaken Marine Park at Minahasa Lagoon Dive & Tour Club

10 day packages to Lembeh Strait with Eco Divers and Lembeh Cottages

7 day packages diving various regions of Bali, with Bali Diving Academy

DS-160 Strobes from Ikelite

Radiator Steamer Wetsuits

$100 gift certificates from Ultralight Control Systems

Signed books from Wyland

Judges

Berkley White

Berkley White is a leading expert in the field of underwater photography and digital image processing. As a professional photographer and instructor, he shares his in-field photographic techniques and digital methods through a series of select travel events each year. Berkley is the founder of Backscatter in Monterey, California, the largest specialty underwater photographic supplier in the US, and is the organizer of international photographic events such as the Digital Shootout.

Diego Garcia Diego A. Garcia is editor of Scuba Diver AustralAsia Magazine and is contributing editor of Asian Diver Magazine. Diego’s writings and images have been published in Asia, the UK, Canada and the US, and his work on various television series has taken him from California, USA, to Mozambique, Africa. Diego is also currently completing masters-level research on whales, and was the first to record underwater video of humpbacks in the Philippines

Eric Cheng Eric Cheng is an underwater photographer who has become known around the world for his expertise in underwater imaging. He has meticulously documented his travels around the world, and has been published in numerous publications, both in print and on the web. In 2003, Eric was awarded a prestigious Antibes Festival award for his work with Wetpixel.com, the Antibes underwater imaging web site of the year, and in 2005, he won a category in the prestigious Nature's Best Magazine photo competition, which has placed some of his work in the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum. Eric also leads trips and has given workshops and seminars in locations around the world.

Eric owns and runs Wetpixel.com, the premiere online resource for underwater photographers. Hosting over 6,150 registered underwater photographers internationally, Wetpixel's friendly community offers breaking news, reviews, features, community forums, image galleries, photo contests, photo expeditions, and more.

Eric's underwater images can be found on personal website: http://echeng.com/travel/

Matt Weiss

Matt Weiss is the owner, publisher and editor-in-chief of DivePhotoGuide.com, a leading underwater photography media publication with over 50,000 worldwide monthly readers. Matt has been working full time at DPG since 2009, and for years was the world’s only full time underwater photography editor. Matt also helped found the New York Underwater Photographic Society, where he currently serves as the co-president.

Matt spends over a third of the year in the field shooting assignments and running workshops for numerous print and digital publications. In 2011, Matt co-founded Scuba Diver Through The Lens, the world’s first international underwater photography print magazine that will be published quarterly beginning in 2012 and distributed in New York, Munich and Singapore.

Tony Wu

Since 1995, Tony has combined his love of visual art with his interest in the marine world through underwater photography, and he has concentrated on using his photographs and writing to encourage others to appreciate and protect the beauty of the oceans. In recent years, Tony has devoted the majority of his time to the challenging disciplines of cetacean photography and documenting mass spawning aggregations of fish.

Tony’s images have received international awards in Japan, Europe and the US, including Grand Prize in Japan’s largest marine photo contest, first place in the underwater category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, and the award for “Best Book of the Year” at the 28th annual Antibes Festival of Marine Images in France for his book Silent Symphony.

Keep up with Tony's activities at: http://www.tonywublog.com/journal