Beneath the Sea 2010 Announces the Winners

Each year, Beneath The Sea provides amateur underwater photographers and videographers with a chance to compete with their peers from across the world and to win some valuable diving trips and live-aboards (which are basically a chance to take some more award winning images!). The winners of the BTS 2010 Competition were now announced and include Yeang H Chng from West New York, who received the David Doubilet award for excellence in underwater photography, as well as many other lucky talents. Click here for the full list of winners.

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The following are the winners of the BTS International 2010 listed by competition categories:

David Doubilet Award for Excellence in Underwater Photography

Grand Prize is a week at the Manta Ray Bay Hotel and diving with Yap Divers.

First Place - Salt Water Crocodile, H Chng, West New York, New Jersey

General Category

First Place - Lilly, Keri Wilk, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Second Place - Lightflower, Pedro Carrillo-Montero, Madrid, Spain
Third Place - The Bridge , Tobias Friedrich, Wiesbaden, Germany
Honorable Mention - Wale and Friend, Peter Allinson, Kingsville, MD
Honorable Mention - Diver dream, Tomashevich Maxim, Moscow, Russia

MARINE LIFE Category

First Place - Humpback Calf, Isabelle M Thiebaud, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
Second Place - Dolphin in the Sun, Noam Kortler, Eilat, Israel
Honorable Mention - Inner Glow, Ross Gudgeon, Exmouth, WA

MACRO / CLOSEUP Category

First Place - Shrimp Resting , Gery Beeckmans, Sint Niklaas, OH, Belgium
Second Place - Stargazer, Keri Wilk, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Honorable Mention - Algae Sprout, Keri Wilk, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Honorable Mention - Skeleton Girls, Bettina Balnis, Velbert, Germany
Honorable Mention - Shrimp on Cranoid, Noam Kortler, Eilat, Israel

UNDERWATER BEHAVIOR Category

First Place - First Born Seahorse, Lazaro M. Ruda, Lake Park, FL
Second Place - The Next Generation, Kat Ramage, Grand Cayman
Third Place - Blue Snack, Bettina Balnis, Velbert, Germany
Honorable Mention - Loving Sepia's, Luc Rooman, Kieldrecht, Belgium

CONSERVATION Category

First Place - Trapped, Leong Yow Chee, Singapore
Second Place - Struggle for Freedom, Karel Bernard, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
Third Place - The Weight of the World, Karen W. Doody, Morehead City, NC
Honorable Mention - Invasive Lionfish Extraction, Karen W. Doody, Morehead City, NC
Honorable Mention - Hooked for Life, Phil Sokol, San Diego, CA

NOVICE / POINT & SHOOT Category

First Place - The Gang, Karel Bernard, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
Second Place - Prince Charming, Karel Bernard, Tallinn, Harjumaa, Estonia
Third Place - Ascent of Humpback, Christine Kornylak, Venice, CA
Honorable Mention - Coming in for a Closer Look, Shannon C. Price, Seattle, WA
Honorable Mention - Red, White & Blue, Glenn M. Zavalko, Milford, CT

Jim Church Award for Excellence in underwater creative photography

Grand Prize is a live-aboard trip on the Manthiri in the Maldives.

First Place - Cosmos, Bartosz Strozynski, Poznan, Poland
Second Place - Parliament, Alexey Stoyda, Moscow, Russia
Third Place - On Eternal Patrol, Jeremy Kozman, Orient, OH
Honorable Mention - Raggiezoom, Dennis Vandermeersch, Heule-Kortrijk, Belgium

Stan Waterman award for excellence in underwater video

Grand Prize is a live-aboard trip on the Nai’a in Fiji.

First Place - Beauty in the Beast, Sharon Wada, Snohomish, WA
Second Place - The Romance of Lembeh Straight, Roger Roth, Cincinnati, OH
Honorable Mention - Alien Rhythm, Kris Wilk, Mississauga, Ontario

Video Snapshot Category

First Place - Carcharhinus Longimanus, Rudolf Gonda, Budapest, Hungry
Second Place - Cuttlefish Hunting, Roger Uzun, San Diego, CA
Third Place - Batray Feeding, Walter Marti, Mission Viejo, CA
Honorable Mention - Magic, Istvan Nemeth, Szombathely, Hungry

Click Here for all categories winning images.

About the Beneath The Sea Competition

Beneath The Sea is a federally tax-exempt (501(c)(3)) organization incorporated as not-for-profit in the State of New York.
All proceeds from the Imaging Competition go to further BTS’s goals, which are to:

Provide continuing education to the recreational diver community
Educate the public in the benefits of protecting the ocean environment
Support ocean and environment related projects and charities.

The 34th Annual Beneath The Sea Dive Exposition will take place on March 26-28, 2010 at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, Secaucus, New Jersey - 10 minutes from Manhattan. Further information can be found on Beneath The Sea's website.

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