The winners of the 2023 DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition have been announced, with a photograph capturing a juvenile blackfish hitching a ride on a jellyfish under the watchful gaze of Mount Vesuvius claiming first place.
Table of Contents
Traditional
Gold
France
“Sea Lions at work”
Location: Baja California Mexico
Silver
Germany
“My Home”
Location: Lembeh Strait
Bronze
United States
“Icarus reaching the Sun”
Location: Tulum, Mexico
Honorable Mention
Australia
“Electric frogfish”
Location: Chowder Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Macro
Gold
United Kingdom
“Gone Fishin “
Location: Lembeh
Silver
United States
“Giving birth”
Location: Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
Bronze
Italy
“Young turtle”
Location: Raja Ampat – Indonesia
Honorable Mention
United Kingdom
“Speedy Boxfish “
Location: Lembeh
Wide Angle
Gold
Kuwait
“Wishing-well”
Location: Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Silver
China
“Fish buffet”
Location: Japan
Bronze
United Kingdom
“Trio”
Location: The Bahamas
Honorable Mention
France
“reflections”
Location: Reunion
Over-Under
Gold
Italy
“The passenger”
Location: Castellammare di Stabia
Silver
United States
“Smalltooth Sawfish among the Mangroves at Dawn”
Location: Key Largo, FL
Bronze
Switzerland
“American alligator”
Location: Evergaldes, Florida
Honorable Mention
Kuwait
“Primal Plunge”
Location: Phi Phi Islands, Thailand
Black & White
Gold
United States
“Parallel Universes”
Location: Tulum, Mexico
Silver
United Kingdom
“Silfra sunrise “
Location: Silfra
Bronze
France
“crossing under the light”
Location: Reunion island
Honorable Mention
United Kingdom
“Amongst clouds of sediment”
Location: Abu Dabbab, Egypt
Conservation
Gold
China
“Massacre”
Location: Mexico
Silver
Italy
“The Anisakis parasite leaves the host”
Location: National Park of Cilento, Pisciotta (Salerno) Italy
Bronze
United Kingdom
“Problem Props”
Location: Hanifaru Bay, Maldives
Honorable Mention
Italy
“Is this a hobby??”
Location: Mosman NSW
Blackwater
Gold
Sweden
“Flamenco pose”
Location: Anilao, Balayan Bay
Silver
China
“juvenile Moray eel”
Location: Romblon Philippines
Bronze
Sweden
“Sparkling Wunderpus”
Location: Anilao, Balayan Bay, Philippines
Honorable Mention
Philippines
“Dinner Time”
Location: Anilao
