The winners of their 4th annual Our World Underwater 2009 photography and video competition have been announced. Prizes include scuba diving trips to some of the top photo destinations in the world, camera housings and strobes, focus lights, and dive equipment. 15% of proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.

DivePhotoGuide.com and Wetpixel.com Press Release

PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONALUNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO COMPETITION PRESENTS STUNNING WINNING IMAGES & FILMS

The “Superbowl” of International Underwater Image & Video Competitions Celebrates The Beauty, Mystery & Plight of The Oceans With Categories For All Levels From Novices To Professionals

New York, NY (Feb. 20, 2009) – DivePhotoGuide.com and Wetpixel.com are proud to announce the winners of their 4th annual underwater photography & video competition in association with Our World Underwater.

The competition is part of a joint series often referred to as the “Super Bowl” of international underwater imagery competitions, collectively the competitions boats over $80,000 in world-class prizes, esteemed celebrity judges, significant media support, and the reputation to attract some of the planet’s best underwater imagery.

The competition is truly an international event. Entries were received from all corners of the globe. Winners alone represented 22 countries.

Photographers & videographers of all levels, from novices to the top pros in the world, competed in eight still-image categories and two video categories. Prizes include scuba diving trips to some of the top photo destinations in the world, including Socorro Islands, Wakatobi-Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Red Sea, Grand Cayman, the Solomon Islands and Vietnam. Other prizes including camera housings and strobes, focus lights, dive equipment and other valuable items were awarded to the winners and announced during the film festival at the 39th annual Our World Underwater show in Chicago.

The unique competition series was founded by professional underwater photographers Jason Heller & Eric Cheng and hosted by popular websites DivePhotoGuide.com and Wetpixel.com and in association with Our World Underwater, one of the largest consumer scuba diving expos in the US.

Esteemed judges included leading professional underwater photographers, cinematographers and magazine editors: David Doubilet, Dietmar Fuchs, Alex Mustard, and Cor Bosman comprised the judging panel for still categories and Steve Douglas, Ric Frazier, and Eric Hanauer for video categories.

As with all Wetpixel & DivePhotoGuide competitions, 15% of proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.

Congratulations again to all of the winners from around the world!

Winning images from this and past year’s competitions can be found at www.underwatercompetition.com.

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