2021 Discover the Sea Photography Contest Winners

The votes are in for REEF's 2021 "Discover the Sea" Photography Contest! We are happy to announce the winners for each of the five categories.

Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the contest and participated in the voting. Congratulations to all of our winners!

Fish Portrait Winners

1st Place: "Exquisite Butterflyfish" by Ahmed Shawky
2nd Place: "Heteropriacanthus Cruentatus" by Ahmad Ismael Ramjaun
3rd Place: "Balloonfish" by Daryl Duda

Invertebrate Winners

1st Place: "I See Spots" by Jessica Backer
2nd Place: "The Sculptured Slipper Lobster" by Ahmad Ismael Ramjaun
3rd Place: "Candy Crab" by David Lefever

Macro Winners

1st Place: "Skeleton Shrimp on Nudi" by David Lefever
2nd Place: "Banggai Cardinal Mini" by Ellie Briscoe
3rd Place: "Dragon Moray Eel" by Kerry Edwards

Reefscape/Habitat/Environment Winners

1st Place: "Dugong Feeding with Golden Trevally on a Seagrass Bed" by Ahmed Shawky
2nd Place: "Sweetlips" by David Lefever
3rd Place: "Self Quarantined" by Joy Johnson

REEF Themed Winners

1st Place: "Quarantine Diving" by Riley Zoldi
2nd Place: "Did you count ME?" by Ellie Briscoe
3rd Place: "REEF Surveyor on Reef" by Callie Mack

2nd Place: "Heteropriacanthus Cruentatus" by Ahmad Ismael Ramjaun

Photographed at Stella Maru Shipwreck, Trou Aux Biches, Mauritius

 

Invertebrate Winners

1st Place: "I See Spots" by Jessica Backer

Photographed in Key Largo, FL

 

 

3rd Place: "Candy Crab" by David Lefever

Photographed in the Philippines

 

 

2nd Place: "Banggai Cardinal Mini" by Ellie Briscoe

Photographed in Lembeh 

 

 

Reefscape/Habitat/Environment Winners

1st Place: "Dugong Feeding with Golden Trevally on a Seagrass Bed" by Ahmed Shawky

Photographed in Wadi El-Gemal National Park, Marsa Alam, Red Sea, Egypt

 

 

3rd Place: "Self Quarantined" by Joy Johnson

Photographed in the Philippines

 

 

2nd Place: "Did you count ME?" by Ellie Briscoe

Photographed in Belize