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Results: DPG/Wetpixel Masters 2021

by adamhanlon

The 2021 DPG/Wetpixel Masters of Underwater Imaging has finalized and announced its results. Congratulations to all those that are among the placings, the images are a stunning body of work and a visual feast!

Huge thanks to our amazing judging panel: Imran Ahmad, Mike Bartick, Florian Fischer, Stephen Frink and Jennifer Hayes.

Best of Show

Best of Show and Black and White Category Winner: Martin Broen “Speleothems.”

Black and White

Black and White Category Second: Wayne Lai “Schooling Jacks.”

Black and White Category Third: Giacomo Marchione “Big Mouth.”

Black and White Category HM: ‌Martin Broen “The Dream.”

Wide Angle Unrestricted

Wide Angle Unrestricted Winner: Tom Schlesinger “Goliath in Lilliput.”

Wide Angle Unrestricted Second: Renee Capozolla “Honu Buddies.”

Wide Angle Unrestricted Third: Evan Friedman “A Fever of Mobula Rays.”

Wide Angle Unrestricted HM: Conor Culver “Out From the Darkness.”

Macro Unrestricted

Macro Unrestricted Winner: Sander van der Heljden “Who is Looking at Who?”

Macro Unrestricted Second: Víctor Daniel Núñez Duarte “BLUE DANGER.”

Macro Unrestricted Third: Andre Johnson “Orange Diamond Squid.”

Macro Unrestricted HM: ‌Andre Johnson “Enope Squid.”

Wide Angle Traditional

Wide Angle Traditional Winner: Enrico Somogyi “Colors of the Red Sea.”

Wide Angle Traditional Second: Tom St.George “Transfixed by the Beauty of the Cave.”

Wide Angle Traditional Second: Martin Broen “Reflections.”

Wide Angle Traditional HM: Yung-Sen Wu “Vitality.”

Macro Traditional

Macro Traditional Winner: Julian Hsu “Yellow Goby Guarding Eggs.”

Macro Traditional Second: Yung-Sen Wu “Hide.”

Macro Traditional Third: Steven Walsh “Magic Octopus.”

Macro Traditional HM: Erika Miura “Soulmates.”

Video

Winner: Alex del Olmo “Out of the Black and into the Blue: Bird’s Head.”

Second: Alex del Olmo “Out of the Black and into the Blue: Ambon.”

Third: Tobias Dahlin “Ocean Seasons of Sweden.”

HM: Alex del Olmo “Out of the Black and into the Blue: The Ring of Fire.”

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