gecko1 12 Posted January 1, 2015 Kind of wondering what happened to the thread this year?!? I know people like to post to FB nowadays but I'd much rather look at images here where they haven't been auto compressed/sharpened/adjusted and you know you are looking at the whole set and not just whatever FB's algorithm du jour has decided for you. I look forward to this every year so hopefully people will participate. Here is my buddy Rob learning that it is in fact possible to get too close and too low to an underwater photo subject. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWDiver 42 Posted January 1, 2015 To lazy to dig but from the last trip, sort of right place right time. ">http:// 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alex_Mustard 0 Posted January 2, 2015 Sorry! Adam sent me an email reminding me that I hadn’t started this yet. Of course the highlight of my year was getting married in September. I am certain to be in trouble with "the wife” for posting a picture of us online, but definitely my highlight of the year. She gave me permission to put this one on my website, so I reckon I will get away with hot linking it here! As a bit of photo trivia, this was taken by Marco Colombo, previous winner of animal portraits category in wildlife photographer of the year and winner of the Bronze plonker in the portfolios at this years World Festival of UW Images, Marseille. Taken with my D4 and 70-200mm lens. I’ll post an underwater photo later in the thread. Alex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coinee 17 Posted January 2, 2015 I'm sure you realize what kind of joke you're setting yourself up for with the 'animal portraits' fact - I'll just skip it this once. Congrats on the wedding! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steve Williams 0 Posted January 2, 2015 Nothing I could post could come close to the importance and significance of Alex's image. Congrats partner! I do have a favorite from this year but it was made by my son Jeff. It was the first time we had gotten to dive together in many years and it was a great trip to the Revillagigedos Islands. There were so many dives with so many big Oceanic Mantas in the water that we had time to set up shots of each other. It doesn't get much better than a great dive trip with your son. Happy New Year, Cheers! Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tom_Kline 124 Posted January 2, 2015 Alex: congratulations on your marriage! It is always a challenge to pick just one favorite shot! This year I had more than one candidate from the same day of shooting the most challenging local (i.e., location not requiring a plane trip or boat ride to get to) salmonine species to shoot, the Cutthroat Trout. Locally, this species is about three orders of magnitude less abundant than salmon. The alternate pic to the one chosen here is in my Christmas E-card (posted on another thread). 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnspierce 25 Posted January 2, 2015 So many great photo opportunities this year, but my favorites were all from swimming with humpbacks in Tonga. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girelle 19 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Indubitably my favorite picture for 2014 is this one : Edited January 3, 2015 by girelle Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walt Stearns 50 Posted January 3, 2015 (edited) Between what I have shot both here in Palm Beach Florida (sharks, sea turtles and goliath groupers) and the Philippines, picking my favorite was tough. The one I at the top of the list (not for composition or camera technique, but rather for shear luck) is this one in a lifetime encounter with a lone 500 lb. Blue Fin Tuna that made a surprise visit last fall off Jupiter, Florida. Canon 7D, Tokina 10-17 (@17mm), Subal CD7 housing, two Sea&Sea YS-250 strobes. Edited January 3, 2015 by Walt Stearns 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilanbt 7 Posted January 3, 2015 Congratulation Alex! My most favorite shot is: 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamhanlon 0 Posted January 4, 2015 As always, this thread is a challenge! So many fantastic dives and encounters makes for difficult choices! I've decided to post a picture of Caron snorkelling with a whale shark during the Wetpixel Whale Sharks expedition to Isla Mujeres in July/August. Caron had never seen a whale shark before, and when we bumped into the amazing numbers that you can encounter in Mexico, her joy and excitement were so amazing to see! I, as is traditional, may well cheat and post another soon..... Adam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
troporobo 226 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) it is so difficult to pick one best or favorite image! My favorite is a group portrait I shot of my sister, brother in law, niece, and nephew in Anilao on their first ever tropical dive, after 10 years of waiting for the kids to be old enough to dive with us, because it is such a great memory of their experience. But this is one of my best of the year technically, straight out of the camera with no adjustments at all: Edited January 4, 2015 by troporobo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coinee 17 Posted January 4, 2015 My best from 2014 is a scorpionfish on the plateau at Daedalus: P5050929 by fabian.schorp, on Flickr The one that makes me smile the most is this, https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VTC41sKQ3W4/U2yFcOSR_gI/AAAAAAAAT2Y/QVC8yDbpMbg/w1620-h1215-no/P5050947.jpg , because my buddy's facial expression is very 'Why the hell are you taking a picture of me?!' as she missed the hammerhead swimming up to her from behind. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rwe 3 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) My images can't compare to you experts but I really liked the one below taken on a night dive in Cozumel although I had a hard time choosing between it and this one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8459071@N08/16194767035/ . Edited January 4, 2015 by rwe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matti 4 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) . Edited January 4, 2015 by Matti Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Matti 4 Posted January 4, 2015 (edited) A couple of Favorites, both memories from two fantastic holidays, first with the Humpback Whales in Tonga where we had amazing encounters with heat runs along with Mothers & calfs. The second to wrap up the end of the year at North Stradbroke Island. Hoping for more and better experiences for the new Year, Cheers Matti http://mattiovaska.com Edited January 5, 2015 by Matti Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Walt Stearns 50 Posted January 4, 2015 Another of mine for the year is this greater hammerhead shot in the same place (different month) as the Blue Fin Tuna. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackConnick 74 Posted January 4, 2015 One of my favorites was this Kona Manta Night dive where 23 Mantas showed up to feed in our lights. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cenk 2 Posted January 5, 2015 One of my favorite images in 2014; ranked 1st - Macro with a theme category in "CMAS European UW Photo championship" and made me the champion 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
runehaldor 0 Posted January 5, 2015 (edited) I thinkk the attached image might be my favourite from 2014. Not becauce of the quality, but because it was the beginning of thinking repeating shapes when I'm working with the smallest subjects. Lens: 100 mm with 2 extention tubes + 10x diopter. Full frame. . Edited January 5, 2015 by runehaldor Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Viz'art 24 Posted January 5, 2015 Here is my fave, shot at the Stingray City site this summer 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vincentkneefel 4 Posted January 6, 2015 (edited) My favorite experience this year was hanging out with Spotted Dolphins in Bimini last August, they are just so much fun to be in the water with! I am back in Bimini this week shooting Great Hammerheads and doing Tiger Sharks with Epic next week for my project Giants of the Caribbean. It seems that I am just going to miss Adam and others who are there now.. Best fishes for 2015 to everyone! Vincent Edited January 6, 2015 by vincentkneefel 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cneal 9 Posted January 6, 2015 Taken in Bonaire last September. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mcliffy2 10 Posted January 6, 2015 My favorite picture(s) just squeaked into 2014, as they occurred on an 80+ minute dive on December 30th, where 6 mantas circled over us at 20 ft. from the moment we entered the water until we came up with nearly empty tanks. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aquapaul 26 Posted January 7, 2015 This was one of my favorites for the year. D7100 with 105 Vr and +10 SubSea 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
