Best Overall - Kyle McBurnie(01 of13)
Open Image ModalHarbor seal (Phoca vitulina) in a kelp forest at Cortes bank, near San Diego, CA. (credit:Kyle McBurnie)
Macro - First Place - Beth Watson(02 of13)
Open Image ModalBeth Watson, Missouri\nAn anemone shrimp in Puerto Galera, Philippines. (credit:Beth Watson)
Macro - Second Place - Douglas Good(03 of13)
Open Image ModalDouglas Good, Pennsylvania\nAn emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) on two nudibranches (Risbecia tryoni) at Dinah\'s Beach, Papua New Guinea. (credit:Douglas Good)
Macro - Third - Federica Bambi(04 of13)
Open Image ModalFrederica Bambi, Italy\nA porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) on an anemone at Pescador Island, Cebu, Philippines. (credit:Federica Bambi)
Wide Angle - First - Alex Tattersall(05 of13)
Open Image ModalAlex Tattersall, United Kingdom\nA lionfish on the Thistlegorm wreck in the Red Sea, Egypt. (credit:Alex Tattersall)
Wide Angle - Second Place - Joseph Tepper(06 of13)
Open Image ModalJoseph Tepper, New York\nSpinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris) in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii. (credit:Joseph Tepper)
Wide Angle - Third Place - Pietro Cremone(07 of13)
Open Image ModalPietro Cremone, Italy\nRaccoon butterfly fish and angelfish on a reef in the Red Sea, near Sharm el Sheik, Egypt. (credit:Pietro Cremone)
Portrait - First Place - Steven Kovacs(08 of13)
Open Image ModalSteven Kovacs, Florida\nA juvenile lionfish during a night dive in Roatan, Honduras.\n (credit:Steven Kovacs)
Portrait - Second Place - Marcello Di Francesco(09 of13)
Open Image ModalMarcello DiFrancesco, Italy\nThe greater blue-ringed octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata)near Malapascua island, Philippines. (credit:Marcello Di Francesco)
Portrait - Third Place - Judy Townsend(10 of13)
Open Image ModalJudy Townsend, Florida\nA male Dusky Jawfish with his clutch of eggs at the Blue Heron Bridge in Riviera Beach, Florida (credit:Judy Townsend)
Student - First Place - Laura Rock(11 of13)
Open Image ModalGoliath grouper (Epinephelus itajara) during the annual spawning event in Jupiter, FL (credit:Laura Rock)
Student - Second Place - Austin Gallagher(12 of13)
Open Image ModalGreat hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) in Bimini, Bahamas. (credit:Laura Rock)
Student - Third Place - Austin Gallagher(13 of13)
Open Image ModalOceanic white tip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) near Cat Island, Bahamas. (credit:Austin Gallagher)