This wonderful underwater world: the best pictures from the Ocean Art Underwater photography contest 2019

The Underwater Photography Guide magazine has been holding the Ocean Art photography contest for 8 years. The most amazing pictures of underwater beauties and inhabitants of the seas and oceans are evaluated by a competent jury in 16 nominations. This year, photographers from 78 countries of the world took part in the prestigious competition. The prize fund (including sponsorship nominations) amounted to 85 thousand dollars.

The winner in the main category was French photographer Greg Lecour with a picture of a seal taken in Antarctica.

Wide angle, 1st place, Nicholas More

Wide angle, 2nd place, Tobias Friedrich

Wide angle, 3rd place, Adam Martin

Macro, 1st place, Stefano Cherbay

Macro, 2nd place, Wu Jung-sen

Macro, 3rd place, Dave Johnson

Behavior of marine life, 1st place, Paula Vianna

Behavior of marine life, 2nd place, Paolo Bausani

Behavior of marine life, 3rd place, Stephen Kovac

Portrait, 1st place, Virginia Salzedo

Portrait, 2nd place, Davide Lombroso

Portrait, 3rd place, Claudo Zori

Nudibranchs, 1st place, Jenny Stock

Nudibranchs, 2nd place, Andrea Pescarolo

Nudibranchs, 3rd place, Andrey Savin

Super Macro, 1st place, Paolo Isgro

Super Macro, 2nd place, Leon Zhao

Super Macro, 3rd place, Paolo Isgro

Riffschaft, 1st place, Eduardo Acevedo Fernandez

Riefschaft, 2nd place, Nicholas More

Riffschaft, 3rd place, Enrico Shomodi

Black water, 1st place, Fabien Target

Black water, 2nd place, Paolo Bausani

Black water, 3rd place, Steven Kovac

Preservation, 1st place, Shane Gross

Preservation, 2nd place, Alessandro Grasso

Preservation, 3rd place, Brooke Laurie Pike

Underwater art, 1st place, Francisco Sedano

Underwater art, 2nd place, Enrico Shomodi

Underwater art, 3rd place, Jenny Stock

Newcomer, Wide Angle, 1st place, George Kuo-Wei Kao

Newcomer, Wide Angle, 2nd place, George Kuo-Wei Kao

Newcomer, Wide Angle, 3rd place, George Kuo-Wei Kao

Newcomer, Macro, 1st place, Jules Casey

Newcomer, Macro, 2nd place, Michael Lo

Newcomer, Macro, 3rd place, George Kuo-Wei Kao

Compact wide angle, 1 seat, Grace Waist

Compact wide angle, 2nd place, Minsik Ro

Compact wide angle, 3rd place, Benhur Sarinda

Compact macro, 1st place, Stan Chen

Compact macro, 2nd place, Stan Chen

Compact macro, 3rd place, Fabien Martinazzo

Compact behavior, 1st place, Ferenc Lorincz

Compact behavior, 2nd place, Fabien Martinazzo

Compact behavior, 3rd place, Willy Iravan