Shots that cross the surface boundary (under/overs like Snells Window are allowed).

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Gold Medal

Wolfgang Zwicknagl (Austria) Silver Medal

Matthew Smith (Australia) Bronze Medal

Ben Hicks (United States) Runner Up

Isabella Maffei (Italy) Runner Up

Marjan Radovic (Croatia) Runner Up

Uwe Schmolke

Shots above the surface. Can be on land but with relevance to the marine environment.

Francesco Pacienza (Italy) Gold Medal

Tony Cherbas (Guam) Silver Medal

Raoul Caprez (Switzerland) Bronze Medal

Isabella Maffei (Italy) Runner Up

Mathieu Foulquié (France) Runner Up

Francesco Pacienza.

Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5 cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are not moving usually on the bottom (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3).

Giuseppe Piccioli (Italy) Gold Medal

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Silver Medal

Beate Seiler (Germany) Bronze Medal

Oscar Miralpeix (Spain) Runner Up

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Runner Up

Giuseppe Piccioli

Smaller subjects typically 1 to 3 inches (2.5 to 7.5 cm) shot on macro settings or with macro equipment that are in mid water, not touching anything (i.e. between 1:1 and 1:3).

Marchione Giacomo (Italy) Gold Medal

Iyad Suleyman (Ukraine) Silver Medal

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Bronze Medal

Giuseppe Piccioli (Italy) Runner Up

Marco Gargiulo (Italy) Runner Up

Raoul Caprez (Switzerland) Runner Up

Marchione Giacomo

Anything man-made that is sunk including cars, tanks, planes and ships.

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Gold Medal

Paul Colley (United Kingdom) Silver Medal

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Bronze Medal

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Runner Up

Marjan Radovic (Croatia) Runner Up

Ellen Cuylaerts

Shots taken using ambient light i.e. unlit by flash or continuous lighting like HID but filters on the lens are allowed if declared.

Nadya Kulagina (Kazakhstan) Gold Medal

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Silver Medal

Shane Gross (Canada) Bronze Medal

Cyril Buchet (Germany) Runner Up

David Valencia (United States) Runner Up

Craig Dietrich (United States) Runner Up

Matthew Smith (Australia) Runner Up

Nadya Kulagina

Shots that have been digitally edited outside of the camera for creative reasons (not brightness/contrast etc.) in a program like Photoshop.

Lucie Drlikova (Czech Republic) Gold Medal

Paul Colley (United Kingdom) Runner Up

Lucie Drlikova

Divers doing what divers do - underwater or on the surface.

Nadya Kulagina (Kazakhstan) Gold Medal

Marjan Radovic (Croatia) Silver Medal

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Bronze Medal

Sergey Lisitsyn (Russia) Runner Up

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Runner Up

Nadya Kulagina

Wide angle shots with no divers in the frame.

Paul Colley (United Kingdom) Gold Medal

Christian Schlamann (Germany) Silver Medal

Valda Fraser (South Africa) Bronze Medal

Alexia Dunand (Spain) Runner Up

Pam Murph (United States) Runner Up

Henrik Gram Rasmussen (Denmark) Runner Up

Mathieu Foulquié (France) Runner Up

Paul Colley

Photos of bodies of water with no salt like lakes, streams, pools and rivers.

Ellen Cuylaerts (Cayman islands) Gold Medal

Viktor Vrbovský (Czech Republic) Silver Medal

Raoul Caprez (Switzerland) Bronze Medal

Beate Seiler (Germany) Runner Up

Ellen Cuylaerts

Seas with green water well north or south of tropical zones, that are typically cold enough for drysuits.

Jeremy Axworthy (United States) Gold Medal

Tom Radio (United States) Silver Medal

Robert Polo (Canada) Bronze Medal

Robert Polo (Canada) Runner Up

Jeremy Axworthy

Sea slugs. A subject popular with macro photographers (means naked gills). Flatworms are allowed.

Marchione Giacomo (Italy) Gold Medal

Jeremy Axworthy (United States) Silver Medal

Hans-Gert Broeder (Germany) Bronze Medal

Jeremy Axworthy (United States) Runner Up

Tony Cherbas (Guam) Runner Up

Marco Fierli (Indonesia) Runner Up

Marchione Giacomo

Shots taken (at smaller than 1:1) with multiple extension rings, diopters or teleconverters of extremely small subjects typically less than 1 inch (2.5 cm).

Isabella Maffei (Italy) Gold Medal

Iyad Suleyman (Ukraine) Silver Medal

Tony Cherbas (Guam) Bronze Medal

Isabella Maffei (Italy) Runner Up

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Runner Up

Tig Fong (Canada) Runner Up

Isabella Maffei

Shots taken with a wide angle (or fisheye) lens having: a well defined close subject (usually strobe-lit); a wide angle background with a second subject, usually a diver.

Helmy Hashim (Egypt) Gold Medal

Gleb Tolstov (Israel) Silver Medal

Tony Cherbas (Guam) Bronze Medal

Alp Baranok (Turkey) Runner Up

Mona Dienhart (Luxembourg) Runner Up

Gleb Tolstov (Israel) Runner Up

Helmy Hashim

Shots taken of a subject between 3 inches and 1 foot (7.5 to 30 cm) in size (e.g. large fish or diver head) that dominates the frame - any background is incidental and occupies less than 50 percent of the frame.

Goos Van Der Heide (Netherlands) Gold Medal

Doris Vierkötter (Germany) Silver Medal

Nonna Pokras (Russia) Bronze Medal

Andre Philip (Germany) Runner Up

Alejandro Topete (Mexico) Runner Up

Goos Van Der Heide (Netherlands) Runner Up

Goos Van Der Heide

Shots where sharks are the predominant subject. Sponsored by Stuart Cove's.

Petteri Viljakainen (Finland) Gold Medal

Andre Philip (Germany) Silver Medal

Karen Allgrove (Canada) Bronze Medal

Michael Weberberger (Austria) Runner Up

Paul Colley (United Kingdom) Runner Up

Rasmus Raahauge (Denmark) Runner Up

Petteri Viljakainen

Underwater fashion photography, trash the dress, wedding and couple shots and any other shot with models underwater.

Dmitry Vinogradov (Russia) Gold Medal

Nadya Kulagina (Kazakhstan) Silver Medal

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Bronze Medal

Martin Koot (Estonia) Runner Up

Ran Mor (Israel) Runner Up

Uwe Schmolke (Germany) Runner Up

Dmitry Vinogradov