2019 UM Rosenstiel School Underwater Photo Contest Winners

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science 2019 Underwater Photography Contest Categories

UM Student Macro Wide Angle Fish or Marine Animal Portrait Best Overall

Honorable Mention Student Casey Harris Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Location: Electric Beach, Oahu, Hawaii Range: Worldwide tropical and subtropical oceans

3rd Place Student Daisy Buzzoni Verco’s nudibranchs (Tambja verconis) Location:

Blairgowrie, Victoria, Australia Range: Temperate

Southeastern Australia and Northeastern New Zealand

2nd Place Student Romain Chaput School of Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) Location: Bear Cut bridge, Virginia Key, Florida Range: Atlantic Ocean – from Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

1st Place Student Enzo Newhard Large school of yellowtail Grunt (Anisotremus interruptus) on the bottom with a mix of panamic sergeant majors (Abudefduf troschelii) and Pacific creolefish (Paranthias colonus) up higher in the water column

Location: Corona del Diablo Floreana, Galapagos

Range: Atlantic Ocean – from Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

Macro Category

Honorable Mention Macro Davide Lopresti Juvenile Banggai cardinalfish (Pterapogon kauderni) sheltering in spines of blue spotted sea urchin (Astropyga radiata) Location: Lembeh, Indonesia Range: Banggai Islands, Indonesia

3rd Place Macro Andy Deitsch Tiger cardinalfish (Cheilodipterus macrodon) Location: Gubal Strait, Red Sea, Egypt Range: Tropical waters Indo-Pacific region and Red Sea

2nd Place Macro Andrey Shpatak White trinchesia nudibranch (Tenellia sp.)

Location: Tulamben, Bali Indonesia Range: Indo Pacific

1st Place Macro Andrey Shpatak Juvenile wonderpus octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus) Location: Anilao, Philippines Range: Bali and Sulawesi North to the Philippines and east to Vanuatu

Wide Angle Category

Wide Angle Davide Lopresti Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and

European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) – Location: Monterosso, Liguria, Italy Range: Worldwide in tropical to temperate oceans

3rd Place Wide Angle Debbie Wallace Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) Location: Morehead City, North Carolina, USA Range: Atlantic Ocean – from Massachusetts to Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean

2nd Place Wide Angle Joerg Blessing Reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) Location: Baa Atoll, Maldives Range: Circum-global in tropical waters

1st Place Wide Angle Debbie Wallace Sand tiger shark (Carcharius taurus) in a school of scad (Trachurus lathami) Location: Morehead City, North Carolina, USA Range: Worldwide in tropical to temperate oceans

Portrait Category

Honorable Mention Portrait Joerg Blessing Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Location: Baa Atoll, Maldives Range: Worldwide tropical and subtropical oceans

3rd Place Portrait Andrey Shpatak Planktonic longarm octopus (Macrotritopus defilippi) Location: Anilao, Philippines Range: Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean

2nd Place Portrait Marco Steiner Diamond squid (Thysanteuthis rhombus) Location: Kuramathi, Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives Range: Worldwide tropical and subtropical waters

1st Place Portrait Andy Putnam Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) Location: San Pedro Channel, Catalina Island, California, USA Range: Worldwide tropical and temperate waters

Best Overall

Best Overall Davide Lopresti Juvenile tritone alpestre (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

Location: Liguria, Italy Range: Central Europe and mountainous Southern Europe

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