2020 University of Miami Rosenstiel School Underwater Photo Contest Winners

Welcome!

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science 2020 Underwater Photography Contest Winners

2019 Best Overall Winner Davide Lopresti, Juvenile Triton Alpestre (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science 2020 Underwater Photography Contest Categories

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

UM Student Fish or Animal Portrait Category

Honorable Mention Student Fish or Animal Portrait Daisy Buzzoni Canon PowerShot G7 X

Seaweed Blenny (Parablennius marmoreus) Location: Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida USA Range: NY-FL; Gulf of Mexico; Bahamas; Caribbean to N. South America

Honorable Mention Student Fish or Animal Portrait Adriana Davis Oyster toadfish (Ospanus tau) Opsanus beta Location: Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida USA Range: SE FL; Little Bahama Bank; Gulf of Mexico

Honorable Mention Student Fish or Animal Portrait Romain Chaput Camera: Canon 7D

Spotted moray eel (Gymnothorax moringa) Location: Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Range: NC-FL; Bahamas; Caribbean to Brazil; Bermuda

3rd Place Student Fish or Animal Portrait Liv Williamson Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber) Location: Dania Beach, Florida Range: MA to FL; Bahamas; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean to Brazil

2nd Place Student Fish or Animal Portrait Liv Williamson Channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus) Location: Cape Eleuthera, Bahamas Range: Florida; Caribbean; Bahamas

1st Place Student Fish or Animal Portrait Romain Chaput Camera: EOS Canon 7D

Spotted Burrfish (Chilomycterus reticulatus) Location: Key Largo, Florida  Range: Nova Scotia to FL; Gulf of Mexico; Bahamas; Bermuda

UM Student Macro Category

Honorable Mention Student Macro Adriana Davis Yellow line arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) Location: Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Â Range: NC to FL; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean to Brazil; Bahamas; Bermuda

Honorable Mention Student Macro Liv Williamson Seaweed blenny (Parablennius marmoreus) Location: Key Biscayne, Florida  Range: NY-FL; Gulf of Mexico; Bahamas; Caribbean to N. South America

Honorable Mention Student Macro Daisy Buzzoni Canon Powershot G7X

Spotted scorpion fish (Scorpaena plumieri) Location: Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Â

Range: MA to FL; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean; Bahamas; Bermuda

3rd Place Student Macro Liv Williamson Peppermint shrimp (Lysmata wurdemanni) Location: North Dry Rocks, Key Largo, Florida USA Â Range: NY to FL; Gulf of Mexico; Northern Caribbean

2nd Place Student Macro Daisy Buzzoni Canon PowerShot G7 X

Scaly-tailed mantis shrimp (Lysiosquilla scabricauda) Location: Blue Heron Bridge, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Range: Western Central Atlantic and Northern Caribbean

1st Place Student Macro Liv Williamson Mushroom coral (Lobactis scutaria) Location: Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, USA Â Range: Central Pacific

UM Student Wide Angle Category

Honorable Mention Student Wide Angle Romain Chaput Camera: Canon EOS 7D

Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Location: Jupiter, Florida USA Â Range: Tropical and subtropical waters globally

3rd Place Student Wide Angle Alexandra Nixon Barrel sponge (Xestospongia muta)

Location: Saint Lucia Â

Range: Florida; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean; Bahamas; Bermuda

2nd Place Student Wide Angle Liv Williamson Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii) Location: Nassau, Bahamas Â

Range: NC to FL; Gulf of Mexico; Caribbean; Bahamas; Bermuda

1st Place Student Wide Angle Romain Chaput Camera: Canon EOS 7D

School of schoolmaster (Lutjanus apodus) Location: Benwood wreck – Florida – USA

Range: MA to FL; Gulf of Mexico; Bahamas; Caribbean to Brazil; Bermuda

UM Student Marine Conservation Category

Honorable Mention Student Marine Conservation Liv Williamson Staghorn coral nursery (Acropora cervicornis) Location: Key Biscayne, Florida USA Â Range: South Florida throughout Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda

3rd Place Student Marine Conservation Alexandra Nixon Abandoned bike

Location: Kittiwake Wreck, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands Range: Unfortunately, Global

2nd Place Student Marine Conservation Liv Williamson Staghorn coral nursery (Acropora cervicornis) Location: Cat Island, Bahamas Â

Range: South Florida throughout Caribbean, Bahamas, Bermuda

1st Place Student Marine Conservation Rachel Sandquist Juvenile white saddle goatfish (Parupeneus ciliates) Location: Makaha, Oahu Hawaii– USA Â

Range: Indo-Pacific: western Indian Ocean to the Line, Marquesan, and Tuamoto islands, north to southern Japan, south to Australia and Rapa

Macro Category

Honorable Mention Macro Gabriel Barathieu Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Common Parrotfish (Scarus Psittacus) Location: Raja Ampat, Misool, Indonesia Range: Indian and Pacific Oceans; Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden; north to southern Japan and south to Australia

3rd Place Macro Andrey Shpatak Octopus agronaut (Argonauta hians) Â Location: Anilao, Philippines Range: Tropical and subtropical waters worldwide

2nd Place Macro Walter Bassi Mediterranean Moray eel and cleaner shrimp (Muraena helena; Lysmata-Isola) Location: Bergeggi, Liguria, Italy Range: Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea

1st Place Macro Mathieu Macias Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Harlequin Shrimp (Hymenocera picta) Location: Lembeh, Indonesia Range: Indo-Pacific & Hawaii

Wide Angle Category

Mention Wide Angle Celia Kujala Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) Location: Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Range: Sea of Okhotsk, Russia to the Gulf of Alaska in the north, AĂąo Nuevo Island, California to the south

Barathieu Canon EOS 5D Mark IV

Diagonal banded sweetlips (Plectorhinchus lineatus) Location: Cape Kri, Raja Ampat, Indonesia Range: Western Pacific from Ryukyu Islands to Ogasawara Islands to the Great Barrier Reef and New Caledonia

2nd Place Wide Angle Benjamin Fernandez- Oliva Short Fin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus)

Location: Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico Range: Circum-global temperate to tropical waters

1st Place Wide Angle Celia Kujala Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) Location: Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada Range: Sea of Okhotsk, Russia to the Gulf of Alaska in the north, AĂąo Nuevo Island, California to the south

Marine Conservation Category

Honorable Mention Marine Conservation Emilio Mancuso Coconut Octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus)

Location: Anilao, Philippines Â

Range: tropical waters of the western Pacific

3rd Place Marine Conservation Emilio Mancuso Canon EOS 7D

Whale shark (Rhyncodon typus) Location: Ras Korali, Djibouti Africa Range: tropical oceans globally

2nd Place Marine Conservation Guido Villani Purple- striped Jellyfish (Pelagia noctiluca) Location: Bacoli, Naples, Italy Range: tropical and warm temperate seas worldwide

1st Place Marine Conservation Morgan Bennett-Smith Parrotfish (Scaridae spp.) trapped in an abandoned fishing net Location: Tioman Island, Malaysia Range: Unfortunately, cosmopolitan

Portrait Category

Honorable Mention Fish or Animal Portrait Walter Bassi John Dory (Zeus faber) Location: Capo Noli, Liguria, Italy Range: Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, and the Indo-west Pacific

3rd Place Fish or Animal Portrait Mathieu Macias Canon PowerShot G7 X

White tip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) Location: Noumea, New Caledonia Range: Throughout IndoPacific reefs west to South Africa and East to Central/South America

2nd Place Fish or Animal Portrait Luc Rooman Bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) Location: Raja Ampat, Indonesia Range: Indian/western Pacific Ocean, east to the Hawaiian Islands, west to the Red Sea, north to Japan, and south to Australia and New Zealand

1st Place Fish or Animal Portrait Fuschia Collard Peacock Rockskipper (Istiblennius meleagris) Location: Point Perry, Coolum Beach, Queensland, Australia Range: Tropical western Pacific Ocean

Best Overall

Best Overall Luc Rooman Short snouted seahorse (Hippocampus hippocampus) Location: Tholen, Netherlands Range: Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic and the Canary Islands

Thank you to our generous sponsors:

Special Thanks to our Judges!

Lisa Alford Canon USA Evan D’Alessandro, Ph.D. UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D. UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Zak Noyle, Canon Explorer of Light Michael Schmale, Ph.D. UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science William J. Gallwey III, Esquire