University of Miami Rosenstiel School 2022 Underwater Photo Contest Winners

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

2022 Under water 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

Owen Bornhorst Redband, Yellowtail & Rainbow Parrotfish

(Sparisoma aurofrenatum, Sparisoma rubripinne & Scarus guacamaia)

Location: Key Largo, Florida, USA Range: Global tropical and subtropical areas

Honorable Mention Student Fish or Animal Portrait

Nicolas Fabres-Cordero Blacktip Shark

(Carcharhinus limbatus)

Location: El Finado, Isabela Island, Galapagos, Ecuador Range: Atlantic tropical to subtropical coastal, shelf, and island waters

3rd Place Student Fish or Animal Portrait

Peisen Tan Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria)

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Range: North Carolina to Belize

2nd Place Student Fish or Animal Portrait

Samantha Schneider Whitetip Reef Shark

(Triaendodon obesus)

Location: Isla Isabela, Galapagos Islands Range: as far west as South Africa and as far east as Central America

1st Place Student Fish or Animal Portrait

Alexandra Morgan Canon EOS R6

Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Location: Guadalupe Island, Mexico Range: Global

UM Student Macro Category

Honorable Mention Student Macro

Peisen Tan Spotted Boxfish

(Ostracion cubicus)

Location: Key Largo, Florida, USA

Range: tropical Indo-Pacific from East Africa to the Americas; the tip of Baja, the SE Gulf of California to Ecuador and all the oceanic islands

Honorable Mention Student Macro

Devon Ledbetter

Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II

Commensal Crab & Staghorn Coral

(Acropora cervicornis & Trapezia rufopunctata)

Location: Miami, Florida, USA

Range: Commensal Crab Global Staghorn - Bahamas, Florida, and the Caribbean

3rd Place Student Macro

Devon Ledbetter

Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II

Grooved Brain Coral

(Diploria labyrinthfiformis)

Location: Miami, Florida, USA

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

2nd Place Student Macro

Peisen Tan Lined Seahorse

(Hippocampus erectus)

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Range: Western Atlantic Ocean, from Nova Scotia to Uruguay

1st Place Student Macro

Peisen Tan Eight Eye Jellyfish (Cnidaria)

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Range: Global

UM Student Wide Angle Category

Honorable Mention Student Wide Angle

Samantha Schneider Galapagos Sea Lion

(Zalophus wollebaeki)

Location: Isla Isabella, Galapagos Islands

Range: the Galapagos Islands and on Isla de la Plata

Honorable Mention Student Wide Angle

Derek Waksmunski Canon G7X Mark 2

Giant Moray Eel

(Gymnothorax javanicus)

Location: Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia Range: Indo-Pacific region

3rd Place Student Wide Angle

Peisen Tan Goliath Grouper

(Epinephelus itajara)

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA Range: Gulf of Mexico, Florida Keys, the Bahamas, most of the Caribbean, and most of the Brazilian coast

2nd Place Student Wide Angle Nicolas FebresCordero Scalloped Hammerhead (Shyprna lewini)

Location: Darwin Island, Galapagos, Ecuador

Range: Global in tropical and warm temperate seas

1st Place Student Wide Angle Peisen Tan French Angel Fish

(Pomacanthus paru)

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Range: western Atlantic Ocean from Florida and the Bahamas, south to Brazil

UM Student Marine Conservation Category

3rd Place Student Marine Conservation

Derek Waksmunski Canon G7X Mark 2

Plate Coral

(Acropora hyacinthus)

Location: Great Barrier Reef, Darwin, Australia

Range: Pacific

2nd Place Student Marine Conservation

Devon Ledbetter

Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II

Staghorn Coral

(Acropora cervicornis)

Location: Miami, Florida, USA

Range: Bahamas, Florida, and the Caribbean

1st Place Student Marine Conservation Avery Boals

Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II

Staghorn Coral

(Acropora cervicornis)

Location: Miami, Florida, USA

Range: Bahamas, Florida, and the Caribbean

Portrait Category

Honorable Mention Fish or Animal Portrait

Jordan Lefler Rainbow Trout

(Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Location: Georgetown, Montana, US Range: North Pacific Ocean

3rd Place Fish or Animal Portrait

Suliman Alatiqi Marbled Shrimp

(Saron mamoratus)

Location: Kubbar Island, Kuwait Range: Indo- Pacific

2nd Place Fish or Animal Portrait

Yury Ivanov Lizardfish feeding on Scorpionfish (Synodus lucioceps & Scorpaenidae)

Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia Range: Lizardfish – Global Tropical Waters Scorpionfish - Indian and South Pacific Oceans

1st Place Fish or Animal Portrait

Suliman Alatiqi Cortez Barnacle Blenny

(Acanthemblemaria macrospilus)

Location: La Paz, Mexico Range: Southern Baja and the lower half of the Gulf of California, to San Ignacio Island

Macro Category

Honorable Mention Macro

Michael Gallagher

Canon 5D3

Saddleback Anemonefish with Eggs (Amphiprion polymnus)

Location: Anilao, Philippines

Range: center of the IndoPacific area

3rd Place Macro

Yury Ivanov Dorid Nudibranch with an Emperor Shrimp

(Gymnodoris rubropapulosa & Zenopontonia rex)

Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia Range: Nudibranch Western Pacific Shrimp - Tropical Indian and Pacific oceans

2nd Place Macro

Cedric Peneau Umbrella Sea Slug

(Umbraculum umbraculum)

Location: Etang Sale, Reunion Island Range: Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, Mexico and Panama

1st Place Macro Michael Gallagher

Canon 5D3

Blue Spotted Ribbontail Ray (Taeniura lymma) Location: Sha’ab Rumi, Red Sea, Sudan Range: Indo-West Pacific

Wide Angle Category

Honorable Mention Wide Angle

Cedric Peneau Humpback Whales

(Megatera novaeangliae)

Location: St. Paul, Reunion Island Range: Global

3rd Place Wide Angle

Cedric Peneau Manta Ray

(Manta alfredi)

Location: Raja Ampat, Indonesia Range: Global

2nd Place Wide Angle

Cedric Peneau Humpback Whales

(Megatera novaeangliae)

Location: St. Paul, Reunion Island Range: Global

1st Place Wide Angle

Suliman Alatiqi Rhizostome Jellyfish

(Thysanostoma thysanura)

Location: Andaman Sea, Thailand Range: northeast Atlantic, Adriatic, Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov

Marine Conservation Category

3rd Place Marine Conservation

Yury Ivanov Hawksbill Turtle

(Eretmochelys imbricata)

Location: Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia

2nd Place Marine Conservation

Robbie Roemer

Canon SL1

Silky Shark

(Carcharhinus falciformis)

Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

1st Place Marine Conservation

Suliman Alatiqi Coral Hind Grouper

(Cephalopholis miniata)

Location: Oil Rigs, East of Qaruh Island, Kuwait

Best Overall

Best Overall

Cedric Peneau Peacock Mantis Shrimp

(Odontodactylus scyllarus)

Location: St. Paul, Reunion Island Range: Indo-Pacific Ocean

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