Call for entries: Underwater Tour Awards 2021
Australia, 11 January 2021: Entries are now open for the Underwater Tour Awards 2021. We have added two new awards this year to include not just photographers, but also creatives and eco-citizens everywhere.
Guru Awards These awards feature five Categories, a publicly-voted Peopleâs Choice prize, plus the ultimate prize for the top-scoring photographer across all the categories, the Grand Guru prize!
Lens Beyond Ocean submission deadline extended
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the dates of the Malaysia International Dive Expo (MIDE) have been changed to 4 â 6 December 2020. As a result, the final submission date for the Lens Beyond Ocean (LBO) international photo competition, which is hosted by MIDE, has been extended to 1 November 2020.
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Announcing the Winners of the Seventh United Nations World Oceans Day Photo Contest
The judges were tasked with selecting 1st, 2nd and 3rd place images from hundreds of entries in 10 categories. A 2020 World Oceans Day Theme winner was also selected by the organizers.

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Mike Ball Announces Photo Competition Winner for 2019/20
It was a close competition and as always a difficult one to judge but Tanyaâs image captured the essence typifying the experience encountered on our minke expeditions.Â
https://www.mikeball.com/photo-gallery/photo-year-competition-2019-2020/
Mike Ball Dive Expeditions run expeditions to the Coral Sea and the far northern Great Barrier Reef between Cairns and the Cape York peninsula.
Currently running 5 Night Minke Whale Expeditions.

Take the X-Ray Mag Photo Challenge

Stuck inside? Using found objects at home, or what you can photograph looking outside your window, why not try recreating one of your own underwater photos from your image archives? The five best shots will be shared on our website.
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World Shootout 'Pictures of Your Life' Photo Competition Open
12 categories, FREE registration and no time limit when the pictures were taken (pictures from archive) and competition album will be produce in the end. Submit your best and most impressive underwater images, taken anytime anywhere.
Time TableÂ
Semi-finals - June 25th, 2020Â

Call for entries: Lens Beyond Ocean photo competition
Indeed, this yearâs prizes worth US$25,000 do not disappoint, comprising dive travel packages to some of the best locations in Asia as well as top-of-the-line dive equipment and underwater camera gear. Judges of this yearâs competition include renowned underwater photographers Tobias Friedrich of Germany, Jason Isley of the United Kingdom and Nurul Yazid of Malaysia.
Entry deadline
The deadline to enter is 15 May 2020.
Call for entries: Lens Beyond Ocean photo competition
Indeed, this yearâs prizes worth US$25,000 do not disappoint, comprising dive travel packages to some of the best locations in Asia as well as top-of-the-line dive equipment and underwater camera gear. Judges of this yearâs competition include renowned underwater photographers Tobias Friedrich of Germany, Jason Isley of the United Kingdom and Nurul Yazid of Malaysia.
Entry deadline
The deadline to enter is 15 May 2020.
MIDE 2019 Report & Lens Beyond Ocean Photo Contest Winners
The Malaysia International Dive Expo hit new heights in its 14th year, taking place at the Putra World Centre in Kuala Lumpur on 3-5 May 2019. This year, there was a 20 percent increase in visitors, totalling 12,656 from 50 countries.
Interview with Lilian Koh: Lens Beyond Ocean Portfolio Winner
A close encounter with manta rays in 2000 inspired Lilian Koh of Singapore to take up scuba diving and underwater photography. Also drawn to tiny critters, her macro photography has won top awards.