The Ocean Art competition, organized by Underwater Photography Guide, has announced it’s winners for 2010. Judges this year included Chris Newbert, Martin Edge, Marty Snyderman, and Bonnie Pelnar, and the competition will award some $67,000 worth of prizes.

Keri Wilk was awarded best of show and once again, it is great to see so many Wetpixel members in the results. Many congratulations to all the winners.

Best of Show:

Keri Wilk

Wide Angle:

1st place, Phil Sokol
2nd Place, Pedro Carrillo
3rd Place, Edwar Herreno
4th Place, Mark Thomas
HR, Peter Allinson
HR, Fredrik Ehrenström
HR, Russ Gudgeon

Macro:

1st place, Keri Wilk
2nd Place, Alessandro Pagano
3rd Place, Bettina Balni
4th Place, Adriano Morettin
HR, Olaf Brettschneider
HR, Fredrik Ehrenström
HR, Mauro Apuleo

Marine Life Portrait:

1st place, Keri Wilk
2nd Place, Peter Allinson
3rd Place, Noam Kortler
4th Place, Erin Quigley
HR, Steve de Neef
HR, Luc Rooman
HR, Fredrik Ehrenström

Behavior:

1st place, Matthew Tworkowski
2nd Place, Steven Kovacs
3rd Place, Steven Kovacs
4th Place, Edwar Herreno
HR, Uwe Schmolke
HR, Dennis Vandermeersch
HR, Dany Weinberg

Diver / Fashion:

1st place, Jeffrey Hartog
2nd Place, David Benz,
3rd Place, Noam Kortler
4th Place, Jeffrey Hartog
HR, Mario Jaio Lopez
HR, Jeffrey Hartog
HR, Giordano Cipriani
HR, Leslie June Gehring

Nudibranchs:

1st place, Enrico Pati
2nd Place, Kevin Lee
3rd Place, Indra Swari
4th Place, Bettina Balnis
HR, Steven Kovac
HR, David Henshaw
HR, Steven Kovacs

Supermacro:

1st place, Bettina Balnis
2nd Place, Jeff de Guzman
3rd Place, Pedro Carrillo
4th Place, Fredrik Ehrenström
HR, Tobias Friedrich
HR, Katarzyna Battenfeld
HR, Steven Kovacs

Novice dSLR:

1st place, Jonas Samuelsson
2nd Place, Will Clark
3rd Place, Bruno Moors
4th Place, Kirk Kilfoyle
HR, Bo Pardau
HR, Bo Pardau
HR, Frederic Panza

Compact Wide Angle:

1st place, Eddy Wong
2nd Place, Ryan Daly
3rd Place, Matt Tworkowski
4th Place, Patrick Torresan
HR, Eddy Wong
HR, Jackie Campbell
HR, Jamie Coote

Compact Macro:

1st place, Karel Bernard
2nd Place, Bettina Balnis
3rd Place, Bruno Van Saen
4th Place, David Guth
HR, James Lyle
HR, Kevin Lee
HR, Marcus Commodore

Compact camera behavior:

1st place, Massimiliano Muratore
2nd Place, George Jolokai
3rd Place, Brad Pryde
4th Place, Steven Murvine
HR, Jacob Daniel Hein
HR, Daniel Norwood
HR, Rand McMein