Winners 2010 Gallery

These are the photos and the winning video from the 2010 shootout competition. What amazing weeks we had on Christmas Island. Great weather on most days and visibility of 50 metres – whale sharks, mantas, hammerheads and more – check out the winning images and winning video below.

Marine Visions IV Art competition winners are at the bottom of this page.

Best Festival Video


Best Festival Photograph – SLR camera

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  • Special Mention – David Baxter

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Best Festival Portfolio – 5 images

  • 1st prize – Rob Reynolds – Full Beuchat SCUBA package including first and second stage regulators, occy & BCD as well as fins & mask.

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  • 2nd prize – Lani Timbrell – 4 Days/3 Nights Cocotinos Dive Package for one diver in Manado, Sulawesi. PLUS a $500 Aquatica voucher from Scubapix

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Best Festival Photograph – Compact camera

  • 1st prize – Matt Timbrell – choice of Ikelite SLR housing (inc port) / video housing or DS-161 deluxe strobe package

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  • 2nd prize – Linda Cash – a Beuchat freediving 2 piece wetsuit in new pacific cammo – PLUS a $500 Gates voucher from Scubapix

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Best Festival Photograph – Novice & Sealife Camera Try Outs

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Marine Visions IV – Underwater Photo Art Competiton

  • 1st Prize – James Livingstone – Choice of FROG Cobalt Weight Integrated BCD (value $900) or FROG Indigo wing BCD with aluminium backplate (value $1049) PLUS one case of MadFish wine*

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  • 2nd Prize -Jeffrey de GuzmanFROG signal marker buoy (value $150) PLUS one case of MadFish wine*

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  • 3rd Prize – Peter TrayhurnFROG signal marker buoy (value $150)

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(*) over 18 year old Australian residents only – international winners may chose to pay their own freight


Thank you all sponsors!

The Underwater Festivalâ„¢ would like to say a huge thank you to all the prize sponsors – without you, this festival would be only half as much fun.

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