11. Who’s the Boss?, by Andreas Schmid: Fourth Place, Compact Wide Angle
This particular species, the marine iguana, is unique for two major reasons. The first is that it can only be found at The Galapagos Islands, and the second is that it is the only iguana on the planet that feeds in the ocean. Due to the shallowness of their feeding habitats, it can be difficult to capture their images but this iguana deemed this photographer worthy of taking the photo.
The Golden rays migrate every year from August to November, in massive numbers across the Pacific waters of Costa Rica, in the Big Scare off Bat Island. It took several dives, but eventually, the photographer found himself underneath a big beautiful swarm of Golden Rays.
13. New Life, by Flavio Vailati: Fifth Place, Marine Life Behavior
One day in July, while diving in Capo Noli, Italy, this beautiful octopus was found in a tube, caring tenderly for its eggs.
14. Family Affair, by Tiffany Poon: Fifth Place, Mirrorless Behavior
A family of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), an oceanic dolphin that feeds on other marine mammals, heads for this photographer’s diving team, in Roca Partida, of the Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico, but allows a quick photo to be taken as they pass.
15. Foggy Morning on the Adams River, by Eiko Jones: Fifth Place, Cold Water
The photographer describes this photo the best… “A lone sockeye salmon swims by as wisps of fog cling to the surface in the early dawn hours on the Adams River.” This picture was taken at the end of the salmon migration, in Adams River, British Columbia, Canada.
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