JULY 2008 - Congratulations to Jukka Sorvisto from Finland, winner of the 6th UWPhotoChat photo contest (Behavior theme) for his remarkable shot of a sea turtle eating a soft coral.

Olympus E-330, 8 mm fisheye+1.4x teleconverter, f/11 at 1/30 with single Ikelite 200 strobe. Jukka adds the following:

The picture was taken in Hurghada, Egypt in the middle of the day at a site called "Shaap Iris" which is known for turtles and dolphins.

This turtle was having a party together with one arabic angelfish breaking soft corals and having a super lunch.

The turtle didn't care about the divers and let us to approach very close. After taking a bunch of pictures, we left the site to allow the turtle to go and have a breath.

I was using 8 mm fisheye lens with 1.4 x teleconverter for the first time UW. I love this lens combination, because for wide angle photography it lets you focus closer and still allows a wide view.

APRIL 2008 - Congratulations to Steve Ando, USA, winner of the fifth UWPhotoChat photo contest for his incredible image of a Lemon shark in the Bahamas.

JANUARY 2008 - Congratulations to David Wood, USA, winnder of the fourth UWPhotoChat photo contest (competition for fish face). This Red Irish Lord was photographed in British Columbia with an Olympus 5050 compact digital camera and a single Ikelite DS-125 strobe on manual at 1/60 f/7.

MARCH 2007 - Congratulations to Mark Tarczynski, USA, winner of the third UWPhotoChat Photo Contest (competition for macro)!! Fingerprint Cyphoma, shot in the Turks & Caicos, December 2006 with a Canon EOS 5D, Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro lens with +3 Diopter, 1/200 sec at f/16 ISO 50, Ikelite Housing with flat port, two Ikelite DS200 TTL Strobes.

JANUARY, 2007 - Congratulations to Kurt Schurenberg , USA, winner of the second UWPhotoChat Photo Contest!! California Sea Lion Smiling, shot with Canon 20D with a 10-22mm zoom in an Ikelite housing, single DS125, ISO 100, f/5.6, 1/250. The shot was taken off the island of Los Islotes in the Sea of Cortez in October 2006. Check out more of Kurt's images here.

OCTOBER 2006 - Congratulations to David Haupt from the USA, for winning the first UWPhotoChat "opening page" photo contest with the above image! It was taken at French Cay, Turks & Caicos with a Nikon D70 in a Subal housing, dual Inon Z220 strobes and a 105mm lens.