amateurish photographer Kyle McBurnie bring this dreamy wide - angle pic in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego — a picture that gain him top prize in the 2013 Annual Underwater Photography Contest .
Top figure : Best Overall Kyle McBurnie , California Harbor seal ( Phoca vitulina ) in a kelp woods at Cortes bank , near San Diego , CA .
The University of Miami ’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciencerecently honored McBurnie ’s photo , along with a mountain of other impressive snapshots . dissenter had to be amateur photographers who earned no more than 20 % of their income from picture taking . Categories included wide - angle , macro , and student - bow photos .
Here are some others :
Macro 1st Place , Beth Watson , Missouri : An sea anemone shrimp in Puerto Galera , Philippines .
all-encompassing - angle 2nd Place , Joseph Tepper , New York , Spinner dolphins ( Stenella longirostris ) in a modest intake off the Kona coast , Hawaii .
Fish or Marine Animal Portrait 1st Place , Steven Kovacs , Florida : A adolescent lionfish during a night dive in Roatan , Honduras .
Plenty morehere .
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