Congratulations to all the winners in our 2009 Photo Competition!! Look out for our 2010 Photo Competition!

Bunaken

FIRST PRIZE - Christian von Damm, Tropical Striped Triplefin
Christian wins a 5-day holiday with us in Bunaken.
Judge's comment - "Nicely composed shot with good use of textures"

SECOND PRIZE - Karin Cortebeeck, Clown Fish
Karin wins the new Debelius book on Nudibranchs.
Judge's comment - "Colours well used in this clear and well composed shop"

THIRD PRIZE - Josh Kalish, Cuttlefish
Herbert wins one of our newly designed Two Fish mask straps.
Judge's comment - "Well lit and nicely composed - makes the subject look as if its actually coming out of the picture"

Lembeh

FIRST PRIZE - Zoe Brownhill, Mantis Shrimp
Zoe wins a 5-day holiday with us in Lembeh.
Judge's comment - "Just brilliant!"

SECOND PRIZE - Michael Joyce, Giant Frogfish
Michael wins the new Debelius book on Nudibranchs.
Judge's comment - "Great use of colours, composure and lighting - makes the subject really stand out"

THIRD PRIZE - Helena Nev, Two Giant Frogfish walking
Helena wins one of our newly designed Two Fish mask straps.
Judge's comment - Nice composure and timing of a what I consider to be a very rare shot! Not one, but two frogfish - and marching in unison!"

Thanks to all our customers for sending in their entries. The entries were of a very high standard, and the judging was tough - you can view all the entries from Bunaken and entries from Lembeh on Two Fish Flickr.

Thanks also to our judge, Paul Lees, who was the judge for both our 2008 and 2009 Photo Competitions.

More on Paul - British born writer and photographer, Paul Lees, has travelled extensively throughout Asia, gaining first-hand insight and absorbing local perspective along the way. Paul holds the qualifcation of PADI and SSI Master Instructor and Open Water Instructor in BSAC, and specialises in underwater photography.

Paul is a regular contributor to regional and international scuba diving magazines, and has had his work appear in many internationally acclaimed publications including New Holland's best selling coffee table presentations Top Dive Sites of the Indian Ocean, The Dive Atlas of the World and Diving with Giants, as well as Dorling Kindersley's Eyewitness Guide to Thailand. He is also currently spearheading the POCKET GUIDE series that includes the Pocket Guide DIVE Thailand.

He also coordinates and runs his own special brand of underwater digital photography programmes and certification courses at a number of the most popular diving destinations throughout the Asia Pacific region, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand.

Paul will be at both the Two Fish Divers resorts in Bunaken & Lembeah between 11 July and 24 July 2010. Those at the resort's can benefit from complimentary guidance, advice and critique, and will have the chance to enrol in a full hands-on digital photography course. There will be workshops and evening presentations, and mystery prizes for best pictures.