NSDC Photo Competition Winners 2021

By Cathy de Lara

After a slow start, I was wondering if anyone had gone diving and taken any photos this last year! But after a couple of reminders the entries came flooding in! I have to say I always enjoy looking through the entries as I get to see familiar dive sites through other divers’ eyes and for the entries in the “Abroad” category (and some of the videos) I can dream of where I would like to travel to next! 

This year despite the limited opportunities to dive and to travel during 2021 we still had a total of 47 entries from 8 different photographers spread over the 4 categories. There were some brilliant entries and the final results were:

Underwater UK

=3^rd Ben Mitchell (Wreckage and seaweed)

=3^rd Hilda Crockett (Sea hare)

2^nd Ben Mitchell (Diver over wreckage)

1^st Ben Mitchell (Blue Jellyfish)

Underwater abroad

=3^rd Sarah Deal (Turtle in Antigua)

=3^rd Sarah Deal (Turtle in Antigua)

2^nd Hilda Crockett (Inside the Thistlegorm, Egypt)

1^st Hilda Crockett (Turtle, Maldives)

Surface

=2^nd Mark Lewis (Where’s Wally?!)

=2^nd Ben West (Reservoir Divers)

=2^nd Ben Mitchell (Diver on the surface)

1^st Ben Mitchell (Diver with boat on the surface)

Video

=3^rd Sarah Deal (The most graceful Eagle Ray in the Caribbean)

=3^rd Sarah Deal (Turtle with divers)

2^nd Ben Mitchell (Differently weighted diver in Vobster)

1^st Hilda Crockett (Assorted Fish stuff)