The Manado Ocean Festival, held from 22 to 28 May in Manado, Sulawesi, has announced the results of its underwater photography competition. The images in the contest were all taken during the event. Many congratulations to all the winners.

The photography competition was one of a series of events held, including beach clean ups, a seafood cooking festival and placing some reef blocks in Manado bay.

Open Section Wide-Angle 1st prize.

Photographer: Delien Yusuf Sulaiman.
Equipment: Nikon D300, 10.5mm Fisheye lens.

Open Section Wide-Angle 2nd prize.

Photographer: Marthin Uada.
Equipment: Canon G12, Inon UWL-100.

Open Section Wide-Angle 3rd prize.

Photographer: Ronny Rengkung.
Equipment: Nikon D300, 12-24mm lens.

Open Section Macro 1st prize.

Photographer: Edo Angitan.
Equipment: Canon 5D markII, 100mm macro lens, 4x FIT Pro +8 wet lenses stacked.

Open Section Macro 2nd prize.

Photographer: Royke Hendra.
Equipment: Canon 7D, 100mm macro lens.

Open Section Macro 3rd prize.

Photographer: Delien Yusuf Sulaiman.
Equipment: Nikon D200, 105mm lens.

Compact Camera Section 1st prize.

Photographer: Rivo Malonda.
Equipment: Canon G10, +16 FIT PRO wet lens.

Compact Camera Section 2nd prize.

Photographer: James Mamoto.
Equipment: Canon G11.

Compact Camera Section 3rd prize.

Photographer: Toar Pantour.
Equipment: Canon G10.