WORLD SHOOTOUT
Underwater Photo Grand Prix
20 Years | 884 Winners | $284,000 Cash
BIGANIMALS BEHAVIOUR 2025-2026
GUIDELINES
  • Eligibility: submit three images taken between November 2nd, 2024, and November 1st, 2026.
    These images should feature sharks, dolphins, or whales. 
  • Image Content: Submissions should highlight the powerful appearance, independence, and dominant tendencies of these animals in a behavioral context. You can submit three standalone images or a series of three that together form an impressive portfolio.

    Image Editing

    Allowed: Minor editing is permitted using any imaging software. This includes:
  • • Color and contrast adjustments.
    • Removal of backscatter.
    • Cropping up to 15%.
    • Fixing minor flaws and consolidating the background..

  • AI Prohibition: The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) for image creation, enhancement, or manipulation is strictly forbidden. All images must be the result of traditional photography.

  • 1st prize

    How blue whales find food
    in a vast ocean:
    8-day, 7-night liveaboard trip in
    the Sea of Cortez
    Courtesy of Nautilus Liveaboards

  • 2nd prize

    7 Nights in a Deluxe accommodation 
    15 Air dive package courtesy of:
     Solitude Acacia Resort.

  • 3rd prize

     15% Discount coupon to purchase one of the advanced Nauticam housings 
    courtesy of  FOTOSUB-SHOP