We had such a great time with all of you at the Digital Online 2024 Awards Night last Thursday! Thank you to all the photographers and videographers for taking part and sharing all your wonderful images with us. Congratulations to this year’s winners, you produced another stunning show!
Prizes were awarded to the winners by @juma_bin_thalith, EDA’s Chairman and celebrated author, @ali_bin_thalith, renowned photographer and filmmaker and Secretary General of the Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum International Photography Award, and @m_jaber11, EDA’s Health, Safety and Technical Inspector.
Thank you to all our prize sponsors who make this event possible: @pelagicdivefuvahmulah, @neptune.divecenterfujairah, @grandstoreshome and @sealifecameras, @goprome, @crestdiving, @divecampus, @xrhubdive, @diversdownuae, @diveabudhabi, @goblin_uae, @divesandybeach, and @alboomdiving; to @deepdivedubai for the beautiful venue and continuous support; to @printw and @gigaworks.ae for always providing us with the gorgeous prints (15 years of partnership); and to all our members and guests who came to share this very special night with us.
At the Digital Online Awards Night, everyone was also treated to a special guest appearance by award-winning underwater photographer and cinematographer @tobias_friedrich_photography, courtesy of @grandstoreshome who is a leading distributor and retailer of photographic equipment. Tobias is also the brand ambassador for @sealifecameras. It was an honour to have him give a keynote presentation offering his expert guidance and tips on underwater photography to our audience.
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A big congratulations to our 3rd Place Digital Online 2024 winners!
As you all know, a photographer cannot win more than one prize in Digital Online. Multiple winning images are still displayed at the event as Highly Commended, and they keep their winning position, but the prize is awarded to the next photographer with the highest score, and so on. Winners choose their own prize in order of winning status.
This year’s 3rd place winners are:
Suretta Venter @subeneaththesurface – Video: Coexistence 372 pts
Prize Sponsor: @divesandybeach
Ahmed Al-Ali @_ahmedalali – Black & White 446 pts (Honourable Mention)
Marwa Elagroudy @the_wanderlusting_hijabi – Black & White 433 pts
Prize Sponsor: @crestdiving
Philippe Lecomte @phil1972photo – Macro 453 pts (Honourable Mention)
Ahmed Alkaabi @ahmedskk – Macro 432 pts
Prize Sponsor: @goblin_uae
Tiago Santiago Silva @gobystudio – Best of the UAE 427 pts
Prize Sponsor: @xrhubdive
Kerstin Binoth @k.n.binoth – Behaviour 478 pts (Honourable Mention)
Luan Le Ngoc – Behaviour 420 pts
Prize Sponsor: @diveabudhabi
Yevheniia Rehush @video_photo_dubai – Creative Underwater Photography 406 pts
Prize Sponsor: @crestdiving
Philippe Lecomte @phil1972photo – Wide Angle 467 pts (Honourable Mention)
Yuriy Rakhmatullin @apnea.pirates – Wide Angle 406 pts
Prize Sponsor: @crestdiving
A big congratulations to our 2nd Place Digital Online 2024 winners!
Arwa Badri @xphotodxb – Video: Coexistence 397 pts
Prize Sponsor: @divecampus
Uzeyr Kamora @uzeyrkamora – Wide Angle 426 pts
Prize Sponsor: @crestdiving
Felipe Morales @nomad.underwater – Creative Underwater Photography 433 pts
Prize Sponsor: @neptune.divecenterfujairah
Kerstin Binoth @k.n.binoth – Macro 443 pts
Prize Sponsor: @goblin_uae
Suretta Venter @subeneaththesurface – Best of the UAE 445 pts
Prize Sponsor: @grandstoreshome and @sealifecameras
Levente Rozsahegyi @levente.rozsahegyi.photography – Creative Underwater Photography 458 pts (Honourable Mention)
Khalid Alrazooqi @khalidalrazooqi – Best of the UAE 459 pts (Honourable Mention)
Sneha Shetty @blissfulandblue – Black & White 460 pts
Prize Sponsor: @crestdiving
Anthony Leydet @anthonyleydet_uw_photography – Macro 464 pts (Honourable Mention)
Anthony Leydet @anthonyleydet_uw_photography – Wide Angle 477 pts (Honourable Mention)
Anastasia Demkina @220bar – Behaviour 490 pts
Prize Sponsor: @grandstoreshome@grandstoreshome and @sealifecameras
A big congratulations to our 1st Place Digital Online 2024 winners!
Yevheniia Rehush @video_photo_dubai – Video: Coexistence 405 pts
Prize Sponsor: @grandstoreshomeand @sealifecameras
Ahmed Al-Ali @_ahmedalali – Macro 467 pts
Prize Sponsor: @grandstoreshome and @sealifecameras
Anthony Leydet @anthonyleydet_uw_photography – Creative Underwater Photography 469 pts
Prize Sponsor: @xrhubdive
Mishaal Ashok @oceanwhisperer – Black & White 475 pts
Prize Sponsor: @divecampus
Levente Rozsahegyi @levente.rozsahegyi.photography – Wide Angle 480 pts
Prize Sponsor: @pelagicdivefuvahmulah
Philippe Lecomte @phil1972photo – Best of the UAE 488 pts
Prize Sponsor: @diversdownuae
Khalid Alrazooqi @khalidalrazooqi – Behaviour 521 pts
Prize Sponsor: @goprome
