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World Oceans Month
Photo Contest
Entries Are Closed
Grand Prize Winner
Congratulations to Mindy Burks, the winner of a 3 night stay at Hamanasi, we look forward to hosting you soon.
Mindy’s photo was chosen from among 249 submissions from 57 unique photographers. All photos were beautifully original making the selecting of winners a genuine challenge. We are incredibly grateful to all entrants for helping us celebrate and share the unique beauty of the Belize Barrier Reef System. We hope you’ll join us again, for our next photo contest, or through future adventures at Hamanasi.
Photographer Mindy Burks
My name is Mindy Burks. I am a retired school teacher and school counselor. I enjoy traveling and reading. During the days of Covid, I taught myself how to do watercolor and acrylic painting. Photography is a fairly new and challenging hobby.
I like to challenge myself to capture clear and colorful photographs of amazing reef animals. I’ve learned underwater photography is a practice of good lighting, getting on the level of my subject and a lot of patience! I do not scuba but do love free diving in the warm, beautiful waters of Belize.
This photo displays two of my favorite things on the reef, purple sea fans and Flamingo Snails. Each Flamingo Snail is unique in its art deco shell design. This photograph was taken on a patch reef 14 miles SE of Hopkins, Belize, with a Nikon CoolPix underwater camera.
Category Winners
Congratulations to our category winners in our 4 categories! Brian Dehn in Macro Underwater Species, Mindy Burks in Micro Underwater Species, Chanel Hason in Diver/Snorkeler, and Amsi Moralez in Topside. Â
Macro Underwater Species
Micro Underwater Species
Diver/Snorkeler
Topside
List of Categories
Macro Underwater Species
Large aquatic animals, such as sharks, turtles, rays, dolphins, or even large corals.
Micro Underwater Species
Those tiny little things, such as a seahorse, nudibranch, feeder shrimp, small fish, etc
Diver(s) or Snorkeler(s)
Yourself and/or your buddies enjoying diving or snorkeling.
Topside on a
Boat
Individuals or small groups on a boat, gear, boat equipment, etc.
Category Finalists
Thanks to all who participated and helped to make our 2024 Oceans’ Month Photo contest a great success! Below are the 12 photos chosen by Hamanasi staff as finalists. The grand prize winner and category winners will be announced in September.Â
Mindy Burks
Macro Underwater Species
Brian Dehn
Macro Underwater Species
Mindy Burks
Macro Underwater Species
Brittney Seibert
Micro Underwater Species
Patrick McCullough
Micro Underwater Species
Mindy Burks
Micro Underwater Species
Chanel Hason
Diver/Snorkeler
Mindy Burks
Diver/Snorkeler
Chang Lee
Diver/Snorkeler
Sandra Cox
Topside
Amsi Moralez
Topside
David Lecroix
Topside
Honorable Mentions
So many entries captured the beauty of the Belize Barrier Reef system. We decided to showcase a few honorable mentions.
Chang Lee
Menno Loewen
Lyndsay Gienapp
Mindy Burks
Chang Lee
Mindy Burks
Danielle Promiscuo
Brenda Pohle
Matthew Hyden
Brian Dehn
Mindy Burks
Chanel Hason
Mindy Burks
Mark Beran
Don't Miss Our Next Photo Contest
Good luck to all our finalists! Thank you to all who participated and helped make our 2024 Oceans Month Photo Contest a success. Submit your contact information below to be informed of our next photo contest for another chance to win a stay at Hamanasi.