The editors of NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY invite all photographers to enter the OCEAN VIEWS PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS. Through sharing your passion for the ocean, we hope to inspire a global audience to learn about and protect this fragile realm.
The winning images will be published in an upcoming edition of NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY magazine and may also be selected for NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY Online Galleries such as Aol’s Pixcetera.com,MSNBC.com, Discovery.com, and others.

PHOTO SUBJECTS:
• Ocean weather: waves, storms, rain, fog, lightning
• Beaches, shores, estuaries, tide zones, tide pools
• Tropical and temperate reef ecosystems
• Shallow-shore and deep-water environments
• All living things that depend upon the oceans: fish, mammals, birds, plants, etc., in or near the water
• Natural feeding, breeding, and other behavior
• Geologic processes or features on seashores or in the ocean
• People enjoying the ocean environment
• Submersibles and mini-subs
• Sunken vessels
• SCUBA, hard hat, and free diving, snorkeling