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2013-04-11 17:40:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Hippocampus guttulatus.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2013-01-05 19:58:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Women water polo team "OXYGEN" photographed underwater for the annual 2013 calendar.

2012-12-17 20:48:55 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

Fly High and Smile!
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-12-06 15:08:12 (1 comments, 5 reshares, 5 +1s)

2012-10-15 11:35:36 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Hippocampus.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-10-11 12:29:45 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 9 +1s)

Periclimenes amethysteus.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-10-10 13:30:16 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Spiny seahorse.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-10-10 09:47:41 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

A few minutes ago I received a message from a good friend informing me that I won the First Place (Macro Category) at the Underwater Photo Festival in Venice!! AWESOME!!! :)

2012-10-10 09:28:26 (0 comments, 3 reshares, 8 +1s)

Triturus vulgaris.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-10-10 09:25:51 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Alpine Lake "Moutsalia" at Mountain Grammos on the North West Pindos, 1.700m
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-10-09 23:22:04 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

GRAND PRIZE Winner at the 2012 Scuba Diving International Photo Competition.

The last years I have won many prizes and awards in some of the best competitions around the world, competing with excellent photographers, some of them dear friends, with stunning photographs and new ideas, and for each one of those prizes I am very proud and happy.
This year when I was choosing photographs from my portfolio for the 8th Annual Photo Competition of Scuba Diving Magazine   was very confident about my wide angle - close focus seahorse photograph that took this summer in Chalkidiki and somehow I expected to be awarded.
About a month ago the biggest shock was the announcement that I was one of the two finalists for the Grand Prize with the open cave split shot with a diver, not because I like this photograph less, but because I was betting on the seahorse and all this was extremely huge! Afters... more »

2012-08-30 09:47:44 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Staring at the Sun.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-07-29 22:34:02 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 6 +1s)

Snooted Bobtail squid.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-07-11 20:47:19 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 11 +1s)

Octopus vulgaris.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-07-04 20:20:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

Octopus macropus. (Night dive)
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-06-30 22:10:10 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

Alicia mirabilis.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-06-24 19:24:29 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Octopus macropus.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-06-13 13:33:13 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

Fluorescent Anemone.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-06-13 12:55:28 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 9 +1s)

Dondice banyulensis / North Trikeri, Greece
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography
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2012-04-18 23:53:45 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

It's official now!!!!! 3rd Place winner @ Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Underwater Photography Contest!!! AWESOMEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2012-04-03 09:14:26 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 2 +1s)

Double winning in Liquid Capture "Masters of Underwater Photography" Contest in California!!!!

2012-04-03 09:12:29 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 13 +1s)

2012-03-28 20:59:04 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 5 +1s)

Dendrophyllia ramea is one of the most impressive yellow corals in the Mediterranean waters. This one is the first ever reported in the Greek waters, found by my friend Konstantinos Milionis in only 40m depth in Korinthiakos gulf. I was hoping to find the coral with the polyps fully expanded but even this way coral is so unique and graceful that it is hard to shoot instead of admiring it.

2012-03-05 15:09:15 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography

2012-03-01 12:08:45 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I'm very pleased to announce that my photograph of the tiny jellyfish Pandea conica, which was competing with 51 more POTW winners for the title “Wetpixel Picture of the Year 2011”, won the second place and a great prize!
Wetpixel Online provides the latest information on underwater photography and videography, and features up-to-date news, articles, equipment reviews, photo contests, dive expeditions, and a registered community of over 13,500 underwater photographers who span the globe. Read more: http://www.underwater-photography.gr/#/news/

2012-01-20 20:16:45 (2 comments, 0 reshares, 15 +1s)

Hydromedousa Pandea conica.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography

2012-01-04 21:18:59 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

@ quality control section while 2012 calendar is printed!

2012-01-01 19:40:50 (1 comments, 0 reshares, 5 +1s)

2011-12-30 19:59:14 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 19 +1s)

Fried Egg Jellyfish (Cothyloriza tuberculata)

2012-01-01 19:40:44 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 4 +1s)

2011-12-21 10:17:49 (1 comments, 1 reshares, 12 +1s)

Pygmy seahorse - Hippocampus bargibanti
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography

2011-12-15 12:39:08 (1 comments, 2 reshares, 0 +1s)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1326459603/iphone-4-professional-grade-underwater-housing?ref=video

2011-12-14 20:44:27 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Environmental Photographer of the Year Awards 2011

2011-12-09 19:21:16 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 19 +1s)

Hydromedousa Pandea conica.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography

2011-12-07 19:40:32 (6 comments, 5 reshares, 24 +1s)

The gills of Cryptobranch dorid nudibranch.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography

2011-12-03 18:53:52 (0 comments, 4 reshares, 13 +1s)

Proud to be a finswimmer.

2011-12-01 17:22:21 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 10 +1s)

It is never too late to join the elite in a sport!! All it takes is passion, commitment in practice and in this case a coach willing to start over with an athlete in age that other athletes finish their careers. My fully respect to finswimmer Pavlos Bapkas that joined finswimming club KOK at the age of 24 and even more to his coach Viki Tsikli that believes in every single athlete and gives her effort and her love to all of them.
Model: Pavlos Bapkas
Location: Municipal pool of Kalamaria.
© Nicholas Samaras | Underwater Photography

2011-11-28 17:43:59 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 7 +1s)

It takes years of preparation for an athlete to achieve the best results in a championship or in a single race. The critical seconds followed after the finish, with eyes looking straight at the timeboard is when the athlete realizes success or failure. Then the rage and the celebration are separated by a thin line...
Model: The fin swimming World Champion Anthonis Tsourounakis
Location: Municipal pool of Kalamaria.

2011-11-20 08:13:07 (4 comments, 0 reshares, 8 +1s)

2011-11-19 20:38:14 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 9 +1s)

Finswimming is one of the most dynamic water sports and the closest you can get to a dolphin’s swim. Even when they train in high speeds the movement stays smooth, the swimmers flow in the water and shooting them underwater is incredible.

2011-11-18 17:52:41 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 0 +1s)

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2011-11-13 10:58:11 (2 comments, 1 reshares, 8 +1s)

2011-11-09 22:15:33 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

2011-11-07 21:05:18 (0 comments, 0 reshares, 1 +1s)

Pretty happy to see my split shot of a cave on the cover of Quest Magazine!

2011-10-30 15:08:41 (3 comments, 2 reshares, 14 +1s)

2011-10-28 19:12:23 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 14 +1s)

2011-10-25 17:56:00 (2 comments, 3 reshares, 10 +1s)

2011-10-24 16:28:10 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 4 +1s)

I am very proud to announce that my image of 'Hydromedousa Pandea conica' was Highly Commended in the Environmental Photographer of the Year Competition and selected to appear in the EPOTY Exhibition 2011. The tiny jellyfish stood among 10,000 entries from photographers in 105 different countries. Read More: http://www.underwater-photography.gr/#/news/

2011-10-16 21:41:28 (3 comments, 0 reshares, 3 +1s)

I am very happy to announce that I am between the winners of the fourth International Underwater Photography Contest City of Venice - Citta' di Venezia. The contest is annually organized by the divers and members of the Underwater Club Subacqueo San Marco and Underwater Research. My photo of a tiny hydromedusa Pandea conica won the first prize on the Mediterranean Macro Category. The shot was taken in the crystal clear waters of Chalkidiki, on a diving destination near my hometown Thessaloniki. Read More: http://www.underwater-photography.gr/#/news/

2011-10-08 20:14:10 (5 comments, 2 reshares, 11 +1s)