Send Nudis: Photo Contest

One Fan Favorite Winner will receive a Kraken KR-S40 Compact Underwater Strobe, a copy of the Caribbean Sea Slugs book, and a $50 Gift Card to Pura Vida Divers.

Send Nudis: Photo Contest Rules

Images submitted to the Send Nudis Photo Contest must be taken in Palm Beach County and feature nudibranchs or sea slugs as the focus of the image. Photographers may submit up to 2 images per person. Photos must be taken underwater. No manipulation or respositioning of the subject is allowed.

While there are no restrictions on post processing, placing images will be compared with RAW files to ensure the final product represents the reality of the photo taken. Please note that this is not a Photoshop or creatively generated post processing contest. No AI submissions are allowed.

Note: If you are unsure whether the wildlife in your photo qualifies for this contest, please reference the Caribbean Sea Slugs book, or contact Pura Vida Divers at marketing@puravidadivers.com.

Photo Formatting

• Photos should be submitted as high quality JPEGs
• 2,000 Pixels on the longest edge of the image
• 300 DPI
• sRGB Color
• No watermark or photographer name (submissions will be judged anonymously)
  • Note: Photographers are welcome to include a watermarked version of their submissions that will be shared via social media to choose the Fan Favorite winner.

How To Submit

Submit images via email to marketing@puravidadivers.com. Submissions must reference the photo contest in the subject line. Include images as attachments, or via file sharing platforms like Google Drive or WeTransfer.

Submissions must be received before midnight on March 27. A reply email will be sent to confirm submissions have been received.

Meet The Judges

 ANDREA WHITAKER

Andrea Whitaker is an experienced PADI SCUBA Instructor, REEF Fish Counts Coordinator, and Photo Pro at Pura Vida Divers. 

Andrea is a pioneer of PVD’s Blackwater diving. She is the co-creator of the PADI Blackwater Drift Diver and creator of the PADI Southeast Florida Sea Turtle distinctive specialty courses, only offered at Pura Vida Divers.

Her photos have been published in numerous scientific papers, and featured in the Beauty Beneath the Blue Heron Bridge book, available at the shop.  

In addition to her work as a professional photographer and diver, Andrea is a Sea Turtle Nesting Surveyor, collecting data to track nesting habits of several species of endangered Sea Turtles along the Florida coast.

ANNE DUPONT

Anne DuPont is an underwater photographer, scientific diver and author specializing in opisthobranchs.

She is one of the co-authors of “Caribbean Sea Slugs, a field guide to the opisthobranch mollusks from the tropical northwestern Atlantic.” Anne has co-authored seven scientific papers describing new species of nudibranchs and sea slugs.

In recognition and honor of her work in Opisthobranchs, one nudibranch and two sea slugs have been named after her.

She is a Museum Associate in Malacology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and a volunteer with the Florida Natural History Museum. Her photos and articles have been published in numerous books, magazines, educational DVDs and videos.

LINDA IANNIELLO

Linda has been scuba diving and taking underwater images for over 35 years. Her favorite type of photography has always been macro photography, where half the challenge is finding the small, unusual subjects. Then the other half is then to identify them to the species level. She has spent many dives locally on the reefs and at Blue Heron Bridge hunting for sea slugs. Over the years, she and her dive buddies have identified over 125 species locally.

Linda contributes her images for scientific purposes, and they have appeared in several articles, ID books, and scientific papers. She feels that these subjects all have a purpose. And people must be educated that they exist and need to be protected.

Her images of the local sea slugs can be found in her website gallery at: https://lindaiphotography.com/local-sea-slugs/