1 / 4   The Underwater Photo Contest held by underwaterphotography.com has revealed some of its prize-winning pictures. It received more than 6,000 entries across 17 categories, competing to be listed among the most amazing shots in the world! /VCG Photo

2 / 4   The gold medal in the Wide Angle/Marine Life category was won by Tom St. George, with his incredible shot of a crocodile taken off the coast of Mexico – so close that you can even count its teeth. /VCG Photo

3 / 4   Zhou Chun from China scooped a gold medal in the Macro/Close-up category, impressing people with his shot of a jawfish whose mouth was stuffed with eggs, pictured in Indonesia. /VCG Photo

4 / 4   Another competitor from China, Chen Yuping, won a silver medal in Wide Angle/Natural Light category, with a shot of divers in the crystal clear water of a cave in Tulum, Mexico. /VCG Photo