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Mezinárodní potápěčský… / 2025

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47th International diving festival PAF Tachov / 2025

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Author Michal Štros

About author Michal Štros is a biologist, scientist, and underwater photographer. He has won numerous awards at international underwater photography competitions, including the Ocean Art competitions in 2020, 2021, and 2025, as well as the PAF Tachov Festival in the Czech Republic in 2020, 2021, 2023 - 2025. Recently, he presented a new underwater photography technique that uses vintage lenses with the front element reversed (https://divemagazine.com/underwater-photography/unique-effects-of-modified-digital-lenses-underwater). His photographs are regularly published in international magazines, as well as displayed in museums and galleries. He also published a book titled 'Underwater Magic/Kouzelný podvodní svět' in 2026, which can be purchased from the author at michal.stros@email.cz (see also https://www.facebook.com/100006486426706/videos/pcb.5226828250876671/1413647260123300).


Websites: https://www.michalstros.cz
https://www.facebook.com/michal.stros.1

Participation at festivals

Photo of the festival

  • A lonely clownfish

    5.1- black and white

  • A pumpkinseed

    5.2 - colour - freshwater

  • River pike on the…

    5.2 - colour - freshwater

  • Alien

    5.3 - colour - seawater

  • Frowning lionfish

    5.3 - colour - seawater

  • Hermit crab

    5.3 - colour - seawater

  • Dwarf lionfish

    5.4 - pool and creative

  • Ornate ghost…

    5.4 - pool and creative

  • Two Ornate ghost…

    5.4 - pool and creative