Winners Of The 2017 Underwater Photographer Of The Year
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Organizers of the Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest have just announced their successful shots for 2017. Captions penned by the photographers.
Underwater Photographer of the Year, 2017 – Dancing Octopus
Organizers of the Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest have just announced their successful shots for 2017. Captions penned by the photographers.
Underwater Photographer of the Year, 2017 – Dancing Octopus
Gabriel Barathieu / UPY 2017“In the lagoon of Mayotte, all through spring reduced tides, there is incredibly small water on the flats. Only 30 cm in simple fact. That is when I took this picture. I experienced to get as shut as feasible to the dome to create this effect. The fourteen mm is an extremely large angle lens with incredibly very good shut focus which offers this effect of fantastic dimensions. The octopus seems bigger, and the height of water also. Photographed off Mayotte Island on May seven, 2016.”
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Recommended, Macro – Larval Lionfish
Steven Kovacs / UPY 2017“This impression was taken on a black water drift dive in Palm Seaside, Florida to look for alien hunting pelagic animals, plankton and the larval stages of many creatures that drift out in the open up ocean in their early stages of improvement. Several of the animals found all through black water dives are incredibly modest and can transfer quickly when illuminated by powerful dive lights, so receiving a pleasant impression is, not only complicated but, incredibly rewarding as well. On one particular certain dive I was incredibly fortuitous to occur across this unusual small Lionfish in its early larval stage and was fortuitous to get a photograph of it just as it flared it is stunning fins for the camera.”
Recommended, Up & Coming – Whale calf posing
Christophe Lapeze / UPY 2017“I travelled to French Polynesia for a when in a existence minute of enjoying with a whale calf and I made a decision to devote a whole week to this. One morning, the magic transpired. A mom and a calf ended up sleeping quietly at fifteen meters. When they experience safe and sound and unafraid, they can seriously occur shut to you. And this six tonne six meter calf was amazingly playful. Strobes ended up not allowed but you do not need to have them. The contrast of the deep blue and the daylight ended up sufficient. The issues was to be at the right area according to the daylight and to get a gracious pose from the calf: yet another photographer on the other side, the whale posing, a several bubbles out of his blow-gap, a quick eye get hold of, Click on! Set in my memory without end.”
Recommended, Wrecks – Final Flight
Steve Jones / UPY 2017“This USAAF B-17G Flying Fortress crash landed on approach to the island of Vis, Croatia immediately after getting hit by anti-aircraft hearth all through a bombing raid above Europe in 1944, which killed the co-pilot Ernest Vienneau and led to motor failure. The surviving crew escaped in dinghies. This spectacular wreck of a popular Earth War two bomber is in extraordinary problem and lies at 72 meters. I only experienced one particular dive on the wreck and the depth gave me incredibly confined time in which to do the job so very good conversation among myself and my buddy, Andi Marovic was essential: I comprehensively briefed him on what I was hoping to obtain prior to the dive so he could also visualize the impression I was aiming for. I preferred to capture an impression that showed the real scale of the aircraft so I shot with pure light and shade well balanced the impression all through submit processing.”
Winner, Macro – Prey?
So Yat Wai / UPY 2017“This photo was shot all through a blackwater dive in Anilao, Philippines. Even while the larvae mantis shrimp (left) is incredibly modest, it however a predator which works by using its raptorial appendages to hunt. Has it spotted the prey and is ready to pounce?”
Recommended, Macro – Nudi Artwork
Katherine Lu / UPY 2017“I shot this photo in the nearby waters of Singapore in which the visibility is 3m on normal. Scuba divers I know are often stunned that I dive there and most do not even know there is fantastic macro right off our shores. I preferred to do something distinct and transform a nudibranch generally found in our waters into a piece of artwork. I have often been fascinated by bubbles and the inspiration for this photo came about when I was looking through about aquatic vegetation that develop oxygen bubbles from photosynthesis. The illustrations or photos of the bubbles sticking to the eco-friendly leaves experienced an summary high-quality and therefore came the concept to create Nudibranch Artwork.”
Recommended, Portrait – Eco-friendly Turtles in the rays
Greg Lecoeur / UPY 2017“During a diving excursion to Tenerife, I came across these eco-friendly turtles. It was early morning and the sunbeams pierced the area. I modified the placing of my camera and I waited for the turtles to occur shut sufficient to result in my camera. Just after a small while, the turtles ended up circling all over us and it was a fantastic option to photograph them.”
Remarkably Recommended, British Waters Large Angle – Amphibious helicopter
Steve Jones / UPY 2017“This Wessex Naval helicopter was purposely sunk at the National Diving and Activity Center in Chepstow and getting these a photogenic wreck it is an outstanding place to apply pictures and lights techniques. Distant strobe was made use of for this shot, with my own strobe triggering one particular connected to the diver through a distant sensor.”
Third Spot, Behavior – Cleaner
Liang Fu / Upy 2017“I found this cleaning station at 26 meters. On the initial dive, I took a several front facing shots with cleaner shrimps in the moray eel’s mouth. When I surfaced, I came up with an concept of a side-facial area moray eel, commonly opening its mouth with the cleaner shrimp inside. So I tried using a 2nd dive and it turned out to be how I experienced imagined it. Photographed close to Tulamben, Indonesia, on December twelve, 2016.”
Runner-up, British Waters Large Angle – Competitors
Richard Shucksmith / UPY 2017“I was out off the coastline making illustrations or photos for SCOTLAND: The Major Photo – a job about rewilding that produces illustrations or photos to amplify the scenario for a wilder Scotland. Hundreds of gannets ended up circling the boat hunting for the fish that ended up getting thrown above the side. Instantly a solitary chook dives and the some others seeing it as an indicator and 20, 30, forty birds are diving at when. Due to the fact of this behavior competitors among gannets is often heading occur generating numerous gannets diving for the exact same fish. I could hear the birds as they hit the water right over my head just prior to they appeared in front of the camera. A fantastic working experience.”
Winner, Wrecks – The wreck of the Louilla at sunset
Csaba Tökölyi / UPY 2017“This is the wreck of the Louilla resting on major of Gordon reef in the Straits of Tiran on the edge of the Sinai. Beneath her lies a pile of her anchor chains, supplying the variety of a whale. Wrecks grow to be aspect of the eco-technique in no time. Comfortable corals establish incredibly quickly and they can grow to be shelter for educational facilities of juvenile fish. But also, they can have a devastating effect on their environment. This wreck sits on major of Gordon reef, battered by the waves and is slowly and gradually deteriorating. Final summer months, aspect of the superstructure collapsed, and the wreck dropped it is epic, cinematic look. In a several many years, the reef really should be absolutely free yet again from the stays of this when huge freighter.”
Remarkably Recommended, Portrait – Imp of darkness
Damien Mauric / UPY 2017“On his visit to the Galapagos islands, Charles Darwin was revolted by the animals’ physical appearance, producing: “The black Lava rocks on the seashore are frequented by significant, disgusting clumsy Lizards. They are as black as the porous rocks above which they crawl & find their prey from the Sea. I contact them ‘imps of darkness’. They assuredly well-grow to be the land they inhabit.” The marine iguana are all but monsters. Endemic to the Galapagos, it is a unusual privilege to share a minute underwater with this animal now regarded as an endangered species.”
British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017 – Out of the Blue
Nick Blake / UPY 2017“Kukulkan Cenote on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula varieties aspect of the Chac Mool technique and is observed for the spectacular light consequences as the sunshine penetrates the darkness. I left my strobes driving for the pure light shot I preferred and positioned myself in the shadows of the cavern. Transferring my eye all over the viewfinder, I could see that the rock define of the cavern all over me manufactured for a pleasing symmetry and I modified my situation to equilibrium the frame. The light clearly show flickered on and off as the sunshine was periodically coated by cloud and as it reappeared, I beckoned to my buddy and dive guidebook, Andrea Costanza of ProDive, to edge into the illumination of some of the more powerful beams, finishing the composition.”
Recommended, Behavior – The Match
Edwar Herreño / UPY 2017“6:30 am and a four meter tiger shark was about to breakfast on a hawksbill turtle up coming to the boat. I took my camera, jumped into one particular of the skiffs and went closer. That was one particular of the impression that I experienced preferred to get for decades (I experienced been functioning there for 11 decades accomplishing four dives per working day). It was dim so I pumped up the ISO to 800 then when I acquired shut, I trapped half of my entire body into the water one particular of the skiff drivers was holding my legs. I took as many shots as I could but they moved a lot! The Tiger was hoping to bite the turtles head off while the turtle defended herself by exhibiting her back again. It went on like that right up until one particular of them gave up. Photographed off Cocos Island, Costa Rica, on April 30, 2016.”
Remarkably Recommended, Macro – Paddle Flap Rhinopias
John Parker / UPY 2017“The back again lit Paddle Flap Rhinopias was taken close to Scuba Seraya, Tulamben, Bali. I spent almost the whole dive with dive guidebook “Paing” (who kindly aimed my snoot for me) hoping to get a good back again lit shot of the Rhinopias. I took 30 to forty frames to get the lights right and get a black history which was hard as it was daylight and at only twelve meters.”
Recommended, Behavior – Toads mating
Luc Rooman / UPY 2017“For numerous decades we have been pursuing toads mating in the fresh water lake of Turnhout (Belgium) generally in the months of March or April if the weather conditions conditions are 8°C and with humid weather conditions. The toads are in the shallow regions of the lake in which we can choose shots with pure light while snorkeling. Photographed in a freshwater lake close to Turnhout, Belgium, on April two, 2016.”
Recommended, Large Angle – Silversides at Twilight
Tony Myshlyaev / UPY 2017“After locating this place, the jetty and silversides ended up on my intellect for a prolonged time. And when the monsoon rains took a quick crack, I jumped in the water to execute this concept. The most important impediment was that the faculty was too evasive for a fisheye lens and the sunshine was falling too rapidly to execute the concept. I started to compromise my options and presently regarded the endeavor a loss but then some trevally arrived to feed. This was best, the silversides forgot about me. Simultaneously a passerby arrived. He positioned himself correctly on the jetty over. Seeing the option, I told him not to transfer and pressed the shutter as quickly as feasible. The up coming minute this impression appeared on my display. Times afterwards, with a smile on my facial area, I viewed the previous rays of light fade on the horizon. Photographed on the northern Shoreline of Koh Tao, Thailand, on December 16, 2016.”
Winner, Large Angle – One in a Million
Ron Watkins / UPY 2017“Last summer months I headed to Alaska in look for of salmon sharks. We cruised in the boat hunting for their dorsal fins for hours and that is when we came across an huge moon jellyfish bloom that stretched for numerous hundred meters. The dense bloom of jellyfish ranged in depth from two meters to above 20 meters and we spent a lot of time in the water with them. It was surreal and extra dense than just about anything I experienced ever professional like Jellyfish Lake in Palau. I came across this Lion’s Mane Jellyfish growing from the bloom in direction of the area and positioned myself directly above it to capture this impression.”
Most Promising British Underwater Photographer 2017 – Orca Pod
Nicholai Georgiou / UPY 2017“Orcas are effortlessly the most stunning, smart and confident animals I have ever experienced the honor of investing time with. This photo was taken all through an astounding week freediving with wild Orca in Norway. The times are very quick in winter and the water was all over 5 levels but we wore a thick wetsuit and of course with Orca all over, the cold was quickly forgotten. The light experienced a seriously pleasant shade from the placing sunshine as this sleek pod of Orca swam by pleasant and shut. It was a minute which will be tough to major and I’m happy to have this impression to share it.”
Remarkably Recommended, Macro – Backlight Shrimp
Fábio Freitas / UPY 2017“Shrimps are complicated subjects to photograph we have to portray their stunning shades and form, and primarily focus on the eyes. In the late afternoon, I was diving in my favored dive web-site in Bonaire called “Something special” when I saw this shrimp underneath the rock in a best situation to make a backlighting technique, employing constant lights. Immediately I turned off my strobes and requested my buddy to place the lights driving the shrimp, he was incredibly very good placing the light particularly in which I preferred it. I took only four shots and then the shrimp vanished. It is important to know your tactics and when to use them, it is the essential to making individuals particular shots with something extra than the norm.”
Recommended, Wrecks – 3 Warriors
Nadya Kulagina / UPY 2017“Having found hundreds of illustrations or photos of these 3 stunning Fiats that rest in one particular of the retains of the Umbria wreck, I made a decision to choose an impression that would stand out from the some others. The concept was to use off-camera strobes to light up the cabins of the 3 autos. Regretably, one particular of the strobes was too considerably and refused to hearth. The maintain with the autos is somewhat modest and incredibly dim, so I experienced to be incredibly thorough not to kick up silt and rust. And I was incredibly confined on time as the rest of the team was presently breathing down my neck.”
Remarkably Recommended, Up & Coming – Medusa Blenny on the Lookout
Jade Hoksbergen / UPY 2017“My fascination with blennies started out in early 2016 when I was dwelling in Saint Lucia and acquired my palms on an underwater camera for the initial time. Obtaining lived in the Philippines formerly, blennies ended up a novelty to me even with their common existence in Saint Lucia. I imagined they also manufactured incredibly interesting subjects owing the range in their facial expression, from time to time akin to the grimaces one particular would associate with gargoyles. For this shot, I preferred illustrate the intricate detail of this blenny whilst exhibiting how its shade and texture blends seamlessly with its natural environment.”
Remarkably Recommended, Behaviour – Dolphins looking
Greg Lecoeur / UPY 2017“Since previous yr, sardines have grow to be victims of overfishing and weather modify. They are the most important food source of marine existence, many species these as penguins, sea lions, sharks, dolphins and more… are dependent on them for their survival. Throughout their migration alongside the wild coastline, all the predators do the job alongside one another to hunt sardines but the action is extra and extra unpredictable. To capture this minute, I experienced spent numerous times on the ocean to have one particular prospect to witness this behavior. Photographed close to Port Saint Johns, South Africa, on June 27, 2016.”
Remarkably Recommended, Large Angle – Prince of the waters
Yannick Gouguenheim / UPY 2017“The widespread toads begin heading back again to the river in February in purchase to reproduce. The frozen waters of this modest river are by then obvious sufficient, and great for underwater pictures. The problem was to progress under the subject and to get a shot when the subject was aligned with the sunshine all while making certain a framing like the trees on the shore. Photographed in France’s Lamalou River on April 19, 2014.”
Winner, Behavior – Your house and my house
Qing Lin / UPY 2017“Clown anemonefish and anemones enjoy a symbiotic relationship. The parasitic isopods like to cling out in the mouths of anemonefish. Perhaps for the reason that of the isopods, Clown anemonefish normally open up their mouths. These 3 certain fish ended up incredibly curious. As I approached, they danced about the camera lens. It took me six dives, tolerance and luck to capture the precise minute when all 3 fish opened their mouths to expose their company. At last, on the previous working day, on the previous dive, I succeeded. Photographed close to Lembeh, Indonesia, on December two, 2016.”
Recommended, British Waters Large Angle – Can I support you?
Ellen Cuylaerts / UPY 2017“Last November when we visited the greatest colony of gray seals in Uk, the super moon prompted huge tidal modifications, some horrible currents and poor visibility. But getting in the water with these curious creatures is a joy even if you can only see them when you transform all over at the area and they look at you, all large eyes, prior to they vanish yet again in the cloud of murkiness. We stayed in the water as prolonged as the tides allowed us, altered locations a several times and when we ended up dropped incredibly shut to some rocks devoid of kelp beds all over, the sunshine came out and improved the visibility tremendously. As if the seals realized this would be their prospect on a pleasant portrait, they came seriously shut, I added some Sola light to the ambient light to be able to dial down my options a bit and capture the reduced sunshine rays lights the whiskers from both equally sides!”
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