Up-and-coming underwater photographer of the year – winner. Oceanic in the Sky by Horacio Martinez (Argentina). Location: the Red Sea. Oceanics range across entire oceans in tropical and subtropical waters and feature on the IUCN endangered list. As the judge noted of the Red Sea, Martinez has “realised its dramatic effect extremely well and used it to contrast the small shark in a big, blue, lonely world”. (Photo by Horacio Martinez/UPY2017)
Most promising underwater photographer of the year – winner. Orca Pod by Nicholai Georgiou (UK). Location: Tromsø, Norway. Georgiou got this shot during a winter sunset, with the water down to just 5Cº. As an envious judge pointed out, “Most underwater photographers would be happy to get a shot of a single killer whale, but Nicholai had the composure not to panic and time the shot perfectly as a pod of killer whales passed by heading into the setting sun. I’m jealous”. (Photo by Nicholai Georgiou/UPY2017)
Behaviour category – winner. Your Home and My Home by Qing Lin (Canada). Clownfish must be among the most photographed of all sea creatures. But looking closer, Lin noticed parasitic isopods in the mouths of these little fish. The judge appreciated the whole scene: “Six eyes all in pin-sharp focus, looking into the lens of the author ... this was one of my favourite shots of the entire competition”. (Photo by Qing Lin/UPY2017)
Behaviour category – commended. The Contenders by Simone Caprodossi (UAE). Location: Bahia Magdalena, Mexico. Another surprise subject for this photographer who went to Bahia Magdalena to photograph blue and mako sharks. “We stopped by a small beach where fisherman land their catch”. The snappers hung off the side to shoot the pelicans diving for bait and photographic pickings were so rich they abandoned the shark shoot. (Photo by Simone Caprodossi/UPY2017)
Underwater photographer of the year – winner. Dancing Octopus by Gabriel Barathieu (France). Location: Island of Mayotte, off the coast of south-east Africa. “Balletic and malevolent”, one judge said of this octopus, hunting in a lagoon. Barathieu waited until spring tides when there was just 30cm of water on the flats and plenty of light in the shallows. (Photo by Gabriel Barathieu/UPY2017)
British underwater photographer of the year – winner. Out of the Blue by Nick Blake (UK). Location: Yukatán peninsula, Kukulkan. Kukulkan, one of the spectacular cenotes on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula, is noted for its otherworldy light as sunbeams penetrate the darkness of the cave. Blake captured this diver in the centre of one of the beams. (Photo by Nick Blake/UPY2017)
UK Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017 Winners
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