Underwater Photographer of the Year winners announced Posted by Leila Stein on 27 February 2020 The Underwater Photographer of the Year awards winners has been announced, with breathtaking images of mostly hidden worlds. This year saw a record-breaking 5,500 entries from 500 photographers. The diverse entrants included photos taken in the polar oceans to swimming pools. Each photographer received points for a photo that placed in the top 10 of each category. Then according to a hierarchy of winners, each chose their prize from the pool. Prizes in the pool include expert underwater camera equipment, cash prizes, travel vouchers and wetsuits. The competition judged photographs in twelve main categories: Wide angle, macro, wrecks, behaviour, portrait, black&white, compact, up&coming, British waters wide-angle, British waters macro, British waters ‘living together’ and British waters compact. There were two additional categories, Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year and Underwater Photography Book of the Year. Have a look at the impressive winners: Underwater Photographer of the Year and Wide Angle winner ‘Frozen Mobile Home’/ Greg Lecoeur Up and coming Underwater Photographer of the Year ‘Lemon shark pups in mangrove nursery’/Anita Kainrath British Underwater Photographer of the Year ‘Rabbit Fish Zoom Blur’/Nicholas More Most Promising British Underwater Photographer of the Year ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ /Nur Tucker Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year ‘Last Dawn, Last Gasp’ /Pasquale Vassallo Underwater Photography Book of the Year ‘AQUA, mysteries of the underwater world’/ Pietro Formis Macro Winner ‘Goby Goodness’/Hannes Klostermann Wrecks Winner ‘The Engine’/Tobias Friedrich Behaviour Winner ‘Octopus Training’/Pasquale Vassallo Portrait Winner ‘Butterfly Effect’/Lilian Koh Black & White Winner ‘Layered Thoughts’/Mok Wai Hoe Compact Winner ‘ULUNA LILY’/MANBD British Wide Angle Winner ‘Jewel Reef’/Arthur Kingdon British Waters Living Together Winner ‘Pier nursery’/Dan Bolt British Waters Compact Winner ‘Smile’/Colin Garrett You may also like Related Posts Another MSC Orchestra passenger tests positive for COVID-19 31 March 2020 Shortly after a passenger on board the MSC Orchestra's most recent trip tested positive for... read more Queen Mary 2 cleared to dock, South Africans test negative 31 March 2020 The Queen Mary 2 has now been cleared to enter Durban port and the six... read more The loopholes in China’s wildlife ban 31 March 2020 In January the wildlife trade in China was placed under a temporary ban due to... read more PREV ARTICLE NEXT ARTICLE
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