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Smile Wide
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More than 1,200 pictures were entered for the 2021UnderwaterPhotography.comcontest across 10 categories, and now some of the winners have come to the surface.
02of 07Lunch BuddyswnsFellow Italian Raffaele Livornese won the competition’s Wide Angle/Marine Life category with a photo of two sea lions playing while hunting a school of sardines in La Paz, Mexico.
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Lunch Buddy
Fellow Italian Raffaele Livornese won the competition’s Wide Angle/Marine Life category with a photo of two sea lions playing while hunting a school of sardines in La Paz, Mexico.
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Ready for My Close-Up
04of 07Pucker UpswnsThis tiny juvenile pouting trunkfish was only the size of a pea, but snapper Leslie Howell from the U.S. bagged a bronze in the Macro/Swimming category.“This juvenile Trunkfish was about the size of a pea. It was pretty active, darting in and out of the coral head, but it finally settled down enough for me to get this shot head-on,” the photographer told SWNS.
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Pucker Up
This tiny juvenile pouting trunkfish was only the size of a pea, but snapper Leslie Howell from the U.S. bagged a bronze in the Macro/Swimming category.
“This juvenile Trunkfish was about the size of a pea. It was pretty active, darting in and out of the coral head, but it finally settled down enough for me to get this shot head-on,” the photographer told SWNS.
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Hide and Seek
“This is a photo of an octopus seeking refuge in the dead seashells. I found it in Anilao Pier, Batangas, Philippines, which is a common sighting in the area,” Villanueva said. “Octopus is one of my favorite subjects.”
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All Teeth
07of 07Worm’s WorldswnsThese delicate white tufted worms billowing in the current got a bronze in the Macro/Not Swimming category for Czech Republic snapper Michal Štros.Website owner Tal Mor, who runs the competition, said: “It has been a difficult couple of years for dive and travel, yet the competition has still received a total of 1,283 entries.“Winning here, or even just being placed, is underwater photography’s most coveted accolade because it says you succeeded in the most competitive environment there is, against the top talent of the moment,” he added.
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Worm’s World
These delicate white tufted worms billowing in the current got a bronze in the Macro/Not Swimming category for Czech Republic snapper Michal Štros.
Website owner Tal Mor, who runs the competition, said: “It has been a difficult couple of years for dive and travel, yet the competition has still received a total of 1,283 entries.
“Winning here, or even just being placed, is underwater photography’s most coveted accolade because it says you succeeded in the most competitive environment there is, against the top talent of the moment,” he added.
source: people.com
