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| “The Gauntlet,” Underwater Photographer of the
Year 2019, British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2019. Photo: © Richard
Barnden/UPY2019 |
The Underwater Photographer of
the Year was simply reported for 2019, and the triumphant pictures
offer a charming broadness of what’s past the shoreline. For the fourth year
straight, the photography contest has spoken to various parts of the sea
through an assortment of classifications. Champs were picked in 14 fields
including Wide Angle, Macro, Behavior, and Portrait.
Each
triumphant picture grandstands an alternate part of the underwater world. Some
sea photos feature the fascinating animals that hide below the surface, while
others give proper respect to the loftiness of enormous well-evolved creatures,
for example, whales and seals. Different pictures have a critical message.
Eduardo Acevedo was granted the Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year
for his piercing picture of a Caretta caretta turtle battling to
liberate itself from a net. It’s an amazing update that we have to save the
animals that live in the sea by actualizing economical fishing rehearses and
also reducing the use of plastics.
So,
who received the biggest award this year? That honor goes to
Richard Barnden for his picture titled The Gauntlet. It includes
an action-packed situation of a shark encouraging frenzy at the Fakarava South
Pass in French Polynesia. There are an expected 700 sharks watching the mouth
of the channel by day and chasing around evening time, and the most important
part was that Bardon was there to see it.
“The
gauntlet is about to unfold,” he describes. “Descending into the darkness I can
feel my heart beating a little faster than normal as hundreds of sharks are now
covering the bottom. This unlucky parrotfish dodged in and out of the patch
coral heads looking for somewhere to hide as swarms of sharks followed in hot
pursuit. One grey reef shark suddenly grabbed the parrotfish by its head
as another twisted underneath it to get a better grip. In desperation
it hurtled straight towards me as I snapped a few passing shots and curled up
into a ball as the frenzy of sharks shot past, leaving only but a few falling
parrotfish scales behind.”
Have
a look at more features from the Underwater Photographer of the Year below
and see each of the 125 awarded pictures in the winners’
gallery here.
The
2019 Underwater Photographer of the Year features probably the best sea photos
today.
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“Gentle Giants,” Winner of Wide Angle. Photo: ©
François Baelen/UPY2019
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“Caretta Caretta Turtle,” Marine Conservation
Photographer of the Year 2019. Photo: © Eduardo Acevedo/UPY2019
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“Marine Compass,” Most Promising British
Underwater Photographer 2019. Photo: © Malcolm Nimmo/UPY2019
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“Hairy in the Sunrise,” Winner of Compact.
Photo: © Enrico Somogyi/UPY2019
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“Paradise,” Up & Coming Underwater
Photographer of the Year 2019. Photo: © Taeyup Kim/UPY2019
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“Curious Crabeater,” Runner Up of Wide Angle.
Photo: © Jessica Farrer/UPY2019
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“Fast Cuttlefish,” Winner of Macro. Photo: ©
Fabio Iardino/UPY2019
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| “Fly High and Smile,” Winner of Portrait.
Photo: © Nicholas Samaras/UPY2019 |
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| “Mercury Tunnel,” Runner Up of Black &
White. Photo: © Ken Kiefer/UPY2019 |
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| “The Heat Run,” Runner Up of Behavior. Photo: ©
Scott Portelli/UPY2019 |
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| “My Place Under the Boat,” Up & Coming.
Photo: © Matej Bergoc/UPY2019 |