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22.09.2023 - 18:51 / forbes.com
From thousands of drone, underwater and coastal images submitted by the world’s best ocean photographers, Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023 has announced the overall and the different category winners of its prestigious awards.
The Ocean Photographer of the Year has a simple mission: to shine a light on the beauty of our oceans and the threats they face.
Marine biologist and amateur photographer Jialing Cai has been named Ocean Photographer of the Year 2023, with a stunning image (below) of a paper nautilus floating on a piece of ocean debris, photographed on a blackwater dive in the wake of a volcanic eruption in the Philippines.
Cai was inspired to start shooting on blackwater dives after learning about “diel vertical migration,” when zooplankton moves from the deep ocean to the surface at night. “That hit me like lightning,” said Cai. “My professor was telling me the deep sea was within my reach, that it would come to me. That realization was mind-blowing. It’s why [I’ve become] so obsessed with blackwater photography.”
All the winning photos will be showcased at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia, which opens to the public on November 17.
The overall winner, category winners and winning photos can be seen here.
A Paper Nautilus drifts at night on a piece of ocean debris, surrounded by heavy sediment (Philippines).
Andrei Savin was named runner-up with his astonishing image of a crab sitting in the middle of a sea anemone as it sways in the ocean current (Philippines).
A distressing but thought-provoking image of a whale struggling on with its flukes severely damaged as a result of continued entanglement (Mexico).
As a figure surfs North Shore’s famous Banzai Pipeline, a rainbow appears in O’ahu, Hawaii.
A scuba diver explores the underside of a gigantic iceberg in Tasiilaq, East Greenland. Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable for divers who can dive around icebergs that float in crystal-clear water.
A manatee enjoys the crystal-clear waters of Florida’s Homosassa River.
Two pale octopuses sit on a pipe that forms part of an artificial reef built to attract octopuses and other marine life to this area of Australia.
During low tide, a coral reef is perfectly mirrored on the surface at Mayotte Island, a French overseas region in the northern Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean.
The essence of Raja Ampat: Myriad colorful soft corals and schools of sweetlips in one frame at Indonesia’s Raja Ampat.
A batallion of mobula rays swim peacefully in the shallow waters of the Gulf of California in Baja California Sur, Mexico.
A whale shark and its entourage of remoras is attracted by the bright lights of fishermen in The
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