UPY 2025

UPY 2018 British Waters Compact - Highly Commended
'Out of the Darkness'
Guy Mitchell

We headed over to Brixham as there had been a lot of octopus sightings at the time and we were lucky enough to come across three on this particular dive , which was amazing . We also encountered two of my favourite John Dory's amongst other species so it ended up turning into a dive which won't be forgotten easily . I'm still trying for a front-on shot for this species but haven't found one willing to play ball...yet ! Have seen over half a dozen of these over the year which is very promising and showing that the Marine Conservation Zones are clearly having an effect.

Judge's comment: This shot shows how effective a compact camera with a single strobe can be. A larger more obtrusive twin strobe set up would more than likely have resulted in a tail shot.
Peter Rowlands