UPY 2025

UPY 2019 Macro - Commended
'Bubbles'
Marcello Di Francesco

This shot was born with the intent to try something different for the Anilao shootout that took place in November 2018 in the Philippines.
My intention was to submit in the nudibranch category a shot that could have great impact.
Often the nudibranchs are placed in places that do not allow beautiful / colored backgrounds, so to avoid the classic black ones I decided to use a special background that combined with the blur given by the open lens aperture could exaggerate the colors of the subject and recall bubbles underwater.

Judge's comment: Subtle delicacy is risky when trying to catch a judge’s eye but this full frame delivery appealed to us through all of the phases and deservedly so.
Peter Rowlands