UPY 2025

UPY  Compact - Third
'Jellyfish from Palau'
Enrico Somogyi

For some years the Jellyfish lake was closed. Now it has been reopened . I tried a split shot for this beautiful creature. The flash was positioned close to the port and I used a fixed focus, because the autofocus from compact cameras is too slow. I used a small domeport with around 12cm diameter. It was not easy to handle. But in the end I captured it.

Judge's comment: As I have previously stated, split level shots with compact cameras are far from easy but Enrico has controlled the camera to maximise the possibilities and succeeded very well. The under surface reflections lift the overall effect and the simple underwater lighting has created an almost moon-like glow. The topside being slightly out of focus is good as it doesn’t distract. SLR delivery from a compact :-)
- Peter Rowlands