UPY 2025

UPY  Black and White - Winner
'The Cut'
Diana Fernie

This photograph was taken at Leru Cut in the Solomon Islands. I was lucky enough to have won a 10-day trip on the Solomons PNG Master liveaboard and was very excited to have the opportunity to visit this site again. Having dived these waters on two previous occasions I knew what to expect. However, I needed an elegant model as an essential element for this composition and my immediate companions could not be classified in any way as elegant! Fortunately, there was another photographer in my dingy group whose beautiful model wife was the perfect subject. Somewhat cheekily I managed to capture a few shots of her as she posed for her husband!!!

Judge's comment: Great use of all the tones from rich black right through to clean white. The composition is classic and the decision to convert to black and white was a winning choice.
- Peter Rowlands