UPY 2025

UPY  British Waters Compact - Highly Commended
'Friend or Foe?'
Georgie Bull

I visited Porthkerris for the first time in the summer of 2020. I had high expectations, but I certainly wasn't expecting to see cuttlefish in such abundance. During a surface interval, I imagined a shot with a cuttlefish close to my lens and the beautiful forest of bootlace weed in the background. I arranged with my dive buddy and fellow marine biology coursemate, Sally, to join me in the shallows as I waited for a willing subject. By complete chance, a ballan wrasse swam through my shot as a cuttlefish approached. It really couldn't have been timed better! It’s great to see two iconic British marine species in one shot, especially when I didn’t expect to see the second!

Judge's comment: Beautiful natural colours throughout with the iconic cuttlefish joined by the equally iconic wrasse to produce a celebratory scene.
- Peter Rowlands