UPY Portrait - Winner
Ryohei Ito
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UPY Portrait - Winner
'Guardian Deity'
Ryohei Ito
As the Asian sheepshead wrasse grows older, it changes sex from female to male and at the same time it develops a large lump on its head. I thought about the lighting and composition so that the image of the bump and the powerful face could be conveyed, and challenged many times. He lives in a shrine under the water and looks just like a guardian deity.
I would like to thank my teacher, Keigo Kawamura, for teaching me how to take underwater pictures,and Hiroyuki Arakawa who guided me.
Judge's comment: A subject may have natural visual character like a caricature but it is not enough for a competition winner. The lighting and composition lifted this portrait up and up the ranking each time we viewed it. A worthy winner.
- Peter Rowlands
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