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UPY  British Waters Living Together - Commended
'Swanage Pier Swarm'
Paul Pettitt

From experience I know that this bait ball of Smelt arrive at Swanage pier in exactly the same week every year. If you are lucky and get there the first day you will be rewarded with the scene in this picture. As the week goes on the number of fish gets smaller and smaller as they are eaten by bigger predators.

Judge's comment: A fantastic composition, full of life. Would surely have finished much higher without the oil-filter effect used to blur out the backscatter and all the other fine detail. - Alex Mustard