UPY 2025

UPY  Black & White - Commended
'Rorschach'
Michael Freifeld

I have snorkeled The Blue Heron Bridge countless times looking for small, hidden, and unique creatures. As I floated along I noticed a pair of Grey Angelfish, a species that tends to swim in pairs investigating a neglected, anchored vessel. Because of all of the life growing on the hull of ship, the Angelfish began treating it as feeding surface, while effortlessly switching orientation to feed. I had an idea in my head and began snapping while holding my breath. I was so lucky to capture the exact moment when one of the pair flipped itself in exactly the opposite orientation of its partner!

Judge's comment: Black and white. I love how the photographer's choice of upward viewpoint has captured these two angelfish flipped in different orientations in our three dimensional realm.
Alex Mustard