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UPY  British Waters Living Together - Runner Up
'Wandering mermaid'
Lukasz Jan Kowalski

One of my summer morning swims with Emma. She is a very good swimmer and amazing free diver so is always pleasure be with her underwater and capture this moments on camera. I heard from Emma about her favourite underwater destinations and on this day she was showing me one from this list. This place is magical and always full of fish and other marine animals. As soon I knew what we can except on this location was obvious what kind of photos we will try. My goal with photography is travel the world to capture outstanding beauty of oceans and surrounding areas also to help with conservation and education of this amazing places.

Judge's comment: Very nice and moody atmosphere in this well executed image. We liked it so much and decided to have it placed as a runner up - despite the fact that it could have won if it was a bit brighter and that one little fish wouldn't be swimming on front of the model. But nevertheless a great image which perfectly shows how nice the waters in England are.
Tobias Friedrich