UPY 2025

UPY  Compact - Winner
'Klunzinger's wrasse in motion'
Enrico Somogyi

When I was snorkeling in Marsa Alam I saw countless Klunzinger's Wrasses. One of them was particularly curious and very interested in my lens. I was able to take some good classic wide angle pictures. After a while I figured it would be a good idea to try a long exposure. So I set my camera to the smallest aperture f11, the ISO value to 64 and the exposure time to 1/13s. For this picture, I moved the camera forward a bit while the shutter was released. This created the zoom effect in the lower part of the image. I was very happy with the result.

Judge's comment: An intelligent image playing to the camera’s strengths and producing an end result that most bigger cameras would be proud of.
Peter Rowlands