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UPY  Compact - Runner Up
'Octopus Attack'
Enrico Somogyi

This shot was taken in Lembeh. The coconut octopus was sitting in a small hollow in the sand. In the background there is a shell where another coconut octopus was living. After I took some pictures, the octopus started to touch my lens. So, I was able to get this shoot with the important focus on the eye.

Judge's comment: A portrait that takes us right into this octopus’s world, connecting us with the subject from beneath its suckers. The framing invites us to meet the octopus and see the second in the shell behind – a wonderful composition.
Alex Mustard