UPY 2025

UPY  Wrecks - Highly Commended
'Takeoff'
Christian Horras

This picture of a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar was taken in Aqaba, Jordan. The plane was scuttled in 2019 and now rests at a depth of 15-28 meters. It is truly no ordinary wreck dive, as you don't often see entire passenger planes on the bottom of the ocean! The wreck offers endless possibilities for underwater photography, especially on the inside where you can access the cabin and cockpit. I chose to get a shot of the outside and placed a powerful light on a small tripod in the jet engine to create the effect of a powered engine. With the sun at a right angle illuminating the wreck and not overpowering my ‘engine’.

Judge's comment: A well chosen angle and composition of this very different ‘wreck’ with a perfectly placed and contributing model and a clever decision to light the exhaust exit as if were the original super heated gasses. A stand out image.
Peter Rowlands