UPY 2025

UPY  Black & White - Commended
'The Scream!'
Pietro Cremone

I was diving in Bunaken Marine Park, when my attention was caught by a large sponge with an almost human appearance. Some large pores resembling eyes and mouth, a crinoid placed right at the top like a tuft of hair, made me stop and take a closer look at this composition. Shooting from a precise angle, the result was astonishing. A shouting human face!!

Judge's comment: Such a funny image! We all had a smile in our faces when we saw the image first time! Very well capture and spotted by the photographer. The little featherstar on the top which looks like the hair rounds up the image! Not necessarily a real black and white image as it would work, maybe better, in color as well.

Tobias Friedrich