Tag: Underwater Photography

Amazon River Dolphin Wins Underwater Photographer of the Year—Beside Sea Jungles and Shipwrecks

We humans may fancy our dry-land abode a pretty fine place, yet nature has created a whole universe full of jaw-dropping scenes underwater. And it’s just waiting for landbound photographers to embrace its marine majesty. Underwater Photographer of the Year (UPY) specifically focuses on this milieu of aquatic, camera-wielding visual artists in its yearly competition, displaying some of…


Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year 2022 Winners Released—Contemplate Circle of Life and Death

“Tour boats had been watching the young whale for days as it slowly moved through the bay, appearing sicker and slower with more shark bites over its body day after day.” The scene was visceral. While making its annual migration north along Ningaloo Reef off Australia’s northwest coast, the fledgling-adult humpback, maimed and ailing, inched…