The organizers of the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year contest have announced the winners of this year’s competition. First prize went to Dennis Stogsdill, an American for his impressive footage of a caracal bird – a wild cat native to Africa – hunting flamingos in Tanzania. Beating 8,000 entries from around the world, the photo titled “A Cat and Its Prize” took home the photographer a cash prize of £1,500 ($1,825).
But, of course, it’s the Underwater category that we’re really interested in, and again, there’s a lot of DPGer among the winners. The overall winners of this category are Swiss shooter and DPG Photographer of the Week Andy Schmid, who caught a pink snapper among a school of sailfish, at the famous “Tuna Factory” dive site near the Maldivian capital Malé.
Runner-up in the Underwater category is a stunning portrait of Talia Greis, a renowned underwater photographer from Sydney, Australia. The image is a full front view of an eastern male goby with an egg in his mouth. The image is cheekily titled “Caviar”, but “Gobbleguts” is more than enough!
You can view the full collection of winners on TTL Nature website.
Underwater category winner: “Sunset Ray” by Andy Schmid
Runner-up in the Underwater Category: “Caviar” by Talia Greis
Underwater Category: “’Shyly’ by Yung-sen Wu
Highly rated Underwater Category: “Interstellar Steller” by Celia Kujala
Best Underwater Category: “A Fever of Mobula” by Evan Friedman
