The winners of the 2023 edition of the DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition have been announced with a picture of a juvenile blackfish hitching a ride on a jellyfish under the gaze of Mount Vesuvius taking home first place.
Marco Gargiulo won $1,000 for his photo entitled The Passenger which impressed the judges for its “juxtaposition of a blackwater subject against wide-angle topside with sunlight.”
“I initially thought this must be a composite, so to learn this photograph was one image clinched the decision in my view,” says one of the judges Renee Capozzola.
Best of Show and first place in the Over-Under Category. A juvenile imperial blackfish hitches a ride on a jellyfish beneath Mount Vesuvius, Naples, Italy. | Marco GargiuloFirst place in the Blackwater Category. Shot in the Philippines. | Magnus LundgrenThird place in the Wide Angle Category. Three bottlenose dolphins in perfect unison. | Annie GuttridgeSecond place in the Macro Category. A seahorse gives birth in Indonesia. | Tokk AkiFirst place in the Macro Category. A frogfish catches its prey in Indonesia. | Bryon ConroyHonorable mention in the Macro Category. A juvenile boxfish in Indonesia. | Bryon ConroyFirst place in the Black and White Category. Shot in Tulum, Mexico. | Martin BroenFirst place in the Wide Angle Category. A crab-eating macaque gazes from the water’s edge. | Suliman AlatiqiThird place in the Blackwater Category. A spectacular alien-like octopus in the Philippines. Shot on a Nikon D850. | Magnus LundgrenThird place in the Over-Under Category. An alligator in the Florida Everglades. | Mirko ZanniThird place in the Macro Category. A juvenile turtle in Indonesia. | Claudio ZoriFirst place in the Conservation Category. The unwanted parts of sharks discarded by fishermen in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico. | Yinan LiuSecond place in the Blackwater Category. A juvenile moray eel in the Philippines. | Liang FuHonorable mention in the Over-Under Category. A crab-eating macaque searches for food in Thailand. | Suliman AlatiqiSecond place in the Conservation Category. A controlled anchovy catch off the coasts of Italy. | Guido VillaniSecond place in the Black and White Category. Shot in ice-cold water in Iceland. | Bryon Conroy
The competition focuses on underwater photography with several categories: Black and White, Blackwater, Conservation, Macro, Over-Under, Traditional, Wide Angle, and Short Film.
Full results can be found on the competition’s website.
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