The winners of the underwater photography competition of 2016 are named

There, under these turbulent blue waves, there is an entirely different world. To see him live, of course, not every one of us can, nevertheless, everyone can see the results of the work of remarkable photo artists. Let's take a look at these incredible images and at the same time sum up the results of the past year 2016, after all, the winners of the underwater photography competition were named the most recently.

Best shot

The winner, who received the main prize of the competition, was Matti Smith with his work Pacific Man of War (the title photo of our material). This photo was taken off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Lighting and composition are impeccable, and we see a sea jellyfish and its quaintly curved deadly tentacles. This creature is a Portuguese ship. The range of their habitat extends throughout the water area of the Indian and Pacific Ocean.

Matti Smith says that Portuguese boats are very common in warm ocean waters near his house on the coast. "In the rays of the moonlight hundreds and thousands of these jellyfish in the water look incredible," the artist tells in an interview. - All this emphasizes the amazing beauty of these underwater predators. And one of these days I just took the camera in my hands, and I was lucky to capture this spectacle. "

Other winners of the underwater photography competition

The competition for photographers was organized by the Society of Underwater Photography. In total, 90 prizes were established in 15 nominations, and photographers from 60 countries fought for them.

The winners are already named. Their work is impressive with the beauty and depth of artistic design, they truly fascinate. And there are a lot of them. We suggest that you look at only some of them. It's impressive, is not it?