According to the Atlantic Monthly, the organizers of the Underwater Photography Contest have just announced the winning work of 2017, with a portrait of an octopus. Divided into wide-angle, macro, shipwreck, macro and other categories, the competition attracted photographers from 68 countries. Pictured here is the 2017 underwater photography of the year: Dancing Octopus, photographer Gabriel Barathieu spotted the octopus in Mayotte, and he used a 14mm ultra-wide-angle lens to shoot closely, which made the octopus look larger than it actually is. Compilation / Yu Shiquan (exclusive compilation of the news network, please indicate the source when reprinting)
This photo was taken by the photographer while diving in Palm Beach, Australia, there are many plankton in the vast underwater world, they are small and move fast, coupled with the dim light under the water, so the shooting is very challenging, many times the photographer will use diving lights to assist the lighting to get good results, this is how the rare lionfish in this picture was taken.
Photographer Christophe Lapeze in Polynesia when playing encountered a mother whale and a small whale is resting picture, the baby whale is not afraid of the human 15 meters away from themselves, of course, at this time the use of flash is not a wise choice, the sun shines through the deep blue water, in fact, the contrast of the picture is enough.
Photographer Steve Jones dived underwater to photograph an American B-17G Fortress bomber sunken to the bottom of the sea.
Winner of the macro group: Photographer So Yat Wai dives in the Philippines and catches a mantis shrimp preparing to prey.
Visibility underwater is often very low, with photographer Katherine Lu diving in Singapore with less than 3 metres of visibility around him, but the oxygen bubbles of aquatic plants caught his attention, and the work he photographed had an abstract aesthetic.
Portrait Group: The photographer waits for the green sea turtle to approach the camera to take this photo.
Underwater photography is a great test of the photographer's lighting skills, especially such a big guy as a helicopter sunken on the bottom of the sea, and the photographer uses a remote control strobe to trigger the flash to shoot this picture.
In Indonesia, a clean shrimp is "cleaning" in the mouth of a moray eel.
In British waters, a herd of gannets hovered around the side of the boat in search of prey, and suddenly one of the gannets swept into the water, and dozens of other birds immediately followed in search of fish.
The shipwreck near Gordon Reef has a vicissitudes of beauty at sunset.
The photographer didn't like the appearance of the sea iguanas, who thought they looked like monsters, but since the sea iguanas were an endangered species, he did, and Damien Mauric was photographed in the Galapagos Islands.
The caves at the bottom of the sea are mysterious, and the photographer uses flash to balance the natural light under the water well, and the symmetrical composition captures a pleasant picture.
As the sun sets, the rains take a short break, and photographers photograph a large number of silver mandarin fish swimming by the dockside.
Clownfish have a symbiotic relationship with sea anemones. Apparently, they were so curious when the photographer approached these clownfish in Indonesia, and for a moment they even started "dancing" in front of the camera.
It's a pleasure to encounter some strange creatures in the water, and the photographer was very surprised when he encountered the gray seal underwater, when the seal looked straight at him with wide eyes, and then disappeared into the vast sea after the photographer pressed the shutter.
In recent years, sardines have become victims of overfishing and climate change, and they are a major food source for marine life, with many species such as penguins, sea lions, sharks, and dolphins relying on them for their survival. To catch the perfect hunting moment for dolphins, photographers spent days waiting in South African waters.