SURFING sharks and widowed penguins comforting each other are featured among incredible photos shortlisted in a leading competition.
Images from dozens of countries have been entered into the Ocean Photography Awards 2020, which recognises the images that best capture our planet’s wild blue spaces in earnest.
Sean Scott/Ocean Awards/TNGSean Scott’s two sharks surfing at Red Bluff, Quobba Station, Western Australia, was shortlisted in the Adventure Photographer of the Year category[/caption]
The competition is open to all ocean photographers of all disciplines and experience levels – amateurs and professionals alike.
It is judged by a panel of some of the world’s leading ocean photographers.
This includes International Photography Hall of Fame inductee Paul Nicklen, founder of the International League of Conservation Photographers, Cristina Mittermeier, and Emmy Award-winning cinematographer Shawn Heinrichs.
A total of six categories will be judged, with the overall winner crowned the Ocean Photographer of the Year in November this year.
Jason Gulley/Ocean Awards/TNGJason Gulley’s cave diver entering Little River Spring in Mexico during a flood[/caption]
Florian Ledoux/Ocean Awards/TNGFlorian Ledoux’s Drone image captures walrus huddle in Svalbard, Norway,[/caption]
Celia Kujala/Ocean Awards/TNGCelia Kujala’s a Steller sea lion peers into the camera, in Hornby Island, British Colombia [/caption]
Tobias Baumgaertner/Ocean Awards/TNGTwo widowed penguins seemingly comfort one another in Melbourne, Australia by Tobias Baumgaertner[/caption]
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Karim Iliya/Ocean Awards/TNGKarim Iliya’s freediver explores caves in Tonga [/caption]
Grant Thomas/Ocean Awards/TNGGrant Thomas’s paddle boarders float above the reef in Tonga[/caption]
Duncan Murrell/Ocean Awards/TNGDuncan Murrell’s three spinal devil rays engage in sexual courtship in the Philippines[/caption]
Ben Cranke/Ocean Awards/TNGPenguins march through heavy snow in Andrew’s Bay, South Georgia, by Ben Cranke[/caption]
Andrea Benvenuti/Ocean Awards/TNGAndrea Benvenuti: plastic bottle amount nest of Imperial penguins, Argentina[/caption]
Craig Parry/Ocean Awards/TNGCraig Parry: Remora fish with humpback whale in Tonga [/caption]
Florian Ledoux/Ocean Awards/TNGFlorian Ledoux: Crabeater seals on slab of ice in Antarctic waters [/caption]
Henley Spiers/Ocean Awards/TNGHenley Spiers: Wunderpus octopus photographed at night in Anilao, Philippine[/caption]
Tanner Mansell/Ocean Awards/TNGTanner Mansell’s image of bull shark captured off coast of Florida, USA[/caption]
