The Best Underwater Photos Of 2018 Were Just Announced, And They’ll Take Your Breath Away

The ocean is as beautiful as it is scary. The 2018 Underwater Photography Of The Year (UPY) contest have just announced its winners, and they have perfectly captured the many treasures of the world down below.

All photos had to be taken underwater (split-level images were permitted too, as long as a part of the image was underwater).  There were also no restrictions on post processing. Photographers from 63 countries submitted more than 5,000 photos to compete in the 11 categories as well as the grand prize.

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German photographer, Tobias Friedrich, was the one who got it. Tobias’ piece is called ‘CYCLE-WAR’ and shows a panoramic view of the shipwrecked SS Thistlegorm, stocked with rows of 16H motorbikes loaded into Fordson WOT 3 trucks. Friedrich explained that he had had the idea for the photo for a few years, but finding a way to compose the shot was tricky.

“The wall is very close and you can’t move backwards enough to capture the whole scenery. As a result, I had to create a panoramic image of the same scene to capture the whole cargo deck, including some lights that give the image more depth.”

Competition judge Peter Rowlands pointed out that while this is not the first time someone has taken this photo, it is the artistic composition that set Friedrich apart.

“Perfectly lit and composed, I predict that there will never be a better shot of this subject from now on.”

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Underwater Photographer of the Year. “CYCLE-WAR” by Tobias Friedrich, Germany

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British Underwater Photographer of the Year. “Love Birds” by Grant Thomas, UK

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Up & Coming Underwater Photographer of the Year. “ROAR” by Man BD, Malaysia

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Most Promising British Underwater Photographer. “How many pike?” by Tony Stephenson, UK

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Wide Angle Category Winner: “Humpback whale spy hopping” by Greg Lecoeur, France

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Wide Angle Category: Runner Up “Surrounded” by Fan Ping, China

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Wide Angle Category: Third “Evening Snorkel” by Brook Peterson, USA

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Wide Angle Category: “Breathtaking” by Tobias Friedrich, Germany

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Wide Angle Category: “The real illusion”by Konstantin Killer, Germany

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Wide Angle Category: “Cenote Nariz” by Herbert Meyrl, Germany

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Wide Angle Category: “Cooking Sausage” by Pekka Tuuri, Finland

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Wide Angle Category: “Blacktip Rendezvous” by Renee Capozzola, USA

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Wide Angle Category: “Tannic water at Cenote Carwash” by Tom St George, Mexico

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Wide Angle Category: “Down the stream” by Wendy Timmermans, Netherlands

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Macro Category Winner: “Seahorse Density” by Shane Gross, Canada

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Macro Category: Runner Up “Friend or Food?!” by Songda Cai, China

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Macro Category: Third “The Shadow” by Kenji Cheow, Malaysia

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Macro Category: “Ghost” by Davide Lopresti, Italy

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Macro Category: “Pretty lady” by TianHong Wang, China

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Macro Category: “Blue fish” by Ace Wu, Taiwan

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Macro Category: “Black-Saddle Snake Eel” by Marchione dott. Giacomo, Italy

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Macro Category: “Lovers on the bridge” by Yatwaiso, Hong Kong

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Macro Category: “Blue nudibranch” by Ace Wu, Taiwan

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Macro Category: “Bubble” by K.Zhang, China

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Wrecks Category: Runner Up “Safe Navigation” by Gianni Pecchiar, Italy

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Wrecks Category: “TRUCK-NOBIA” by Tobias Friedrich, Germany

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Wrecks Category: “Perfect Wheel” by Pekka Tuuri, Finland

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Wrecks Category: “Stuka” by Pekka Tuuri, Finland

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Wrecks Category: “Unusually Parked Car” by Pekka Tuuri, Finland

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Wrecks Category: “OCD Diver Tries To Right Shipwreck” by Susannah H. Snowden-Smith, Cayman Islands

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Wrecks Category: “MV Karwela” by Marcus Blatchford, UK

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Wrecks Category: “Bells n Helms” by Kieran Hatton, UK

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Wrecks Category: “BSA M20 Motorbike” by Anders Nyberg, Sweden

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Behaviour Category: “The Fisherman” by Filippo Borghi, Italy

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Behaviour Category: “In Hinding” by Scott Gutsy Tuason, Philippines

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Behaviour Category: “Gannets feeding” by Greg Lecoeur, France

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Behaviour Category: “Nurse shark mating is no gentle affair” by Shane Gross, Canada

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Behaviour Category: “The Birth” by Filippo Borghi, Italy

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Behaviour Category: “Tiger sharks feeding on sperm whale carcass” by Chris Burville, Bermuda

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Behaviour Category: “Honu Love At Dusk” by Renee Capozzola, USA

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Behaviour Category: “Spinning Anthias” by Anders Nyberg, Sweden

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Behaviour Category: “Hyppocampus guttulatus coupling dance” by Adriano Morettin, Italy

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Behaviour Category: “Attack” by Mika Saareila, Finland

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Portrait Category Winner: “A sand tiger shark surrounded by tiny bait fish” by Tanya Houppermans, USA

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Portrait Category Runner Up: “The Nose” by Mike Korostelev, Russian Federation

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Portrait Category: Third “Under The Wave” by Rodney Bursiel, USA

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Portrait Category: “A reflective green turtle hatchling” by Matt Curnock, Australia

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Portrait Category: “Pretty In Pink” by Nicholas More, UK

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Portrait Category: “One of the last ones” by Robert Marc Lehmann, Germany

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Portrait Category: “Oceanic white tip shark” by Greg Lecoeur, France

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Portrait Category: “Imprisonment”, by André Musgrove, Bahamas

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Portrait Category: “Australian Sea Lion” by Greg Lecoeur, France

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Portrait Category:”Jump” by Davide Lopresti, Italy

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Black & White Category Winner: “Crocodile reflections” by Borut Furlan, Slovenia

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Black & White Category Runner Up: “Graceful manta” by Sylvie Ayer, Switzerland

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Black & White Category: Third “Angels of the Deep” by Santosh Shanmuga, USA

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Black & White Category: “Nohoch Na Chich” by Herbert Meyrl, Germany

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Black & White Category: “Gravity” by Miguel Pereira, Portugal

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Black & White Category: “The Talk” by c USA

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Black & White Category: “Morning Flight” by Filippo Borghi, Italy

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Black & White Category: “BW Goby” by Anders Nyberg, Sweden

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Black & White Category: “Hypnosis” by Wendy Timmermans, Netherlands

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Black & White Category: “Seal” by Sylvie Ayer, Switzerland

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Compact Category Winner: “Dancing with the giants” by Simone Matucci, New Zealand

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Compact Category Runner Up: “Flower power” by Jack Berthomier, New Caledonia

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Compact Category Third: “Frogfish Illusion” by Ipah UiD, Malaysia

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Compact Category: “Night reflection of a juvenile garfish” by Jack Berthomier, New Caledonia

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Compact Category: “At the Surface” by Stephen Holinski, Canada

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Compact Category: “Crop Circle”by Ipah UiD, Malaysia

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Compact Category: “Kootenay Lake” by Stephen Holinski, Canada

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Compact Category: “Tres Amigos” by Sarah Vasend, USA

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Compact Category: “Elvis” by Stefano Cerbai, Italy

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Compact Category: “Manta Frenzy” by Ali Shujau, Maldives

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