Official diver and photographer Alessandro Grasso has received the Underwater class of the Shut-up Photographer of the twelve months contest along with his image of an octopus nestling in a clam shell.

More than 9,000 photos were entered into the opponents this twelve months from 56 countries. There were 9 categories: Animals, Insects, Plants & Fungi, Intimate Landscape, Underwater, Butterflies & Insects, Artifical, Micro (for photos created the spend of a microscope) and Younger Shut-up Photographer of the twelve months (for entrants frail 17 or beneath.)

The Underwater class became as soon as fresh for this twelve months, after Galice Hoarau received the general opponents in 2020 along with his blackwater shot of an eel larva.

Grasso acknowledged about his award-winning list:

“In the previous three years, the bacterium Mycobacterium sherrisii has brought about the mass demise of Pinna nobilis (Accurate Pen Shell) throughout the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the empty shells of the wide bivalve were colonised by assorted marine species. In this case, an octopus takes serve of the wide shell to glean its den and offer protection to itself from predators. I archaic a tedious shutter flee and circular panning trail to give dynamism to the image and emphasise the sphere.”

Grasso takes home £300/~US$405/~€350 and sees his work exhibited to a world viewers in the Top 100 on-line gallery at www.cupoty.com.

Per match says co-founder Tracy Calder:

“The usual of entries in this fresh class became as soon as in actuality distinctive, with work by Filippo Borghi, Enrico Somogyi, Pekka Tuuri and Nur Tucker all discovering a local in the relaxation winners gallery.”

The class, supported by SEACAM, became as soon as judged by David Doubilet, Jennifer Hayes, Nadia Aly and Darren Jew.