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Up & coming category third place. The Eye of a Butterfly by Spencer Burrows (UK). Location: Sharks Bay House Reef, Egypt. “While masked butterflyfish are fairly common in the Red Sea, they are quite skittish and often swim away on approach. As I wanted to try and capture this common fish in a different way I had an abstract shot in mind and I felt the eye with its blue and yellow surroundings were key to the shot working. Having failed to get this to work with a standard macro lens, I equipped a tele-converter for additional reach, which allowed me to keep my distance from the fish”. (Photo by Spencer Burrows/Underwater Photographer of the Year 2016)
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