It ’s time to unveil the Underwater lensman of The Year ! With over 6,000 images entered ranging from raging fish to cockamamy camel , the challenger showcases the best submersed lensman have to offer across 13 categories , including Macro , extensive Angle , Behavior , and Portrait .
The title of Underwater lensman of The Year 2025 was scooped up by Spanish lensman Alvaro Herrero for his photograph of a motherhumpback whaleand her sura , taken in French Polynesia . entitle “ Radiant Bond ” , the look-alike showcases the relationship between the mother and her newborn .
“ The mother is accompany her calf to the surface , because the infant is still so minor and clumsy , ” explained Herrero in a affirmation post to IFLScience . “ The calf is releasing a few bubbles underwater show it is still teach to hold its breath properly . For me , this photo really shows a mother ’s love and communicates the beauty and fragility of life in our ocean . ”
The winning image of Underwater Photographer of The Year 2025.Image credit: © Alvaro Herrero/UPY2025
Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year 2025 was awarded to German lensman Robert Marc Lehmann for his sinewy image of atiger sharkbeing carried into shoring . The photograph was taken in Indonesia and highlights some of the more difficult expression of the relationship between humans and the sea .
“ The opus is immersive and the timing , capturing the fisher ’s gesture , is decisive , ” suppose contest jurist Alex Mustard . “ Although an workaday occurrent and legal almost everywhere , the human beings reaching out to stop the photo uncover what his conscience reckons on what they are doing . A picture that use up you straight into the storey . ”
Abdulaziz Al Saleh from Kuwait captured a humourous and unexpected range of a group ofcamelsdrinking . His composition and patience during the process were enough to scoop him the top loot in the Portrait category . “ The first week the camels were a bit hesitating to drink weewee while my camera was under the water and only a few get together to fuddle , which is not what I wanted . But after several days the camels had already have [ … ] me and my equipment , ” Al Saleh explained .
“This is just one of around 200 million sharks that lose their lives every year at the hands of humans,” said Lehman.Image credit: © Robert Marc Lehmann/UPY2025
The winner of the British Waters Macro category was Dan Bolt , award for his extraordinary double of aNeoturris pileatajellyfish . Though it seems that the creature at the top of the image is within the body of the jellyfish , it is rather perfectly framed to appear that means , while the puppet is actually outside .
A spectacular photo of a bluemarlin huntingcaught the care of the justice and scooped the smuggler - up trophy in the Behavior category . Photographed in Magdalena Bay in Baja California , these are some of the fastest fish in the ocean , which create getting this shot all the more impressive .
“ This photo is all about second , as the aristocratical marlin pounces and the terrified school scatter . We loved that the lensman was aware to include such a beautiful reflection in the composition , despite the briefness of the photographic chance , ” said Mustard .
“The frames either side of this capture actually show that the larval crab (or lobster) is actually on the outside of the bell, but in this instant it was perfectly on the opposite side from me and hence the effect of being contained within the transparent body.“Image credit: © Dan Bolt/UPY2025
you may control out the ease of this twelvemonth ’s winnershere .
Bad day to be in the view of this marlin!Image credit: ©Eduardo Acevedo/UPY2025
