Winners Gallery
3rd place Adventure Photographer of the Year
SEBASTIEN PONTOIZEAU Réunion Island
21°06´52” S
55°31´57” E
A freediver duck dives to capture a photograph of a humpback whale. “I was there that day with two friends specialising in humpback whale experiences off Reunion Island,” says photographer Sebastien Pontoizeau. “My friend Jeremy Goncalves wanted to capture a portrait of this whale. It is at this moment that I was able to realise this image, which shows two universes.”
BEHIND THE LENS
SEBASTIEN PONTOIZEAU France
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Little swell
- Captured mid-morning
- Taken while freediving
- Good underwater visibility
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