Each year, the
Ocean Photography Awards invite ocean photographers from all around the globe to share their best shots capturing the beauty and magnificence of under- and above-water ecosystems. “The Ocean Photography Awards are a celebration of our beautiful blue planet, as well as a platform to highlight the many plights it is facing,” the OPA team writes on their website.
The winners of this year’s
Ocean Photography Awards have recently been announced, and of course, as always, they do not disappoint. Though, there’s one shot that has stolen particularly many hearts this year and won the
Community Choice Award. The photo we’re talking about is one taken by the German photographer Tobias Baumgaertner and it captures two fluffy penguins comforting each other.
A picture of two penguins standing “flipper in flipper” has won a photography award.
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image, which was taken in St Kilda, Australia.
The photo of two little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, went viral after Mr Baumgaertner posted it on Instagram in March, claiming that the birds had both been widowed.
“These two fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper,” Mr Baumgaertner wrote on Instagram.
Nadia Aly’s picture of mobula rays was the overall winner (Nadia Aly/Ocean Photography Awards/PA)
Nadia Aly’s picture of mobula rays was the overall winner (Nadia Aly/Ocean Photography Awards/PA) “A volunteer approached me and told me that the white one was an elderly lady who had lost her partner, and apparently so did the younger male to the left. “Since then they meet regularly, comforting each other and standing together for hours, watching the dancing lights of the nearby city.” The overall winner of the competition, organised by Oceanographic Magazine, was Nadia Aly, who photographed mobula rays off the Baja California Sur in Mexico. The six winners won prizes across seven awards, whittled down from more than 3,000 initial competition submissions.
Image of penguins hugging wins photography prize
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image of the birds in Melbourne. By Press Association Wednesday 23 Dec 2020, 5:11 PM Dec 23rd 2020, 5:11 PM 46,975 Views 14 Comments
A PICTURE OF two penguins standing “flipper in flipper” has won a photography award.
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards’ community choice prize for the image, which was taken in St Kilda, Australia.
The photo of two little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, went viral after Mr Baumgaertner posted it on Instagram in March, claiming that the birds had both been widowed.
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The penguins were pictured on a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline earlier this year (Pic: Tobias Baumgaertner/Oceanographic Magazine/Ocean Photography Awards)
A picture of two penguins standing flipper in flipper has won a photography award.
Tobias Baumgaertner won the Ocean Photography Awards community choice prize for the image, which was taken in St Kilda, Australia.
The photo of two little penguins, also known as fairy penguins, went viral after Mr Baumgaertner posted it on Instagram in March, claiming that the birds had both been widowed. These two fairy penguins poised upon a rock overlooking the Melbourne skyline were standing there for hours, flipper in flipper, Mr Baumgaertner wrote on Instagram.