WINNERS GALLERY
Finalist Conservation Photographer of the Year
Nicholas Samaras Greece
40°30'44.3"N
23°49'49.4"E
A seahorse clings to a face mask. “When you dive at a point regularly, you have the opportunity to observe changes,” says photographer Nicholas Samaras. “I visit Stratoni, a small seaside village in the Halkidiki peninsula, regularly to observe and photograph the local seahorse population. The biggest recent change: Covid waste.”
BEHIND THE LENS
Nicholas Samaras Greece
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Midday
- Light current
- Taken while scuba diving
- Shore dive
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