2021 EPoY finalist, Alex Kydd

Finalist Exploration Photographer of the Year

Alex Kydd Western Australia

23°02'55.1"S 113°46'27.6"E

A fever of cownose rays. “These rays were spiralling and rubbing together throughout the water column,” says photographer Alex Kydd. “The behaviour documented is believed to be a mating or courtship behaviour. Having spent more than five years on Ningaloo Reef this was my first and only encounter with this species – a once in a lifetime.”