Winners Gallery
Finalist Adventure Photographer of the Year
Byron Conroy Iceland
“This image was shot at night time, in the world-famous Silfra fissure in Iceland, a tectonic boundary between the North American and Eurasian plates,” explains Conroy. “You get underwater visibility of 100 metres or more here. This was a difficult photo to shoot as the water temperature was 1 degree Celsius, while the air temperature was in the minus range. We used artificial light at night for a new perspective of the rift.”
BEHIND THE LENS
Byron Conroy United Kingdom (UK)
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- -5 degrees Celsius, no wind
- Shore entry
- Taken while scuba diving in a dry suit
- Taken at night, around 8pm
Byron Conroy is an underwater photographer, photojournalist, writer and workshop leader who has been shooting all over the world for the last 10 years. Byron lives in Iceland and runs home based dive expeditions allowing him to become a cold-water specialist who enjoys time off from Iceland shooting in the warmer seas.
IMAGES BY Byron Conroy
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