Flutter - 5th Place, Shallow Depth of Field Competition, BSoUP Feb '24

A Valentin's Sharpnose Pufferfish in the shallows.

"This is a great image with spot on focus.

It’s always difficult to get a good shallow depth of field photo with a moving subject and the focus on the fish’s eyes is spot on. They are nice and crisp and detailed.

I really like how the shallow depth of field has resulted in a naturally semi-blingy background.

The rendering of the colours is also great.

Well done to the photographer on managing to create such a great image of a difficult to shoot subject!"

Judged by Kate Jonker

Location: Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea, Indonesia

Photographer: Laura Storm