British and Irish Underwater Photography Championship (BIUPC) 2022 winners

Nick Watson · Issue 129, Nov/Dec 2022 · pp. 25–27

‘Bristol photographer takes top honours in competition with stunning image of Bobtail squid whilst night diving off South Devon coast’: The British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) are once again pleased to announce results of The British and Irish Underwater Photography Championship (BIUPC) which was held on 3rd September 2022. For Underwater Photographers, a “splash-in” is a competition that takes place on a single nominated day, when photographers jump into the water to compete against each other. Traditionally, these competitions have been restricted to particular locations, but BIUPC is unique in that it has developed a format to allow pictures to be taken anywhere within the coastal or inland waterways of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. This has hugely increased the richness and variety of pictures submitted for judging, and so truly allows for a snapshot…