This year’s World Shootout competition winners were announced at the Boot Show in Dusseldorf.
The images are stunning in all 12 categories, while the winner of the coveted best picture image is a truly magnificent image of an octopus! This year’s best picture winner is Claudio Ceresi from Italy. The winner receives a three-week diving trip for 2 to Papua New Guinea worth over US$10,000 (~€9,305).
Categories in the 2022 competition included:
- Best 5 images.
- Amaturers.
- Wide angle.
- Macro.
- Underwater fashion.
- Blackwater.
- Videoclip
- Championship.
- Humoristic images.
- Environmental and conservation.
- Wrecks of the world.
- Sharks of the world.
You can find out more about the World Shootout and the winners here, as well as info about the album (pdf) of the winning photos here.
(Featured Image credit: Claudio Ceresi)