Water category, second place: I C E P O P
‘Would you believe me if I told you that in the natural world, it’s unusual for things to not glow? Everything. You, me, flowers, rocks, your dog, your goldfish – even water. We call the living stuff that does it #biofluoresence. This is how much of the natural world sees itself – awash in the most garish and self-indulgent colours, but our weak human eyes never get to experience it. Imagine if we did.’
Photograph: Benjamin Alldridge
Wildlife category, second place: Double Breach
‘Two giant, school bus-sized, blubbery whales, sometimes weighing up to 40,000 kilograms, coordinated a jump at the same time. I took this image off the coast of Lennox Head, northern NSW, this winter, Saturday 5 July. We call it the humpback highway; every day you can see whales jumping. This was a rare opportunity to capture two at the same time.’
Photograph: Danielle Smith
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