Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017 winners

UPY2017 was a huge success, with over 4,500 stunning underwater images for experienced underwater photographers Peter Rowlands, Martin Edge and Alex Mustard to judge from. Dive into this beautiful collection to see the winners and runners up from this year's Underwater Photographer of the Year competition.

Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017, Gabriel Barathieu (France)

British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017, Nick Blake (UK)

This image was also runner up in the Wide Angle category.

Most Promising British Underwater Photographer, Nicholai Georgiou (UK)

Wide Angle Winner: Ron Watkins (USA)

Wide Angle Third: Edwar Herreno (France)

Macro Winner: Yatwai So (Hong Kong)

Macro Runner Up: Jenny Strömvoll (Mozambique)

Macro Third: Dragos Dumitrescu (Romania)

Wrecks Winner: Csaba Tokolyi (Hungary)

Wrecks Runner Up: Andrey Narchuk (Russia)

Wrecks Third: Kieran Hatton (UK)

Behaviour Winner: Qing Lin (Canada)

Behaviour Runner Up: Jean Tresfon (South Africa)

Behaviour Third: liang fu (China)

Portrait Winner: Ferenc ifj. Lorincz (Hungary)

Portrait Runner Up: Guglielmo Cicerchia (Italy)

Portrait Third: Dragos Dumitrescu (Romania)

Compact Winner: Jenny Strömvoll (Mozambique)

Compact Runner Up: Fabio Russo (Italy)

Compact Third: David Alpert (UK)

Up and Coming Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017, Horacio Martinez (Argentina)

Up and Coming Runner Up: Sean Landsman (Canada)

Up and Coming Third: Catalin Craciun (Romania)

British Waters Wide Angle Winner: Melvin Redeker (Netherlands)

British Waters Wide Angle Runner Up: Richard Shucksmith (UK)

British Waters Third: Trevor Rees (UK)

British Waters Macro Winner: Kirsty Andrews (UK)

British Waters Macro Runner Up: Matt Doggett (UK)

British Waters Macro Third: Paul Colley (UK)

British Waters Compact Winner: Simon Yates (UK)

British Waters Compact Runner Up: Paula Bailey (UK)

British Waters Compact Third: Ian Wade (UK)

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