Winning Image (sourced from competionSDW.com)

There are not many, who can overcome time, light, technological and we suppose artistic, considerations to record our underwater marine life in a worthwhile way. Taking good photos underwater is an arduous pursuit, and especially so in Ireland. Scubadivewest, based in North West Connemara, have announced the best of them, in their 2009 Underwater Photography Competition (check all the winners here).

The winning entry in the macro section was an image of nudibranch copulation under the Cliffs of Moher by Martin Kiely.