The drama of life underwater is revealed in photo competition
When photographer Suliman Alatiqi heard about Thai macaques — a type of Old World monkey — that swim underwater to catch crabs, he set about documenting their action. Their underwater foraging is not that frequent, Alatiqi found, and the monkeys can swim fast, making it hard to get a good shot. It took the photographer several weeks and patiently befriending a clan of the animals, but he eventually got what he wanted: a macaque, its bright yellow-brown eyes wide open in the sea, hand extended in front and long tail out back.
The organizers of the competition, in a nod to growing concerns about how artificial intelligence might alter photographs, said in a news release: “Although the AI revolution has quickly changed the global photographic landscape, this year’s winners are a testament to humanity’s creative perseverance over machine. With new rules against the use of generative AI imagery in our primary categories, these photos are 100% real.”
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