Getaway Gallery Competition September 2019

Here’s the latest selection of the best readers’ photographs submitted to the Getaway Gallery Photographic Competition for September 2019.

Getaway Gallery is a prestigious showcase of the best photographs our readers have to offer. We have exciting prizes to be won this year worth over R140,000 – from equipment through to a dream trip to Anantara Bazaruto Island Resort, a private paradise in Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago.

Vote for your favourite image

Every month, you can also vote for your favourite image over on our Facebook page and the winner gets a year’s subscription to Getaway. Vote here.

Finalist – Fragile Beauty – I captured this image of a porcelain crab near Situ Island in northern Mozambique, at a depth of 21 metres. It doesn’t use its large claws to catch food but constantly fi lters plankton through its fanlike mouthparts called setae. These crustaceans often hide in sea anemones, using their stinging tentacles for protection, and can easily shed an appendage in order to escape a predator. – By Peet J van Eeden, Cape Town Canon EOS 5, Sigma f/2.8 50mm macro (with Ikelite unde rwater housing and strobes), ISO 100, f/32, 1/200 sec