Series description
A series of photographs taken below, above and within the water during the annual mobula ray migration in Baja California. The ray fever creates intriguing dynamic patterns and textures underwater, in contrast to the individual jumps outside the water.
Biography
A Design Innovation specialist with the hobby and passion for Underwater and nature photography, technical diving and cave exploration.
Mobula Panorama
Mobula ray aggregation framed by the sunlight penetrating the water column.
© Martin Broen, United States, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Over the Mountains
A mobula ray jumps high out of the water, above the horizon.
© Martin Broen, United States, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Below the Surface
A split shot of the mobula ray fever cruising below the surface.
© Martin Broen, United States, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Full Extension
A portrait of a mobula ray outside the water with its wings at full extension.
© Martin Broen, United States, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2023 Sony World Photography Ads
Water Trail
The athletic reach of a mobula ray outside the water, creating a trail like a rocket leaving Earth.
© Martin Broen, United States, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards
Towards the Light
The ray fever rises from the depths towards the sun at the surface.
© Martin Broen, United States, Shortlist, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, 2023 Sony World Photography Awards