Photo of British photographer Terry Steeley taking a diver exploring Bill's Hole's natural sinkhole in the Taj Mahal mangrove forest, Mexico won the top prize of the British Association's Underwater Photographer Contest 2014.
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The jury member Steve Jones commented on The Independent's photograph of Steeley's 'beautiful light, mysterious and fascinating underwater space'.
Divers in the natural sinkhole Bill's Hole, Mexico - Photo won the highest prize of the competition
He shared during the 2014 vacation in Mexico that he was lucky to capture the above image in the clear sky, light 'like dancing' when penetrating the water coming below the natural sinkhole.
Steeley is an experienced diver, who began his passion for underwater photography in 1997, diving in the Bahamas, Maldives, Philippines, Egypt, South Africa, Alaska, Thailand and Indonesia.
Below are the winning photos in different categories:
Second prize in British and Irish category - Kirsty Andrews' Chirolophis ascanii Fish in Scottish waters
Second prize of Advanced British and Irish - Dan Bolt's gray seal in the English waters of Lundy Island
Second prize outside the British waters Overseas - Clownfish hidden in Pash Baker's anemones in the Maldives waters
Second prize of Advanced Overseas - Crab Porcelain category of Nick More in Indonesian waters
British and Irish Third Prize - Kirsty Andrews' Pachycerianthus multiplicatus rare anemone in Loch Duich, Scotland
Third prize in the Advanced British category - Nick Blake's blue shark in the British sea of Cornwall
First prize in the category Advanced Overseas - Ellen Cuylaerts's double mouth stingray in Hawaiian waters
First prize in the category Advanced British and Irish - Jellyfish and sun shine on Nick Blake's surface of British island Lundy
First prize in the category of non-British waters Overseas - 'Light party' at the natural sinking pit of Kulkukan in Mexico by Elaine White
