AN ABERYSTWYTH scuba diver has again won national recognition after her photograph was commended in the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition.

Kerry Lewis, 43, who is a dive leader with Aberystwyth-based club The Cantre’r Gwaelod Divers, received the commendation for a photograph she captured of a grazing Coryphella lineata sea slug while diving in the Isles of Scilly last year.

The photograph was commended in the British Waters Compact Camera category of the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2017.

Kerry is no stranger to receiving plaudits for her photographic skills after her image of a playful seal with weeds balanced on its nose was highly commended in the British Sub-Aqua Club’s (BSAC) nationwide Great British Diving photo competition last year.

“I took this photograph during a trip to the Isles of Scilly, with a group of marine biologists, photographers and keen amateurs,” said Kerry.

“We were collecting habitat and species data for the Marine Conservation Society’s Seasearch programme.

“Underwater images are a fantastic way of recording and reviewing important information, and for sharing the experience with others.

“I am a particular fan of nudibranchs — or sea slugs — and can easily spend a whole dive searching them out for photographs.

“I love the challenge of capturing small subjects, and took a few images of this beast — a Coryphella lineata — munching away on the Tubularia hydroid."

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