Wildlife/Animals nominee

I made this picture while I was snorkeling. Looking down from the surface I saw beautiful optical effect, at which the light beams gathered in one point deep in the water. I was waiting when mating turtles, which were few meters under me, will go to the light beams gathering point. Soon two mating turtles were on that line and suddenly one more turtle joined them and they all together looked like a ball in rays. Awesome moment! I took a deep breath, dived closer to turtles and made this shot.

Iyad Suleyman is a Ukrainian, living and working in the United Arab Emirates. He is an award-winning professional underwater photographer featured in diving magazines & websites and judge in different underwater competitions. He is a member of Ocean Artists Society.
He was awarded at more than 50 competitions and contests, including Digital Online Underwater Photography Competition in the UAE, where he became the Champion in 2013. He received the title of Grand Master at UnderwaterPhotography.com in 2013 as well and many more.
Several times a year he travels to different interesting dive destinations to take underwater pictures. The waters, where he dives, are at the different sides of our world (the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Jordan, Egypt, Djibouti, Ukraine etc.), but as he is based in Emirates - he often dives and takes UW pictures in Indian Ocean, UAE coast.
He likes every kind of underwater photography, but especially he is carried away by the macro and super macro photography. He likes to capture small subjects in details to show their hidden beauty and singularity. His favorite subject is Blenny and his collection of blennies’ portraits is quite big and impressive.