Lou Luddington

Reef community, Pigeon Point, west coast of Guadeloupe, Caribbean. The real glory of this shot was the soundtrack that surrounded me as I held my breath to frame it; a symphony of humpback whale song composed somewhere in the distance

Nature's sculptures. This image was awarded 'Highly commended" in the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2019.

Waiting for waves.

Nature's sculptures. This image was awarded 'Highly commended" in the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2019.

The anemones mouth. Part of my exhibition 'The Sea From Within' in 2018

Portuguese Man of War in its natural habitat offshore in the Canary Islands

Puffins on the water at Skomer Island with the St Davids peninsula in the background

Limpet in detail. The cone shape and shell ridges improve streamlining allowing heavy waves to wash over them, an adaptation to the high energy environment they call home.

Whimbrel-osaurus.I spotted this whimbrel clambering over rocks in morning light as I wandered along the shore. The glow and rough texture of the fossil-filled limestone and dark shadow cast by the cliff above gave the scene a primeval feel.

Teasel backlit in morning light in the Algarve, Portugal

White stork nesting on a roof top in Lagos, Portugal

A pair of chough in flight over Ramsey sound, Pembrokeshire

Auks cloud the air at sunset in north haven, Skomer Island

Northern gannet circling over Ramsey sound, Pembrokeshire

Atlantic puffin warming up its flight muscles in south haven, Skomer Island

Golden bladders. Bladder wrack glowing in low winter sunlight on Whitesands beach, Pembrokeshire

Juvenile Lesser Antilles Iguana enjoying a life of refuge on Iles de la Petite Terre, Guadeloupe. These iguanas are critically endangered.

Winter swell piling in to the west coast of Portugal

A shoal of Salema or dream fish foraging in evening light, Radazul, Tenerife

Elkhorn coral thriving in the Soufriere & Scotts Head Marine Park, Dominica. These corals are critically endangered.

Trompetero in distress, La Gomera. Over the course of a week thousands of these small fishes swam around clearly disoriented and injured then washed up on the beaches of La Gomera dead. Cause unknown.

Freediver Omar Mourade walking the under surface. Its another world down there, Radazul, Tenerife.

Bold arrows. A shoal of juvenile yellow mouth barracuda, Radazul, Tenerife.

Furbelows kelp looking shabby in autumn, Pembrokeshire

Guillemot underwater and ascending from a dive. These birds have been recorded at depths of 180 metres. Skomer Marine Conservation Zone, Pembrokeshire

Freediving among the corals and sponges of the Soufriere and Scotts Head Marine Park, Dominica.

Common dolphin bow riding up-close, Brittany, France.

Barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo basking in the rays, Trefin, Pembrokeshire

Stingray foraging, Iles de La Petite Terre, Guadeloupe.

Comb jellies hunting. Each casts their sticky tentacles like a net trapping plankton. They are then reeled in and wiped across the mouth to remove the catch, Caerfai, Pembrokeshire

Moon jellyfish, north Pembrokeshire

Grey top shell nestling among hydroids growing on kelp and illuminated by natural light, Hen & Chicks, Pembrokeshire

Catostylus tagi, a type of barrel jellyfish that we came across in a great bloom while sailing near Cascais, Portugal. They get flushed out of the Tagus estuary by the tide and are a sight to behold in evening light underwater.

Giant butterfly ray taking flight, La Graciosa

Article published in Oceanographic Magazine

My book published by Pesda Press

Column published in Oceanographic Magazine issue 18

Feature article published in Yachting Monthly

Column published in Ocean Paddler magazine

Column published in Oceanographic Magazine

Column published in Oceanographic Magazine issue 20

Column published in Ocean Paddler magazine