First Encounter (Brian Skerry).
That Natural History Museum’s website has the winners and commended entries from the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 competition, and there are some great photos there. You can see the various categories here. If you’re only interested in underwater photos, then the winners for that category are here.
The photograph above was the winner in the Underwater Category is entitled First Encounter, and was taken of a southern right whale by Brian Skerry off the Auckland Islands in New Zealand.
