1st Place Underwater Conservation

Kimber Greenwood

“Drowing in Plastic“

The Story:

This image was created as part of an awareness project for the Florida Springs Council about the impacts of water bottling on the local Florida Springs. Over 300 bottles of water are produced every minute at water bottling plants such as the ones located just minutes from the Spring this image was shot at. Not only are these bottles ending up in landfills and introducing micro-plastics into our environment, the bottling of “Spring Water” is causing a loss of water from the Floridian Aquifer which is reducing water levels and water flow, allowing for deterioration of the Springs and rivers. The bottles used for this image were donated from a local conservation activist who pulled them off the production belt of a local bottling plant. The images created from this campaign are used in on-going social media and print advertising campaigns to encourage individuals to make a better choice to use reusable water bottles over plastic bottles that harm the local Florida environment in many significant ways.

Location:

USA, High Springs, Florida, Jonathan Springs

Equipment Used:

• Sony A7IV
• 24-70mm F2.8 GM

Camera Settings:

• 70mm
• 3.5
• 1/500
• ISO 400