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Marc Henauer
In Geneva, Switzerland, a woman practices freediving in a pool. She wears a weighted to keep her underwater, and she's training to hold her breath for longer and longer periods of time.
"This is a time of transition when two seasons intersect," writes Your Shot photographer Marc Henauer. "Grüner See, is located in Tragöss Austria. In spring the snowmelt raises the lake level about 10 meters. This phenomenon, which lasts only a few weeks, covers the hiking trails, meadows, trees. The result is magical to watch while diving. To preserv the ecosystem, Austrian authority has banned diving in this lake in 2016. Luckily I was able to capture this image beofre the ban."
After a two-hour-trek, photographer Marc Henauer found one of the Swiss river's many cataracts, venturing into the chillingly cold water to snap this shot of a place "like a jewel...the most difficult to reach and a true gift of nature."
A free diver comes face to face(s) with a mass of silverfish forming a bait ball, which changes shape in response to the diver’s movements. “When you encounter marine life,” writes Marc Henauer, “your life changes forever.”
While waves crash on the surface, all may appear calm underneath the sea, but Marc Henauer describes the experience as being pushed “back and forth” by the force of the water.
After a two-hour walk, Marc Henauer arrived at this waterfall along the Verzasca River. This composition, paired with the perfectly clear water, reveals a contrast between the stillness below and action above.
Explaining that he loves to play with “fantastic and unreal” underwater scenes, Marc Henauer’s reversal of this image disturbs the senses, making it “hard to understand where is the top and where is the bottom.”
Each spring, snowmelt raises Grüner See (“green lake”) by around 30 feet, flooding its surroundings and creating an underwater park. When diving over benches and trees, writes Marc Henauer, “you cross the border of a magic world.”
A freediver enjoys a peaceful swim in the Bahamas. Freedivers don't use breathing apparatuses, instead learning to hold their breath underwater for many minutes at a time.