Now it's time to vote for the winner!

The time to vote is here as readers get the chance to pick this year's TradeWinds Maritime Photographer of the Year winner.

So get e-mailing your votes to competitiontradewinds.no

We thought we attracted the best entries last year but obviously not. The standard has picked up considerably as entrants set about snapping the best maritime-themed scenes.

With the quality and volume so high, it was difficult and time-consuming to whittle down the entries to just 15 finalists.