Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner - November '10 by Pamela Digby
- Judged by
- Paul Goldstein
- Trip code
- AYQ
- Countries Visited
- Tanzania
- Winner
- November 2010
Some outstanding wildlife images this month (please remember this is not just a wildlife competition) but there was a clear winner. I will candidly admit, I am supremely jealous of this image; it is superb. One action shot is worth a hundred cheesy portraits and this has just about everything. Photographing predators on a kill is easy as one of the parties is inert. Catching the exact moment of impact shows skill, nerve and also graft, as these events do not happen to order. However there are other facets that elevate this image into a higher pantheon. Firstly the light, secondly the splash of the water but critically the whole brutal, savage action is almost neutered by the benign elephant cameo going on top left as the mother gently leads her calf away from the PG show going on below.
Previous Winning entries
Action shots are often the most challenging with wildlife. It appears that this cheetah has just given up on this quest, however the image still screams motion. The quarry is sharp, the predator blu…
We had to have an embargo on Polar bears this month as they kept flooding in and this left the photo cupboard slightly bare. However this is a beauty - nothing fancy just a cracking shot of an idyllic…
Unsurprisingly after two staggeringly successful Spitsbergen Expeditions we have had a barrage of bear images. We have created an online gallery of the runners up and picking a winner was virtually…
Viewing the offerings this month on a sweltering South London afternoon was not as inspiring as normal, that is, until I came across this belter which was an easy winner. The photograph is all about…
I may get some criticism for this as it is a complete break with the norm, but this is a photo competition not a woolly adventure travel love-in and this is the best shot this month. …
