Photo Competition
Photo Competition Winner - October '12 by Mark Ellison
- Judged by
- Paul Goldstein
- Trip code
- TZS
- Countries Visited
- South Africa, Swaziland
- Winner
- October 2012
'Black, White and I’m All Over This'
Are zebras hard to photograph – no. Are Burchell’s zebras endangered – no. Is this a worthy winner - massively. This is superbly executed, brilliantly cropped, perfectly exposed and serves the dual purpose of also being a horrible jigsaw for an unloved relation! Brilliant - I wish I had taken it, but where are the spots?”
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