The Perfect Moment

Steven has taken an incredible shot here capturing the perfect moment to create fantastic eye contact with the bull and excellent expression from the rider. His conversion to black and white has allowed him to boost the contrast too and make for winning shot packed with drama and atmosphere.

John expertly zoomed in with his RF 600mm F4L lens and used a 1.4x extender for a focal length of 840mm to achieve a frame-filling shot of this cormorant swallowing a catfish in this amazing moment. Boosting his ISO to ISO12800 also granted him a rapid shutter speed of 1/3200 sec - fast enough to freeze the action still.

Karen's caught a brilliant moment with her Canon EOS 80D here. Some beautiful sunset tones and by positioning the sun behind the pier it has created some wonderful silhouettes. Our only slight criticisms would be the composition is quite central and the horizon is a little wonky, but otherwise it's a brilliant sunrise scene.

This is a fantastic moment the photographer has captured between fox mother and cub. The lighting is nice and bright and the shallow depth of field helps blur out the background and create a dreamy quality. Our only issue is the focus isn't precisely on the two foxes so they're a little soft. This issue aside it's a lovely moment, well done for capturing it!

Roy's incredible shot of the Breitling Jet Team during their aerobatic display is perfectly timed with the five jets all spaced equally apart for an interesting composition and have a perfectly blue sky as the backdrop which really helps the jets and their vapour trails to pop.

Anirban took this wonderful portrait of his model Bonie in a photography studio and worked with a red theme using props, clothing and backdrops. The lighting is beautifully gentle and highlights the models face nicely, using flash to freeze her perfect wistful gaze into the distance.

Chris has taken a magical shot of the iconic Whitby steps in North Yorkshire. Shooting in the blue hour just after sunset has provided him with an incredible, cool, colour palette in the landscape, complimented wonderfully by the warm glow from the street lamp that he's positioned in the frame using the rule of thirds.

Henrik has caught this fantastic moment between a pair of European ground squirrels. In this incredibly cute scene he caught the moment they were both interested in a flower and both side-on to the camera for great effect. He also got down low and shot with a wide aperture of f/5 to make it easier to blur the background so the attention was firmly on his subjects.

Jacquie has taken a mesmerising shot of a Great Grey Owl on Victoria Island, Canada. Her timing is spot on, with the owl flying directly towards her and she's expertly focussed on its yellow eye to make it the obvious focal point of this image. The wing covering the bird's other eye makes the shot even more effective.

Paal has caught an incredible shot of a polar bear in Svalbard, Norway. What's impressive about his shot is the sublime reflection in the water and minimal colour palette of cool blues and white which really allows the viewer's eye to be drawn to red blood on the polar bear's face. What's even more impressive is that it was caught with basic camera kit - just a Canon EOS 70D and budget 55-250mm lens!

Steve shot of his daughter at her gymnastics club shows some amazing split-second timing and precision. Steve set up a studio to freeze his daughter and friends in mid-air as they threw jumped and threw chalk. The lighting works wonderfully well and the contrast with the dark black background adding some fantastic contrast.

Madison has caught a fantastic moment of a little owl landing on a branch with a mealworm. She's expertly shot with an aperture of f/8 for brilliant sharpness in the owls, though the background is far away enough to still be nicely blurred and out of focus. Boosting the ISO has also allowed her to shoot at 1/2000 sec shutter speed to freeze the action. Great job!

Hummingbird's are extremely quick and very small in size, making them a tricky bird to photograph, especially in flight. But Steve has nailed the focus on the bird's eye with brilliant eye contact and fascinating movement in the wings too. Our only issue is that the picture is a little low resolution.

BPeti has caught a fantastic moment of this race starting and got down low for a dramatically low perspective. The photographer chose a middle aperture of f/6.3 for decent sharpness to make sure all of the runners were in focus and boosted the ISO to get a shutter speed of 1/1600 sec - fast enough to freeze the runners still. Great job!