Nothing says ‘Water Life’ more than our well deserved winning first place image! Technically the photographer has done extremely well to execute the final result and the image impacts on many levels. The focus is spot on and the composition of the frame is strong. The action has been superbly frozen and the droplets of the water spray surrounding the birds draws the eye into the pair fighting over a fish. Water wildlife photography doesn't get better than this! Well done.
There is such playfulness and joy in this image, and you can’t help but have a big smile on your face when you look at it. How the photographer got all those toes perfectly lined up is a mystery! The feet work well in the frame and lead the eye up to the cheeky face poking through.
The image works superbly in colour and the dense green of the pondweed is well saturated. A great entry to our 'Water life' themed competition that deserves the second place slot.
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Share your images of people or animals using and enjoying water, whether for work, sport or pleasure. There’s a host of different techniques you can use to make the water come alive visually, such as using backlighting, fill-flash or a slow exposure to blur its motion.
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