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A photo of a polar bear sleeping on an iceberg has won the People’s Choice category in a wildlife photography competition run by the National History Museum in the UK.
Called the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the competition attracted more than 50,000 entries from around the world.
Judges announced the overall winner in October, with the grand title taken out by Laurent Ballesta for his photo of a horseshow crab with three little golden trevally fish swimming above it.
Of the 50,000 images, there were only 100 finalists.
Then the judges and the museum shortlisted 25 images to be…
A “breathtaking” image of a young polar bear drifting off to sleep on an iceberg has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award.
The shot, captured by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, came top in a public vote that saw a record 75,000 nature and photography enthusiasts choose their favorite picture from a shortlist of 25 images.
Dr Douglas Gurr, director of the Natural History Museum, which runs the annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, said the picture is a visual representation of the impacts of climate change and habitat loss.
Mr Sarikhani, from London, said…
An amateur photographer from the UK has won a prestigious Wildlife Photographer Of The Year award with this emotive shot of a polar bear sleeping in a makeshift bed carved into a small iceberg.
Nima Sarikhani captured the image off Norway‘s Svalbard archipelago after spending three days “desperately searching” for the animals through thick fog.
After his expedition vessel changed course, he eventually encountered two polar bears – and witnessed the smaller male bear making his bed before falling asleep.
The picture, titled Ice Bed, has been crowned the winner of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer Of The Year…
One of the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography awards has announced its winner – and it’s equal parts mesmerizing and adorable. The winner of the Natural History Museum of London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year award was Nima Sarikhani, for her captivating image of a polar bear sleeping on sea ice.
The photograph, called “Ice Bed,” was captured in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, the museum says in its description of the photo. According to a news release, Sarikhani had spent three days looking for polar bears while aboard an exploration vessel in the area, but had had no luck as they…
A full moon sitting perfectly symmetrically between the ancient spires of King’s College Chapel was Martin Bond’s last daily photo of Cambridge – 13 years after he started a creative project that has been viewed all over the world.
Bond, whose posts on social media under “A Cambridge Diary” have attracted a following of 100,000 people, set out in 2010 to celebrate Cambridge’s everyday moments by taking an atmospheric portrait shot of the city every single day of the year.
Bond has been unable to leave Cambridge for more than a night since taking on the challenge 13 years ago.…
Antonia Mufarech
Correspondent
In March 2010, photographer Martin Bond decided to snap a portrait of his hometown every day. Titled A Cambridge Diary, the project captured subjects such as tango dancers, swans, commuters and even King Charles.
Bond tells the Guardian‘s Donna Ferguson he wanted to showcase scenes in Cambridge, England, that tourists don’t usually see, while simultaneously rekindling the local love feel for the city.
“The power of capturing everyday moments reminds us that we’re human. There’s a connectedness that we sometimes take for granted or are not aware of,” he adds. “All I’m really doing is just tuning…
An Alberta woman has won a prestigious nature photography contest after traveling to South America to photograph a vulnerable species of bear.
Jacquie Matechuk, who lives in Cochrane, Alta., won the Nature Photographer of the Year award in a contest run by Nature Talks, a Netherlands-based photography agency.
Her winning image, He Looks to the Heavensfeatures a spectacled bear perched on a fig tree in Ecuador.
The species name comes from the rings of light-colored fur around the eyes, making it look like they’re wearing glasses.
Matechuk said that on the day the photo was taken, it seemed like everything…
