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Nature's Best Photography (US) - Windland Smith Rice Awards is one of the world's most prestigious photographic competitions, in 2008 attracting 21,000 entrants from all parts of the globe.
An exceptionally cold autumnal morning and several stags had gathered on the brow of a hill, backlit by the rising sun the breath of each stag was highlighted against a distant woodland.
Lyme Park, Peak District National Park, United Kingdom
Canon 1D MkII - 500mm f4 IS lens - ISO200 - f8 @ 1/90 sec. - Beanbag.
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In 2005 The International Wildbird Photographer Awards attracted 8,000 entrants from around the world, a record number for this avian competition.
The inseparability of bird and landscape is clearly demonstrated in this image as a male red grouse calls from a gritstone boulder, proclaiming his territory.
Stanage Edge, Peak District National Park, United Kingdom
Hasselblad XPan II - 45mm lens with central ND filter - Provia 100F - f11 @ 1/45 sec. - Gitzo G1548 tripod.
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