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Wildlife photo winners on display
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An impressive array of pictures from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition has gone on display at the Natural History Museum in London.
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| Snapper shoal, Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, by Alex Mustard. Winner, Animal Portraits |
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The exhibition, of about 100 winning and commended photographs in a host of terrestrial and aquatic categories, was drawn from 16,500 competition entries from all over the world.
As usual, there are some fine aquatic pictures to admire. Apart from display of the six winning, runner-up and commended shots in the dedicated Underwater World category, one British underwater photographer emerged as a top entrant in open categories this year.
Alex Mustard's shot of a Bohar snapper shoal, taken off Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, won the Animal Portraits section which, according to co-organisers BBC Wildlife magazine and the Natural History Museum, is 'one of the most popular of the competition'.
Mustard was also runner-up in Animal Behaviour - Other (as opposed to behaviour among mammals) with a graceful picture of two shy hamlet fish mating off Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean. These hermaphroditic creatures change sex about six times in 20 minutes as they take turns to mate as male and female partner. Now that's a lot of fertilised eggs!
The exhibition runs at the Natural History Museum until 23 April 2006. It also tours 18 venues around the country throughout 2006. Towns and dates are listed on the competition website.
All the exhibition photographs can be seen on the website, or they can be enjoyed in the glossy publication Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio 15, published by BBC Books at £25 (ISBN 056352278X). |
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