UPY Black and White - Highly Commended
Wayne Lai
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UPY Black and White - Highly Commended
'Prey or Predator?'
Wayne Lai
Prey or Predator?
On the third day of our sardine run trip near Port St. John’s, South Africa, we saw a big baitball of mackerel being attacked by copper sharks, blacktip sharks, common dolphins, cormorants and cape gannets. The predators worked together to keep the baitball to the surface. The mackerel tried to stay tight as a group, rushing around to escape the attack. When a copper shark came to attack the baitball, the mackerel rushed around and happened to form a 'C' shape, like the opening mouth of a predator. In the meantime, the copper shark happened to be in the middle of the opening 'mouth' like a ‘prey’. This is quite an interesting moment I have ever captured.
Judge's comment: This image works so well in mono and the author has managed to keep the midday sun as far from the action as possible.
- Martin Edge
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