Page 81 - BBC Wildlife Volume 36 #11

THE GOLDEN COUPLE
MARSEL VAN OOSTEN,
THE NETHERLANDS
Grand Title Winner,Animal Portraits
Qinling golden snub-nosed
monkeys rest in the temperate
forest of China’s Qinling
Mountains. This endangered
subspecies is constantly
on the move, and the steep
terrain proved challenging for
Marsel. It took many days to
understand the monkeys’ group
dynamics, but his perseverance
paid of with this shot, soft light
filtering through the canopy.

PIPE OWLS
ARSHDEEP SINGH, INDIA
Winner, 10 Years and Under
Huddled in an old pipe, two spotted
owlets look straight into Arshdeep’s
lens. Using his father’s camera and
telephoto lens, with skills accrued
from photographing birds since he
was six years old, Arshdeep created
this characterful portrait of a
species that’s adapted to urban life.

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