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YOUR PHOTOS
PHOTO
CHOICE

YOUR PHOTOS WHO’S THE FAIREST

2 OF THEM ALL?
On a holiday to the Galápagos Islands,
www.discoverwildlife.com is the place to see and share wildlife photos. I visited various sites on Santa Cruz.
As I got off the coach, I looked back
and saw this Galápagos flycatcher on a
wing mirror. At first I thought it was just
WET AND WILD using it as a perch, but then it became
1 In April 2017 I went on a photography clear that it was displaying to its own
safari in Mashatu Game Reserve, Botswana. reflection. When I reviewed the images
During the trip we visited an elephant hide later, I was delighted to see that the
near a waterhole. This giant took a huge bird and its reflection were in focus.
drink and then started spraying water at the Malcolm Taylor, Weston-super-Mare, UK
hide, which is when I took this action shot.
Sally Hinton, Tweed Heads South, Australia

DREAM FULFILLED
4 Lake Kushiro on Hokkaido,
Japan, has been on my wishlist for
a couple of years as I’ve seen many
great pictures taken there. I visited in
late February 2017 and endured really
strong gales and -10 °C temperatures.
Therefore, it took a while to get a
sharp image of these whooper swans
amongst the snow because their
feathers were being blown by the
wind. I felt very lucky to capture this
image in harsh conditions.
Martin Frome, Savigny, Switzerland

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
5 Capturing a bird in fishing mode is a difficult
task for any avian enthusiast, but I managed
to take this image of a whiskered tern during
a visit to Kole Wetlands in Kerala, India. Late
December is peak birding season because the
water is shallow with plenty of fish. There is a
split second between the beak touching the
surface and the fish being plucked from the
water. I took this eye-level picture by sitting on
the ground and using a high shutter speed.
Linto John, Thrissur, India

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