Last Run of the Day (winner)



Stephen Powles set a Nikon D100 camera on a tripod with flashes and a light beam to capture this image of a swallow flying through a broken window to reach its nest. The judges were impressed by the excellent composition of the shot and the technical skill required for such a dynamically framed image.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Stephen Powles)

Hidden (runner-up)



Gilbert Woolley lives in Borneo, where he dives at the weekends. He spotted this transparent fish, noticing its conspicuous eyes as it rested on branching coral, and captured this picture.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Gilbert Woolley)

Spider with newly hatched babies (runner-up)



A spider watches protectively over her bulbous egg sac on a leaf as hundreds of tiny spiderlings emerge. Runner-up Bhabani Prosad Mondal from West Bengal, India, took this shot using a Canon EOS 30D camera with a macro lens to get close to his subject.



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Abstract Dolphin



Kristen Graham travels far from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to hunt unusual images around the world. On a sunset boat ride in Hawaii, she leaned far over the edge to get this perspective on the leader in a pod of bow-surfing dolphins.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Kristen Graham)

Balance Act



A juvenile white-tailed eagle struggles to keep its balance against the driving snow in the hills near Ratanger in Norway. Harry Eggens, on a trip from the Netherlands, captured this image from a hide using a Nikon D300 with a 500-millimetre lens.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Harry Eggens)

Lone Shark Alert



Swirling shoals of fish keep a cautious distance from this black-tipped reef shark in shallow water whilst making a pattern that almost reproduces the shape of the shark. Alec Connah's eye for a good image has won him recognition in other photography competitions.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Alec Connah)

Ants in Morning Glory



Rachel Haddy framed a single ant in the glowing tunnel formed by the petals of a morning glory. The flowers get their name from their daily activity pattern: they open in the morning and close up during the warmer parts of the day.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Rachel Haddy)

The Green Predator



Hari Venkatesh K. Rajaraman of Chidambaram, India, used a Canon EOS 1000D to capture this green vine snake (Ahaetulla nasuta) swallowing its reptilian meal.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Hari Venkatesh K. Rajaraman)

The Look



A kestrel nonchalantly looks over its shoulder in flight, holding the pose just long enough to allow Marco Barone to snap this photo.



(Image: Burrard-lucas.com/Marco Barone)