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Winners: Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

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  1. doingmybest
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    These are soul-touching.

    These are soul-touching.

    4 votes
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    AAA1374
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    I don't think I liked the overall winner anywhere nearly as much as some of the other shots in the competition. I also feel like the bee was underrated, that bee made me feel something, man. Also...

    I don't think I liked the overall winner anywhere nearly as much as some of the other shots in the competition. I also feel like the bee was underrated, that bee made me feel something, man.

    Also what a fascinating shot to capture light pollution from satellites - it gave me a feeling of morose perversion, as if not even the sky is out of the grasp of our poisonous influence.

    3 votes
    1. AgnesNutter
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      For pure composition I agree about the winner, but having lived through those bush fires and known people who had to evacuate not knowing whether they’d come home to a house the next day, and even...

      For pure composition I agree about the winner, but having lived through those bush fires and known people who had to evacuate not knowing whether they’d come home to a house the next day, and even one who lost outbuildings the fire came so close, it did bring up quite a visceral reaction in me. I presume the same for the judges too.

      I really liked the underwater shots. The seahorse one was lovely. Agree about the satellites, I had no idea there were so many! I also got a good chuckle out of the frog in the toilet; my sister had one of those when she moved into her place and I thought she was joking but no, they really do love to live in loos!

      1 vote