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Highly Commended
Achintya Shankar
There’s a beautiful
bokeh aesthetic here
as this dragonfly
perches on a branch.
Shooting with a longer
lens will almost always
produce a style of this
kind, and macro
lenses often have a
similar effect on your
photography, too.Highly Commended
Gary Spicer
“While waiting around,
the opportunity arose
to shoot handheld
with available light.
The light was from
behind so still created
a silhouette; but with
the camera at ISO
6,400 and a shutter
speed of 1/100 sec,
I was able to create
this image showing all
the movement in the
wings. I edited it to
bring out the colour
in the flower but
leave everything
else in silhouette.”ii