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In association with
1 st
Round Three
Animal magic
Amateur
Photographer
of the Year
Here are the top 30 images uploaded to Photocrowd from Round Three,
Animal Magic, with comments by the AP team
Caron Steele from Worcestershire has been awarded both fi rst
place and the crowd vote in APOY Round 3 for her photograph of a
Dalmatian pelican running across the frozen Lake Kerkini in northern
Greece. Caron can choose Sigma products of up to £1,000 in value
(based on Sigma’s RRP) as her prize. For those who love wildlife
photography, the 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM | Contemporary
lens (£999.99, left) is just the ticket. Its impressive focal range means that
few subjects will be out of reach, yet it remains relatively compact and
lighweight. With one ‘F’ Low Dispersion glass element and three Special
Low Dispersion elements, chromatic aberration is kept to a minimum.CROWD
WINNER 1 Caron Steele UK30pts
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, 100-400mm at 220mm,
1/1000sec at f/8, ISO 1000
There’s so much to enjoy about Caron’s
outstanding capture. The sheer physicality
of the image, with the pelican running
towards the camera, its wings outstretched
like an angel’s, is extremely powerful, and
the determined expression on its face is
priceless. Timing is spot on, with just the tip
of the bird’s webbed foot touching the ice,
and the pops of orange and yellow against
the mostly ice-blue background stand out
magnifi cently. A worthy winner that very
much deserves its top billing in both the
expert and the crowd votes.