Ball of Barnacles Wins Top Prize at British Wildlife Photography Awards.
The picture of a football covered in goose barnacles is the winner of this year's British Wildlife Photography Awards. Taken by Ryan Stalker, the photograph, which also won in the Coast and Marine category, depicts a football washed up in Dorset after a long oceanic journey across the Atlantic.
"Above the water is just a football. But below the waterline is a colony of creatures. The football was washed up in Dorset after making a huge ocean journey across the Atlantic," says Stalker.
Max Wood won the RSPB Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for his image of a coot running across a misty lake at sunrise. This award is supported by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) to encourage young people to get involved with nature.
LI had been observing the birds in my garden as they fed on sunflower seeds and peanuts from the feeder for some time. I aimed to capture the sense of movement and flight patterns in my images while still preserving the fine details of the birds.
