2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Gemm

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1,833 posts

214 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Discuss.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/201...

Personally, the horizon of the winning image really bugs me!!

BTW, apparently these lions were killed by Masai after this photo was taken.....

Edited by Gemm on Wednesday 22 October 18:28

Civilian47

94 posts

192 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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I was looking at this earlier and couldnt work out what the two black dots just above the horizon on the right are, they are really distracting.

noell35

3,170 posts

147 months

Wednesday 22nd October 2014
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Civilian47 said:
I was looking at this earlier and couldnt work out what the two black dots just above the horizon on the right are, they are really distracting.
I wouldn't have seen them if you hadn't said. Now i can't see anything else. It's like the arrow in the FedEx logo!

Gemm

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1,833 posts

214 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I think they are birds?

Elderly

3,486 posts

237 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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I don't think much of that black & white overall winner.

It's just like so many same old same old wide angle landscape shots with a dramatic sky; but substituted with easy to find placid sleepy lions whilst they digest a good kill, instead of the usual unimaginative foreground rock rolleyes.

And that horizon annoys me too.

Lynchie999

3,421 posts

152 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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yeh glad im not the only one who thinks the lion photo is a bit.. rubbish..

.. b/w really doesn't suit it, the Lions just merge into the rock and its just one mess of greyscale... my 2 cents..

BaronVonV8

397 posts

183 months

Thursday 23rd October 2014
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Fixed, it was also on the piss by 1.6 degrees. I was expecting something a little better to be honest.



Where's my prize?

Lynchie999

3,421 posts

152 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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BaronVonV8 said:
Fixed, it was also on the piss by 1.6 degrees. I was expecting something a little better to be honest.



Where's my prize?
.. but you chopped off the edge of the paws of the lion closest to the camera! - ergo.. its a bad photo all round...

chrisga

2,087 posts

186 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Horizon not level was the first thing that I thought when I saw this on the BBC website a few days ago. The whole photo is a bit meh. Not sure I could do any better but I do generally try to keep my horizons level.

Simpo Two

85,149 posts

264 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Gemm said:
Personally, the horizon of the winning image really bugs me!!

BTW, apparently these lions were killed by Masai after this photo was taken...
The horizon is inexcusable. But more seriously, are Masai allowed to kill lions? Or is one protected species allowed to kill another?

mrdemon

21,146 posts

264 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Poor winner...

Bland and if you cannot even hold a camera level what hope is there.

Must be a fix, ok it's always a fix but this time the winner sucks.

Dan_1981

17,352 posts

198 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Why does the Guardian describe it as five lions?

Morbid

179 posts

168 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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"...five female lions at rest with their cubs."

Agree with those that say the pic is nothing that special.

Gemm

Original Poster:

1,833 posts

214 months

Friday 24th October 2014
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Simpo Two said:
But more seriously, are Masai allowed to kill lions? Or is one protected species allowed to kill another?
I did wonder about this as well...... I wonder if they are native to the area, it doesn't count as poaching?? I have no idea.... confused

GravelBen

15,655 posts

229 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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No idea about that case in particular, but in general hunting/killing of animals like lions is allowed in controlled ways - ie culling out older males which kill the younger lions or attack people, etc. With commercial guided hunting the hunter may keep the head and skin as a trophy (for a large fee of course), but the meat usually goes to feed local villages.

In fact IIRC more lions exist due to being bred for commercial hunting (safari parks etc) than in the wild, like a number of other animals its those who value them for sport who often end up doing the most to save them from extinction.

Edited by GravelBen on Saturday 25th October 06:49

Simpo Two

85,149 posts

264 months

Saturday 25th October 2014
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GravelBen said:
In fact IIRC more lions exist due to being bred for commercial hunting (safari parks etc) than in the wild
I didn't realise lions were bred to be killed, like pheasants. Doesn't seem right.

Anyway, back to the topic...

ecsrobin

17,022 posts

164 months

Monday 27th October 2014
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mrdemon said:
Must be a fix, ok it's always a fix but this time the winner sucks.
The biggest fix is always the children's category!