{"id":136773,"date":"2020-05-01T15:50:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amateurphotographer.co.uk\/?p=136773"},"modified":"2020-05-01T15:50:46","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:50:46","slug":"major-wildlife-contest-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/other.kelsey.host\/amateurphotographer\/latest\/photo-news\/major-wildlife-contest-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Major wildlife contest winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The contest sought \u201cany images that depict the natural beauty of our home planet,\u201d said the organisers, and the overall winner was named as Keith Bannister from Lancashire. \u201cThe image was taken from a hide near York, in May last year,\u201d Keith explains. \u201cMy camera was a Nikon D4, Nikon 300mm f\/2.8VR lens and a Nikon 1.7 converter. I shot on Aperture Priority mode at f\/6.3, 1\/800th sec, ISO1000.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136774 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Socities_winner-551x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<p>Keith wins a copy of DxO\u2019s Nik Collection 2 software worth \u00a3125 plus one-year free membership of any of the constituent photography groups which make up the Societies organisation in the UK. \u201cThe images entered into this competition were of a very high quality and standard,\u201d said the Societies\u2019 director, Colin Jones. \u201cThe winning image was chosen due to its expert timing and capture.\u201d<\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136775 size-large\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/socities_runner_up-630x329.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"329\" \/>\n<p>Second place was awarded to Christine Matthews from London, and third place went to Nick Dale, also from London. 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