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\u00a9 Adrian Clarke<\/p>\n\u00a9 George Stoyle<\/p>\n
However, it has since emerged that AP reader Adrian Clarke also has reason to celebrate. Adrian won highly commended honours in two categories: Animal Portraits and British Nature in Black and White.<\/p>\n
\u00a9 Adrian Clarke<\/p>\n
A delighted Adrian \u2013 whose work has been featured in AP \u2013 told the magazine: \u2018One of the reasons I felt confident enough to enter this year was the interest and support shown by yourselves at AP…<\/p>\n
\u2018Looking at the standard of work on show it was uplifting and humbling to be a part of it and has certainly inspired me to try and raise my game!\u2019<\/p>\n
He added: \u2018I’m happy enough with my own results and will continually attempt to come up with interesting ways to represent our wildlife.<\/p>\n
\u2018But when a magazine such as yours chooses to feature some of my work it’s a hint I’m getting something right, so thanks for that!\u2019<\/p>\n![\"caught-in-the-light-web\"](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/caught-in-the-light.web_.jpg\")
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\u00a9 Adrian Clarke<\/p>\n
The overall winning photo of a jellyfish was captured at St Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides,\u00a0by marine ecologist George Stoyle.<\/p>\n
George said of his \u2018Hitchhikers’ shot: \u2018I was working on a project to assess the current biological status of major sea caves around some of the UK\u2019s most remote islands.<\/p>\n
\u2018At the end of one of the dives I was swimming back to the boat when I came face-to-face with largest jellyfish I\u2019ve ever encountered.<\/p>\n
\u2018As I approached cautiously, I noticed that a number of juvenile fish had taken refuge inside the stinging tentacles.\u2019<\/p>\n
David Nussbaum, chief executive of WWF-UK, which sponsored one of the categories, said the winning image was a striking example of natural beauty and the variety of life around UK shores.<\/p>\n
\u2018The photo exquisitely captures the voluptuous frills and folds, and kaleidoscope of colours of this giant jellyfish.<\/p>\n
\u2018But it’s the jelly\u2019s\u2026 stowaways that make this picture, a shoal of shimmering, glistening juvenile fish finding harbour amongst the tangle of tentacles.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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