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© Joshua Myers
Photographer: Joshua Myers
Category: 12-15 - Winner 2017
Title: Wolf spider in the garden
Description: I am relatively new to macro photography and was looking for suitable things to practise on. I have always been a bit wary of spiders, but at the same time find the different types fascinating. I took this photograph on the decking in my back garden as there were lots of these soaking up the sun. I believe they are a species of wolf spider, possibly a fake wolf spider. I had to take quite a few shots to get one I was happy with as the macro lens has a very shallow depth of field. Seeing these animals up close - seeing all the small details and how complex they are - has given me a greater respect for them. -
© Daniel Zhang
Photographer: Daniel Zhang
Category: 12-15 - Runner-up 2017
Title: Cunning cub
Description: A golden outline was all I could make out as this red cub crept along the bank of the pond looking for food. These predators have a very versatile diet; their prey ranges from fruits to nuts, grasshoppers to lizards - basically anything they can find. I waited silently in the hide for a total of three days to get this shot. It was at sunset when I captured this photo, which gave the fox its golden effect. -
© Joshua Myers
Photographer: Joshua Myers
Category: 12-15 - Commended 2017
Title: Playful weasel kit
Description: This baby weasel is probably the highlight of my time photographing wildlife so far. It was taken on a trip I made to some local woodland in Sheffield with my grandparents and sister to photograph the bluebells. I saw two of the weasels run across the path as we approached the woods and when I got closer they were playing in the leaf litter. They were unafraid of me and when I crouched to get a closer photograph they came right up to me. I never saw the parent weasel but the kits were still happily playing when I left them after taking my pictures. It was probably a once-in-a-lifetime encounter, one that I will remember forever.
