This outstanding image was taken by our very own Treasurer, Martin Sothcott. The image was taken at Newtown Nature Reserve at around midday, which is not usually the best time to take a shot like this, but luckily Martin decided to still go ahead and take the shot.
The camera was rested on the handrail of the walkway creating a dramatic result as you can see.
Martin said, "Once back on the computer I could tell it was a little bit special and with some dodging and burning I created the desired effect."
Martin has entered this image in two competitions. Firstly, it was placed joint 2nd in the Isle of Wight Print of the Year, but more importantly was recently placed first in the Landscape category of the Wildlife Extra Competition. This competition had 6 categories and 2000 entries so an excellent result that won Martin a pair of Olympus 8x24 Binoculars. You can check out the competition results here......
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/wildlife-photographer-year.html#crWell done Martin.
