{"id":19041,"date":"2021-06-03T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/?page_id=19041"},"modified":"2021-06-03T00:02:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:02:03","slug":"2021-winners-small-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/2021-winners-small-world\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 Winners: Small World"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"19041\" class=\"elementor elementor-19041\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39f39b30 elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-top elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39f39b30\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de5773e\" data-id=\"de5773e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c722830 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6c722830\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nature TTL Photographer of the Year<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a0a5400 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a0a5400\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-73d551fc\" data-id=\"73d551fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f68612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"12f68612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/nature-ttl-poty-2021-winners-gallery\/\">View all categories<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f8b234f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f8b234f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-14324537\" data-id=\"14324537\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38723a08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38723a08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Category Winner<\/h2><p>&#8216;Dance of the Termites&#8217; by James Gifford<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cc88c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cc88c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1188\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-18982\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-1536x1140.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-600x446.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-350x260.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/1st-James-Gifford-1077x800.jpg 1077w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f462759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f462759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Every year after the first rains, the future kings and queens of fungus-growing termite colonies leave their nest on a nuptial flight. They lose their wings minutes later and most will fail in their quest to start a new colony. The flight only happens for a day or two per year and its timing is dictated completely by local rainfall.<\/p><p>The termites from this colony were attracted to a light, but after taking several shots, I realised that I could only capture the effect of the swarm by using a slow shutter speed and gradually panning with the flight of the insects.<\/p><p>As they were all moving in different directions, I had to take hundreds of shots to capture what I wanted. It was tricky focusing on composition, having to pre-focus and wait for a termite to fly into my focal plane. Meanwhile, I had many termites crawling all over me, but it was worth it in the end.<\/p><p><strong>Canon 1DX Mark II with Canon 24-70mm lens. 0.3 seconds, f\/8, ISO 1,000.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a040ec elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a040ec\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d8cef79\" data-id=\"d8cef79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c09bf24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c09bf24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Runner-up<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;Nature&#8217;s Pitfall&#8217; by Samantha Stephens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5654960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5654960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-18992\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/2nd-Samantha-Stephens-1100x734.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e5c78 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5e5c78\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Researchers at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station recently discovered that juvenile Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) are being trapped by Northern Pitcher Plants, as they make their fall migration from aquatic hatching grounds across a bog mat to find over-wintering sites beneath the forest floor. This is the first discovery of salamanders being regularly caught by Northern Pitcher Plants (Sarracenia purpurea)\u2014and more than 20% of the plants in this Algonquin Park population are capturing salamander prey!<\/p><p>This phenomenon has not been recorded for any other population of Northern Pitcher Plants. What researchers haven\u2019t figured out yet is how the salamanders are becoming trapped. Although many pitchers lie flush with the surface of the bog mat, ready to catch those that take an unlucky step during their journey, some pitchers stand erect, almost 15 centimeters above the moss. Spotted Salamanders have long been recognized as important nutrient cyclers, and this discovery expands our understanding of that role.<\/p><p>On the day I made this image, I was following researchers on their daily surveys of the plants. Typically, pitchers contain just one salamander prey at a time, although occasionally they catch multiple salamanders simultaneously. When I saw a pitcher that had two salamanders, both at the same stage of decay floating at the surface of the pitcher\u2019s fluid, I knew it was a special\u2014and fleeting\u2014moment. The next day, both salamanders had sunk to the bottom of the pitcher.<\/p><p><strong>Canon 5D Mark III with Laowa 15mm macro lens. 1\/100th, ISO 1250.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80c9902 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80c9902\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c5e7c4c\" data-id=\"c5e7c4c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8badc13 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8badc13\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Highly Commended<\/h2><p>&#8216;Bee Wolf with Honeybee Prey&#8217; by Simon Jenkins<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66a6053 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66a6053\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19017\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Simon-Jenkins-1100x734.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-812e436 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"812e436\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The bee wolf is a solitary wasp, and predates on honeybees. In this image, you can see the wasp carrying away its unfortunate prey.<\/p><p><strong>Canon 1DX Mark II with Canon 100-400mm lens. 1\/2000th, f\/8, ISO 1,000.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad73f41 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad73f41\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e25d9c6\" data-id=\"e25d9c6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0debd3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0debd3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Highly Commended<\/h2><p>&#8216;Inception&#8217; by Fabien Dubessy<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0998e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0998e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19006\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Fabien-Dubessy-1100x734.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e78df3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e78df3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>I made this photo in my garden. The support is the bottom of an old flowerpot. During the shooting I also made overprints, directly on the camera.<\/p><p><strong>Canon 5D Mark III with 100mm f\/2.8 lens. 1\/500th, f\/6.3, ISO 4,000.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17d41ef elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17d41ef\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1174d0\" data-id=\"a1174d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-022db82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"022db82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Highly Commended<\/h2><p>&#8216;The Weaver&#8217; by Ben Nicholson<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df4dcfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df4dcfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"920\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-18996\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-768x442.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-1536x883.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-350x201.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Ben-Nicholson-1100x633.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0add222 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0add222\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>After recently shedding its skin, I watched this spider begin to weave its new web. I used a flash to isolate the background and illuminate its semi-transparent exoskeleton<\/p><p><strong>Canon 7D Mark II with Canon 100mm macro lens. 1\/250th, f\/13, ISO 500.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ad2fc69 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ad2fc69\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-46f6102\" data-id=\"46f6102\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-383297d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"383297d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Highly Commended<\/h2>\n&#8216;3\u2026 2\u2026 1\u2026 Takeoff!&#8217; by Christian Brockes\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6142ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e6142ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-19002\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/HC-Christian-Brockes-1100x734.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-715eb70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"715eb70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>An acorn weevil (<em>Curculio glandium<\/em>) spreading its wings, ready to take off.<\/p><p><strong>Canon 5D Mark II with Canon MPE65 lens. 1\/125th, f\/13, ISO 100.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c32b2f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c32b2f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3e07dec7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3e07dec7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a57f5a1\" data-id=\"1a57f5a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e4f2d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e4f2d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.naturettl.com\/poty\/nature-ttl-poty-2021-winners-gallery\/\">View all categories<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View all categories Category Winner &#8216;Dance of the Termites&#8217; 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