86 Stunning Photos Gave By Amateur Photography-You’re All Naturals!
Earlier this year, the Daily Mail launched an amateur wildlife photography contest and received 10,000 stunning entries for the competition. The contest did not focus on the photograph skills, but aim to show us how beautiful the world is! Every day would bring fresh joy! Now, let’s enjoy those fancy pictures of our earth. ( Source: Daily Mail)
Annette 48, from Barlby, North Yorkshire, photographed this gorgeous image of a baby badger waddling through a bluebell wood
Garry 52, from Congleton in Cheshire, snapped this seal having fun in the surf
Garry made a special trip to North Somercotes in order to photograph the seals
David took this shot of the Bittern earlier this summer in a nature reserve in Suffolk
Phil spotted this owl hunting for it’s dinner up in an Oak tree in his garden
Martin impressed the judges with the interesting lighting and composition of the shot
Malcolm began photographing wildlife while on walks with his dog
Val joined a camera club five years ago and has now progressed to an award-winning level
Alex has been a keen photographer for about five years and is entirely self-taught
MIKE LYNCH An account manager for a manufacturing company, 47, from Huddersfield, Yorkshire
MARNY MacDONALD A retired farmer’s wife, 74, from Colchester, Essex
DAVID JACKSON An instrument technician, 57, from Hartlepool
DUNCAN O’NEILL A hotelier, 53, from Jersey
Pincer movement: A crab taken by James Freeman, 48, from Fenstanton, Huntingdon
Stinger: Compass jellyfish pictured off Lundy Island by Ken Sullivan
Deadly: An adder taken by 18-year-old Jack Burns
Seeing double: Frogs at play by John Lewington, 65, from, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Snake on a lake: Picture by Joe Banton, 62, from Baswich, Stafford
Tight squeeze: A tompot blenny pictured in Swanage by Ms Super Jolly
Leaping: A salmon taken by Michael Jackson from Cullybackey, Ballymena
Close-up: A wasp by Barbara Graham, from Ashington, Northumberland
Green-eyed: A Poecilobothrus nobilitatus fly by Mike Muddiman
Wonderful web: A water spider captured by Peter Davidson, 63, from Camberley, Surrey
Moth marvel: Insect caught on a window by Jo Oliver, 50, from Wales
Hanging on: A grasshopper by Nick de Cent, 55, from Devon
Nectar: A hoverfly on a rose by Alan Butterfield, 68, taken in Lossiemouth, Morayshire
It takes two: Chalkhill blue butterflies pictured in Sussex by Ian Lawson, 53, from East Grinstead
Thirsty? A fly drinking by Bob Morgan, 60, from Redruth
MAMMALS
Chilling: A harvest mouse on Ragwort by Des Lloyd, from East Stockwith, Lincolnshire
Doe-eyed: A baby deer taken in Knole Park, Sevenoaks by Jemima Cooper, 19, from Ceredigion, Mid-Wales
Berry nice: A bank vole pictured by Phil Winter of Ringmer, East Sussex
It’s behind you: A jackdaw sits on a hind in a photo by Stephen Mackay, 38
Free ride: Two jackdaws sit on a red stag by Linda Garner Langham, 59, from Reading
Peek-a-boo: A brown hare taken in Norfolk by Sue Edwards, 52
BIRDS
Swooping: A kestrel by Brian Swales, 69, from Stockton on Tees
Coming into land: A black-headed gull on Farne Islands, Northumberland, by Alison Jenkins
Gliding: A kestrel in North Wales by Matthew Hyde
Take-off: A puffin by Magnus Henry, 65, from Scatness, Shetland
Feeding time: Two gannets gobble up fish by Tony Stevens, from Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Catch of the day: An osprey seizes a fish by David Howse, 68
Silhouette: An artic turn pictured in the Orkneys by Edward Cottell, 27, from Powys
Splashing about: A swan and its mate pictured by Stan Fowler, 76, from Dover
UNDER 18S
Drenched: A hare is caught in the rain by Monty Cholmeley, 17, from Easton
Speckled: A butterfly taken by 13-year-old Amy Farrington
Look-out: A squirrel taken by Holly Andrews, 16
In the pink: A butterfly by 17-year-old India Wedge, from Abingdon
Fantastic Mr Fox: Picture taken in a field in Kew gardens by Matthew Clarke, 16, from Wigmore, Kent
Winged wonder: A dragonfly by Oliver Naish, 14, from Bristol
Dandy: A male orange tip butterfly by 16-year-old Lewis Butters from Stoke on Trent
Swan lake: Pictured on the Thames by Lewis Short, 15, from Taunton
Majestic: A swan at sunset by Amy Bowers, 15, from Macclesfield
ANIMAL MOMENTS
What a dear: The animal lies down for Paul Spencer’s photograph
Proud: A stag amid the snow by Daniel Harris of New Malden Surrey
Caught in the act: A red squirrel makes off with a nut by Alec Christie, 19
Curious: A deer spots cameraman Ken Kennedy, from Beverley, Yorkshire
Nuts to you: A red squirrel by John Hill, 63, from Formby, Merseyside
Trusting: A deer by Dr Susanne Tanswell, from London
Sun-kissed: A rabbit captured by Lyndon Hill, 52, from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Just friends: Two toads by Janet Kent, 67, Bexley, Kent
Pond life: A frog by Denise Fish, from Stockport, Cheshire
Baby on board: A swan with its signet taken in Harrietsham, Kent, by Jose Perafan, 31
My turf: A hedgehog ignores Bob Thompson’s pet cat in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Nutty breakfast: A red squirrel feeding by Matt Knowler, 23, from Swindon
Wild and free: A pony pictured in the New Forest at sunset by Nick Board, 58
