LIGHTBOX

OVERALL WINNER AND BLACK & WHITE WINNER Contrails at Dawn Paul Colley, Coate Water Country Park, Wiltshire Ghostly contrails reveal the flight paths and wingbeats of Daubenton’s bats. An infrared camera, lighting system and high-speed camera trap, that were 14 months in development, overcame the challenge of photographing the high-speed flight of these small mammals in the dark. The in-camera double exposure captured the foreground bat milliseconds before it caught the insect. Nikon D750 modified to infrared, 12-24mm f/4, 4 secs, f/8, ISO400 ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR Pheasant Call Andy Harris, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire Wild pheasants treat our land as theirs and are welcomed as part of the landscape of home. This was shot on a spring evening with soft, golden-hour, light and a beautiful male bird calling to the wild. Getting low to the ground and waiting patiently for the…