Winner

The winner will receive an individual engraved glass award, a £50 cash prize and a copy of the Portfolio Yearbook 2024.

The winner will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook 2024 and the Touring Exhibition in 2025.




RON McCOMBE WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER is sponsoring a European Badger Hide session near Hawick in the Scottish Borders.

The hide seats four people, and plates are fitted to take tripod heads or beanbags are available if required. The wheelchair accessible hide is heated and toilet facilities are available.

The Badgers are undoubtedly one of the UK’s most popular and best-loved wild mammals. They are primarily nocturnal and generally shy, and they are usually quite difficult to see. The badgers are very close and great shots of these iconic mammals are possible. The badgers come in after dark but under nine floodlights. The photographer needs to have patience in this hide as the badgers can come at any time, sometimes a long wait is needed before they appear. You should be prepared to be in the hide for around six to eight hours. The badgers have an acute sense of smell and hearing they are less than 20 metres away, and strict silence is necessary to get your images. We will talk through settings etc. on arrival but you will be in the hide by yourself.

The typical length of the workshop is six hours and starts after dark, from the begining of February to the end of December. Start times vary and you can stay in the hide for as long as you like.

The prize is valid from April 2025 to March 2026.

www.wildlife-photography.uk.com

GICLÉE UK LTD. is sponsoring 30" x 20" Giclée prints of the winning portfolio of 3 images.

The aim at Giclée UK is simple: to provide the best Fine Art prints at the most favourable prices. Recent clients have included the National Galleries of Scotland, the Demarco European Art Foundation and individual artists too numerous to mention.

www.gicleeuk.com

Runners-up

2nd & 3rd place runners-up will receive a Prize Certificate.
2nd & 3rd place runners-up will be featured in the Portfolio Yearbook 2024 and the Touring Exhibition in 2025.

Portfolios in the final shortlist will be included in the Portfolio Yearbook 2024.

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