Wildlife Photography How To

On Monday we shared the finalists in this year’s international Wildlife Photography of the Year Competition, and now we can show you the stunning winners of another contest: The 2016 British Wildlife Photography Awards (BWPA).

The annual BWPA competition, established in 2009, highlights the work of UK photographers and solicits entries in a wide number of categories, while trumpeting the diversity of species found in Britain. The 2016 Overall Winner you see above of a Lion’s Mane Jellyfish was captured by George Stoyle off the Island of Hirta, Scotland and submitted for the Coast and Marine category.

Stoyle explains the shot: “I was working for Scottish Natural Heritage on a project to assess the current biological status of major sea caves around some of the UK’s most remote islands. At the end of one of the dives I was swimming back to the boat when I came face to ‘face’ with the largest jellyfish I’d ever encountered.“

Below you’ll see our favorite category winners, beginning with a beautiful image of garden spiders by Jacqueline Spindley. You can view all of the winning images, along with others that were “highly commended, on the BWPA website. Enjoy!

©Jacqueline Spindley

©Jamie Mina