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AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR WINNERS ANNOUNCED
A THOUGHT-PROVOKING image of a beached Fin Whale being circled by sharks has won the Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition for 2019, the first time an image captured by drone has won the award.
“Fin Whale’s Demise” by Mat Beetson captured the surreal moment while on a photographic trip with a friend in Cheynes Beach in Albany, WA with a DJI Phantom 4 Pro Drone.
“I was actually in the Great Southern region of WA to photograph the beautiful beaches but a turn in weather with a crazy storm made it a little tough to fly a drone. We heard from some locals that there was a beached whale at Cheynes Beach,” Mr Beetson said.
“It was unreal, arriving at a peaceful coastal town with a pristine beach and then seeing this huge whale not even five metres from shore – we then noticed the thrashing close by and realised that a few sharks had also
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