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Runner-up Birds : Capercaillie by Bernt Østhus – (Norway). ‘Over the course of the years I have often witnessed how the sun moves across the ridge where the capercaillies would carry out their mating ritual. So I had a pretty good idea where to pitch my hide to take a photograph in which the backlight filtering through the trees would make the bird appear as a silhouette. All I needed now was fair weather and one of the capercaillies in the right position. I took this photo in the woods not far from the village where I grew up’. (Photo by Bernt Østhus/GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015)
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