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Runner-up. It was a night of snow that gave Owen Hearn the advantage. “After spending countless hours lying in hedges and long grass trying to photograph hares”, says Owen, “I couldn't believe my luck when I came across this hare just meters away, crouched down in the snow”. Owen also crouched down in the snow and slowly moved forward until he was close enough to fire off four frames. “I am sure it thought it was camouflaged”, he says. Owen's hare-stalking ground is his grandparents' Bedfordshire farm. “I like the challenge of trying to get close to hares, as they are so alert and so fast. They have taught me a lot about fieldcraft”. (Photo by Owen Hearn/Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012)
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