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“Requiem for an owl”. Mats Andersson, Sweden Winner, Black and white category. Every day in early spring, Andersson walked in the forest near his home in Bashult, southern Sweden, enjoying the company of a pair of Eurasian pygmy owls – until the night he found one of them lying dead on the forest floor. “The owl’s resting posture reflected my sadness for its lost companion”, he said. Preferring to work in black and white – “it conveys the feeling better” – he captured the melancholy of the moment, framing the solitary owl within the bare branches, lit by the first light of dawn. (Photo by Mats Andersson/2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year)
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