Sparkography

One of my favourite exhibitions is back in town. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is now on at the Australian Museum and I highly recommend that you try to see it. Even if you don’t shoot nature photos yourself, I guarantee you will be amazed at the creatures and scenery that have been captured by photographers of all ages the world over. These are the very best from over 40,000 entries and 94 countries.

And just to spice it up there’s controversy this year as well. Yes, you heard correctly. Controversy. In a wildlife photography competition. The overall winner of the competition, José Luis Rodriguez, has been stripped of his £10,000 prize while a panel investigates whether his winning shot, The Storybook Wolf, involved a trained animal. If so then he has broken one of the conditions of entry and is a naughty, naughty boy. Here’s the photo – what do you reckon?

The Storybook Wolf