Richard Wylie wins photography award in the prestigious Nature's Best Ocean Views 2012 Compeition

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 23:31

Richard was awarded 8th place for his weedy seadragon (Phyllopteryx taeniolatus) photograph in the highly regarded Nature's Best Photography Magazine's Ocean Views competition.

Selected from thousands of images, just 21 photos have been chosen as Winners and Highly Honored to be published in the Ocean Views Winners Gallery feature in their 2012 Spring/Summer print edition of Nature's Best Photography, due out at the end of May. Eleven photos were awarded a place and 10 were highly honoured with selected images also appearing in the Spring issue of Alert Divers magazine, their partner in the Ocean Views competition, in online galleries, and other Ocean Views contest promotions.

This is one of the largest photographic competitions that Richard has won to date and hopes that it helps create global awareness about these incredibly unique and beautiful creatures!

The winning photo can be viewed here:

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