Beast in sediment is photo winner

A picture that took nine years to obtain and was almost deleted at the last minute has won the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. (See other post further down).



Goran Ehlme's shot of a walrus feeding on clams on the sea floor is a whirl of grey; the animal's face is seen poking through a cloud of disturbed sediment.

He caught the magic moment on a digital camera and deleted many unwanted shots.

"My finger was poised to delete this one too, and then I noticed something special."