Grand prize winner. A gannet seconds after it dived off the Shetland Islands. Smashing through the water at 100 km per hour, this shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands has scooped a British photographer the Grand Prize in an international photo competition. Henley Spiers, from Exeter, won the whopping £100,000 ($120,000) prize in the HIPA Nature competition.Grand prize winner. A gannet seconds after it dived off the Shetland Islands. Smashing through the water at 100 km per hour, this shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands has scooped a British photographer the Grand Prize in an international photo competition. Henley Spiers, from Exeter, won the whopping £100,000 ($120,000) prize in the HIPA Nature competition.
Grand prize winner. A gannet seconds after it dived off the Shetland Islands. Smashing through the water at 100 km per hour, this shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands has scooped a British photographer the Grand Prize in an international photo competition. Henley Spiers, from Exeter, won the whopping £100,000 ($120,000) prize in the HIPA Nature competition.

In pictures: The finalists for HIPA Nature competition - and the £100k prize winning picture shot in Scotland

A shot of a gannet in the Shetland Islands has scooped a British photographer the Grand Prize in an international photo competition.
By Stephen Mcilkenny
Published 8th Aug 2022, 14:09 GMT
Updated 8th Aug 2022, 14:27 GMT

Henley Spiers, from Exeter, won the whopping £100,000 ($120,000) prize in the HIPA Nature competition.

We take a look at the winning and some other finalists.

Speaking of how he got his shot, the professional underwater photographer said: "The photograph was captured on my very first day visiting Shetland, the northernmost location in the United Kingdom, a cold, harsh, and wild place of which I have grown extremely fond.

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"The handsome gannets visit here seasonally to nest, turning the dark cliffs white - they are one of the most impressive animals I've ever come across, masters of both air and sea.

A field of wild pepalanthus, a rare flower that grows only in a few places in the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah.

1. A field of wild pepalanthus, a rare flower that grows only in a few places in the Cerrado.

A field of wild pepalanthus, a rare flower that grows only in a few places in the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah. Photo: Marcio Cabral / HIPA / SWNS

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4th nature by Thomas Vijayan. An orangutan climbing up a tree near Borneo in Indonesia.

2. 4th nature by Thomas Vijayan. An orangutan climbing up a tree near Borneo in Indonesia.

4th nature by Thomas Vijayan. An orangutan climbing up a tree near Borneo in Indonesia. Photo: Thomas Vijayan / HIPA / SWNS

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1st colour by Nguyen Vu Cao. Fishermen's boats neatly lined up when installed to avoid typhoon No. 9 in Quang Ngai Vietnam.

3. 1st colour by Nguyen Vu Cao. Fishermen's boats neatly lined up when installed to avoid typhoon No. 9 in Quang Ngai Vietnam

1st colour by Nguyen Vu Cao. Fishermen's boats neatly lined up when installed to avoid typhoon No. 9 in Quang Ngai Vietnam. Photo: Nguyen Vu Cao / HIPA / SWNS

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1st portfolio by Paul Nicklen. Ice-covered female bear on the Fishing Branch River, Yukon, Canada in temperatures of minus 22

4. Ice-covered female bear on the Fishing Branch River, Yukon, Canada

1st portfolio by Paul Nicklen. Ice-covered female bear on the Fishing Branch River, Yukon, Canada in temperatures of minus 22 Photo: Paul Nicklen / HIPA / SWNS

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