{
  "id": 17222942,
  "title": "Now this is how to photograph wildlife! I love this dramatic gannet hunting scene that won the 74th Nikkor Photo Contest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/now-this-is-how-to-photograph-wildlife-i-love-this-dramatic-gannet",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-30T12:05:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Digital Camera World",
    "slug": "digital-camera-world",
    "url": "https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/now-this-is-how-to-photograph-wildlife-i-love-this-dramatic-gannet-hunting-scene-that-won-the-74th-nikkor-photo-contest"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The striking winning photograph of the 74th Nikkor Photo Contest captures a northern gannet mid-chase for its fish meal. Photographer Mayumi Takeuchi skillfully documented this \"The Struggle for Survival Beneath the Surface\" scene while submerged while employing a large strobe-lit setup. She recounted the moment as \"truly miraculous.\" Among the 23,000+ entrants, her bold image emerged victorious from a field of competition photographers. The Nikon Z8 camera and ¥500,000 (around $3,100) served as the Grand Prix reward. A noteworthy Gold Award also gleamed in the \"Web Freedom\" category - Toru Shinohara's photogenic scene of a surfer riding a massive wave, creatively blurred as if the surfer was actually inside the wave. Print category winners included Sanae Ono's \"Secret Base,\" featuring four cousins meeting at their home during the Japanese Golden Week holiday, composed as a whimsical \"secret base\" where planning unfolded.",
  "summary": "Nikon recently announced the winners of this year’s Nikkor Photo Contest, with the Grand Prix image depicting an underwater struggle of life and death between a gannet and its prey",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}