Anne MacIntyre's white-on-white "Ethereal Cosmos" won first place in the 2020 Black & White Photo Project competition, a subsection of the International Garden Photographer of the Year competition and exhibition. Photographer Alan Price won second place, and Allan Wright won third.
PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTE: “After having recently painted my summerhouse white, I decided to capture these delicate cosmos flowers, creating the vivid white tones of this black-and-white composition.”
LOCATION: St. Albans, England, United Kingdom
CAMERA & LENS: Canon EOS 7D, Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM lens
EXPOSURE: 1/40 second at f/11, IS0 320
PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTE: “This fluffy couple of long-tailed tits were taking a short break from nest building. That’s when I photographed them, forever immortalizing their moment together.”
LOCATION: Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
CAMERA & LENS: Nikon D7100, AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/4E PF ED VR lens
EXPOSURE: 1/500 second at f/8, IS0 1000
PHOTOGRAPHER’S NOTE: “On a misty morning in May, the presence of a pair of iconic oak trees was amplified by backlit sunshine and partly framed by the glistening of cobweb-laden gorse bushes.”
LOCATION: Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
CAMERA & LENS: Nikon D7000, AF-S Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED lens
EXPOSURE: 1/320 second at f/10, IS0 160
See the rest of the finalists in the slideshow below