Winners Gallery
2nd place Conservation (Impact) Photographer of the Year
Rafael Fernandez Caballero Mexico
A dead sperm whale beached and bloody, its tail showing signs of entanglement. "Seeing a dead animal is always sad," says photographer Rafael Fernandez Caballero, "but seeing a huge mammal dead, like this sperm whale, is indescribable. From land the scene was terrifying, but from the air the situation was even more shocking and dramatic. The river of blood stretched for perhaps more than a mile."
BEHIND THE LENS
Rafael Fernandez Caballero Spain
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Windless day
- Midday shoot
- Taken using a drone
- Site accessed on foot
MORE IMAGES BY Rafael Fernandez Caballero
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