Photo by Jannik Jansons / Bird Photographer of the Year

The Giant. Gold Winner, Black and White. “Using a wide-angle lens, I photographed a shag taking off on the Norwegian island of Hornøya. In the image it looks like a gigantic bird flying over all the others, but in reality the bird is flying very close to the lens and therefore appears much larger.” European shag and common guillemot, Hornøya, Varanger, Norway.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/09/winners-bird-photographer-year-2025/684399/
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