Jennifer McDowall, Bird or Fish (OCEAN - Entries close 30 November 2026)

Sheer cliffs drop two hundred meters from Malabar Hill into Lord Howe Island's crystal-clear waters, where the transparency is so striking that the Sooty Terns and Brown Noddies look as if they are swimming with the fish. Canon EOS R7 100-500mm lens, focal length 500mm, F7.1, 1/5000sec, ISO 2500.

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