A great white shark heads straight for the camera in this amazing underwater shot. The huge fish was snapped by Matthew Smith, who used a carbon pole and remote trigger to capture the terrifying image. It was among a string of stunning pictures entered in the Siena International Photo Awards 2022.
READ MORE: EXCLUSIVE 'Frightened' Putin 'getting closer to launching nuclear strike' warns ex-RAF chiefThe overall winner was “Woman from Evia”, bottom left, by Konstantinos Tsakalidis, which captured Kritsiopi Panayiota, 81, as forest fires raged across Greece. Another highlight, by Marcus Westberg in Namibia, showed a hippo emerging out of a river and pursuing a tourist boat. Meanwhile, a bear was snapped by Elizabeth Yicheng Shen as it bounded through the water during the end of the salmon run.
"And a camel was pictured staring at a young girl in Giza, Egypt, by Maude Bardet. Elsewhere, a seahorse “hugging” a seagull feather in Spain saw Francisco Javier Murcia Requena win in the “underwater life” category. "And a shot by Dan Winters of Angelina Jolie covered in bees to promote her Women for Bees initiative won the “fascinating faces and characters” award.This is far from the first time a shark has been caught in a breathtaking near-death moment for the person.
In last year's competition, a spectacular snap surfaced of a huge great white ramming a shark cage in an effort.The winner last year in the Journeys and Adventures category was grabbed by Russian photographer Sergey Savvi. His image showed an elephant nearly knocking over a tourist buggy on a road. It was captioned: "This Is My Jungle!"Sergey said: "The idea behind the image is that we should respect nature and care more about it, but should also avoid taking
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