Dogs at Play 1st Place Winner, Tom Lowe, UK

Title of image: “Baxter’s Highland Adventure”

Dog: Baxter, West Highland White Terrier

“As an amateur landscape photographer I’m usually accompanied by Baxter, my West Highland White Terrier, when shooting in the great outdoors. I was finding that he would often sneak in to many of my photos, so instead of leaving him at home or editing him out of the shots I decided to make him the focus within the landscape.

This photograph shows Baxter taking an early morning swim with some ducks on Loch Lomond in the Scottish highlands. To get the shot, I set my camera to continuous shooting mode and held it just a few centimetres from the water’s surface. As he swam towards me I fired the shutter to catch the action. Of the several images I took this was the stand out shot."

Instagram / f22digital

Technical specification

Canon 6D with EF16-35mm f/2.8L II USM, Aperture: f/7.1, Focal Length: 16mm, Exposure time: 1/320sec, ISO Speed: 1600, Flash: Did not fire

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Dogs at Play 2nd Place Winner, Elouise Leland, USA

Title of image: “Brothers: forever buddies”

Dog: Labrador Retrievers

“I am an amateur photographer but have had lots of practice taking photos of my dogs and puppies and those of friends. This photo is of two fox red Labrador brothers happily on their way to the lake for a swim. I just caught them at the right moment.”

Technical specification
Nikon D300 with Nikkor 50mm lens, sports setting

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Dogs at Play 3rd Place Winner, Daniel Nygaard, Sweden

Title of image: "Lennon"

Dog: Lennon, Dalmatian

“Lennon is an extremely energetic Dalmatian that needed no persuasion to make this jump. This picture is taken on the ice of the Gulf of Bothnia. Though I normally avoid taking arranged photos I do admit that this one came out really good.”

Website / http://www.umeahundfoto.se
Instagram / umeahundfoto

Technical specification
Nikon D800, Lens: Nikon AF-S Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8G ED, Flash: Nikon SB-800, Focal length: 24mm Exposure program: Manual, ISO: 100, Aperture: f8.0, Shutter: 1/1600

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