Rescue Dogs Charity Category 3rd Place Winner Christina Roemmelt, Austria

Title of image: ‘Over the sea of fog’

Pet name: Dania, Cross breed Portuguese Podengo, rescue dog

'My name is Christina and I was born in Munich. I moved to a small village next to Innsbruck in Austria together with my husband 11 years ago. After having settled down, we adopted two rescue dogs from Spain, thrown away like garbage, found in a dustbin. It wasn't possible to literally touch Dania for the first six month. Now we spend all the time together. The dogs accompany us to work and in our leisure time we explore the nature together.

My wish was to fix the special mood of these moments, staying outside, enjoying nature together and acting as a team. For this reason, inspired by my husband, who is a landscape photographer, I got in touch with photography three years ago.

On the picture you can see one of these very special moments. We hiked on Keipen on Senja [Norway] last year and stood speechless on top when the nature was bathed in golden light by the midnight sun. Everything was calm and peaceful. The dogs and us were completely on our own. This is one of my absolutely all-time favourite pictures from our trips.' - Christina Roemmelt

Technical specification
Sony Alpha 7s, Aperture: f/16, ISO speed: 100, focal Length: 20mm, Exposure program: Manual Exposure Time: 1/60, flash: no flash Lens: Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L3

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