10-Year-Old Indian Boy Bags The 2018 Wildlife Photographer Award

10-Year-Old Indian Boy Bags The 2018 Wildlife Photographer Award

The younger generation today is reaching great heights with a clear understanding of their passions from a very early age in life. These individuals are now surpassing the older generation in their respective fields and even crossing over to many unprecedented territories. Just like Arshdeep Singh, aged 10 , who is one of the winners of the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in the 10 years and under category. The photograph that brought him this victory is titled ‘Pipe Owls’ and consists of two spotted owls huddled together inside a pipe. In an interview with India Times, he explained how he noticed the owls while driving through Punjab’s Kapurthala and had to wait for several minutes to be able to capture the nocturnal birds.

'Pipe Owls' , Source : Facebook

The young photographer from Jalandhar, adopted this hobby in year 2012 at the age of six. He is passionate about photography and birds and is said to have been inspired by his father, Mr. Randeep Singh, who is a well-known wildlife photographer. This young lad has had his works published in famous publications like BBC Wildlife UK & Lonely Planet UK, Germany and India.

The title of Wildlife Photographer of the Year is one of the most prestigious ones and the competition is the biggest wildlife photography competition in the world. It started in the year 1964 and is now in its 53rd instalment. The competition is organised annually by Britain’s Natural History Museum.

You can check out more of Arshdeep’s work here.

To know more about the competition, click here.

Feature image courtesy: Facebook

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