Ekaterina Bee's Image

Ekaterina Bee (Italy) shares her intimate encounter with a pair of common bottlenose dolphins.

Ekaterina’s trip to the west coast of Scotland was filled with wildlife encounters, but these bottlenose dolphins were an unexpected surprise.

Drawn to action and movement in her subjects, Ekaterina has an eye for the abstract. Taken from a boat off the Isle of Skye, her photograph highlights the patterns on the water created by the dolphins as they moved.

Lucas Bustamante, Wildlife Photojournalist, Conservation Biologist and Competition Judge reflects, ‘as a diver who spends a lot of time in the ocean, I really appreciate the challenges of creating this image in such an artistic way. Reflection and light on the ocean’s surface are unpredictable and fast changing, not to mention the speed and movement of the dolphins, so I think the photographer nailed it!’

Living in small groups, common bottlenose dolphins are highly social animals and one of the top marine predators in Scottish waters. The species occurs throughout the world’s oceans except in the polar regions.