Winner, First Shot - Festival of Colour. Brian Powell, USA. I was staying at an ashram in Rishikesh, India, and like all days of my trip to India I rose early to explore. When I tried to leave the ashram, I found the gates locked; I was stuck inside for the best hour of light. I discovered a little-used passageway leading to the roof and after locating the man setting up his bicycle of flowers (offerings for sale to the devote Hindus), I waited for the right moment. When I saw the sadhu coming down the street with his hurried and powerful stride, I knew I had the perfect marriage of color, form, and gesture.

Commended, One Shot - Adventures: Marsel van Oosten, Netherlands. For this image I was in a vehicle in the Kalahari, photographing a pride of lions. I mounted my camera on a monopod and held it outside the car, upside down, to get a ground level perspective.