On October 30, 2008, “Snowstorm Leopard” was named best overall photo in the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Natural History of London and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
“This is the hardest story I have ever done because of the altitude and the steepness of the mountains,” the U.S. photographer told National Geographic. “At night it was 30 below zero [Fahrenheit].”
Over ten months Winter’s 14 “camera traps” shot more than 30,000 frames in pursuit of the endangered cat.
Best Wild Animal Photos of 2008 Announced
Thursday, October 30, 2008 around 9 pm mountain
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