Hotshots
Winning images from the 2024 Epson International Pano Awards, celebrating the best in panoramic photography
Kelvin Yuen/The 15th Epson International Pano Awards
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WINNER Open Photographer of the Year
WINNER Open Nature/Landscape category
‘Power of Nature’
Kelvin Yuen (Hong Kong)
“The primary goal of this trip was to capture the iconic mountains near Guilin in China, which are renowned for their karst formations (landscapes characterised by limestone rock pillars). On the day I took this photo, I woke up at 3am and was supposed to hike up the mountain for the sunrise. However, a heavy thunderstorm struck out of nowhere, so I decided to shoot the thunderstorm instead. I flew my drone to wait for the lightning due to safety concerns and it surprised me by being functional after 30 minutes of downpour. I took around 700 photos with the same compositions, of which over 40 were lightning shots. This photograph is my favourite as the lightning flash in the middle is illuminating the layers of the mountains.”