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When he woke on his birthday, conditions were so ideal he couldn't resist going out to take some photographs.

"The air was so clear you could see the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro more than 25 miles away."

Several elements came together to make his entry Elephants below Mount Kilimanjaro special: the clarity of the view of the mountain, the impressive cloud build-up and a line-up of elephants dusting themselves to keep cool as they travelled towards the swamps.

Moments later, cloud obliterated the mountain, the line of elephants broke up, and the magic moment had gone.

His winning photographs will appear in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London, and also in the November issue of BBC Wildlife Magazine.

Martyn's masterpieces were chosen from nearly 17,000 entries to what organisers say is the world's largest and most prestigious wildlife photographic competition.

Judges describe his work as a "spectacular image of an e