Pride and pleasure

In the summer of 2015, Yang Dong visited the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in Hebei province. It was the first time he took photos of the Great Wall and it brought him a first prize.

"I was so excited that I didn't sleep all that night. Since then, I've won more than 100 prizes with my photos of the Great Wall."

To capture the photo of the Jinshanling section in the clouds, Yang Dong made two dozen visits before he finally got a picture that satisfied him.

Once, he waited for five full days to get the shot, while most of the other snappers had left by the second night. "Only three photographers stayed after the rain on the fourth night, and I insisted on waiting until I finally got the shot," he recalls.

"Some people say I get the prize-winning photos because of luck. Yes, but that luck comes from the effort of holding on a little longer," he says.