Love bites: This powerful wildlife photo, taken with a Sony A1, captures the beautiful chaos of motherhood

A black and white, close-up photograph captures an intimate moment between two foxes, where a smaller kit affectionately nuzzles and nibbles the snout of a larger fox that has its eyes closed in a serene expression.

One baby fox knows exactly how to get mom's attention; by biting her nose. It's a split-second moment of beautiful chaos that photographer Janet Gustin captured with her Sony A1, creating an image that speaks to the universal dynamics of motherhood across species.

Gustin's photograph, titled Ouch!, recently won the non-professional category of the Exposure One Awards Nature Photography Contest, selected from submissions spanning more than 82 countries.