Winning images of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
I love gazing and pondering upon award-winning photographs and here are some of the winners and commended entries of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 competition:
1. "Children and black lace-reef sharks on Aldabra Atoll, the Seychelles" by Peter Verhoog, the Netherlands. Highly commended in the Man and Nature category.
2. "Clown fish" by Franco Banfi, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
3. "Detained by the storm" by Łukasz Zandecki, Poland. Winner of the Birds category.
4. "Bush meat" by David Maitland, Great Britain. Overall winner of the competition. David Maitland took this photograph at a food market near Libreville in Gabon. It shows the carcass of a Black Colobus monkey being prepared to be sold. The monkey's chopped-off head is thrown onto a fire to burn off its fur.
If you have not heard of David Maitland, you should check out some of his works HERE, and HERE... it's astonishingly disturbing, but extremely insightful. Makes those of us who seldom see nature appreciate things that we are missing out in life more, and as in the case of the monkey photo above, exposes the cruelty of some twisted men. Those bloody idiots.
5. "Elephants in the twilight" by Richard Packwood, Great Britain. Highly commended in the Mammals category.
6. "Mountain hare in a snowdrift", also by Richard Packwood, Great Britain. Highly commended in the Mammals category.
7. "Trembling poplar branch in Autumn" by Markus Botzek, Germany. Highly commended in the Plants category.
8. "Old green turtle" by Andreas Maecker, Germany. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
9. "Cayman under the stars" by William & Matthew Burrard-Lucas, Great Britain. Runner up in the Other Animals category.
10. "Right of way" by Thomas Dürrenberger, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
11. "Duel in the trio" by Marc Steichen, Luxemburg. Runner up in the Mammals category.
12. "Dragonflies" by Georg Kantioler, Italy. Highly commended in the Other Animals category.
13. "Giant vacuum cleaner" by Thomas Heckmann, Germany. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
I hope you had enjoyed the photos as much as I did :) Do let me know which one is your favorite!
Have a great weekend!
I love gazing and pondering upon award-winning photographs and here are some of the winners and commended entries of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008 competition:
1. "Children and black lace-reef sharks on Aldabra Atoll, the Seychelles" by Peter Verhoog, the Netherlands. Highly commended in the Man and Nature category.
2. "Clown fish" by Franco Banfi, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
3. "Detained by the storm" by Łukasz Zandecki, Poland. Winner of the Birds category.
4. "Bush meat" by David Maitland, Great Britain. Overall winner of the competition. David Maitland took this photograph at a food market near Libreville in Gabon. It shows the carcass of a Black Colobus monkey being prepared to be sold. The monkey's chopped-off head is thrown onto a fire to burn off its fur.
If you have not heard of David Maitland, you should check out some of his works HERE, and HERE... it's astonishingly disturbing, but extremely insightful. Makes those of us who seldom see nature appreciate things that we are missing out in life more, and as in the case of the monkey photo above, exposes the cruelty of some twisted men. Those bloody idiots.
5. "Elephants in the twilight" by Richard Packwood, Great Britain. Highly commended in the Mammals category.
6. "Mountain hare in a snowdrift", also by Richard Packwood, Great Britain. Highly commended in the Mammals category.
7. "Trembling poplar branch in Autumn" by Markus Botzek, Germany. Highly commended in the Plants category.
8. "Old green turtle" by Andreas Maecker, Germany. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
9. "Cayman under the stars" by William & Matthew Burrard-Lucas, Great Britain. Runner up in the Other Animals category.
10. "Right of way" by Thomas Dürrenberger, Switzerland. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
11. "Duel in the trio" by Marc Steichen, Luxemburg. Runner up in the Mammals category.
12. "Dragonflies" by Georg Kantioler, Italy. Highly commended in the Other Animals category.
13. "Giant vacuum cleaner" by Thomas Heckmann, Germany. Highly commended in the Underwater World category.
I hope you had enjoyed the photos as much as I did :) Do let me know which one is your favorite!
Have a great weekend!
3 Comments:
love that orange fish---like Finding Nemo kinda of thing!--
cool pic!
Hi John,
Thanks for sharing these with us. The monkey head is a little bit disturbing. That comes from a lack of understanding of that culture though. I see a monkey and I don't look at that monkey as a source of food for me. Kinda like those who look at a cow and see more than a steak.
My favorite of those you showed us is the 'elephants in the twilight'. I've always had a fondness for elephants.
I also like all the fish pictures too. I have a fondness for fish as well. It always amazes me just how many beautiful fishes there are in the world.
Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting, Mys Lyke Meeh. I will pay a visit to yours soon.
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