The “Wildlife photographer of the year” competition is owned by the Natural History Museum and the BBC Wildlife magazine. Starting with the 23 of october, the Natural History Museum hosts an exhibition with the photos of this 2009 Veolia Environment competition winners, for which you can book tickets online. There is, however, an online gallery on display which you can see at www.nhm.ac.uk.
Overall, the winners of the Wildlife photographer of the year 2009 are:
1.José Luis Rodríguez from Spain – Overall winner- with “The storybook wolf“:
2.Tom Schandy from Norway - Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife winner- with “The look of a jaguar“:
3.Thomas Haney from USA-One Earth Award winner- with “The lone fir“:
4.Rob Palmer from USA- Animal behaviour:Birds winner- with the “Opportunist snatch“:
5.Kevin Schafer from USA -Animal behaviour:Mammals winner- with the “Boto water polo“:
6.Andras Meszaros from Hungary-Animal Behaviour:All other animals winner- with the “Raindrop refresher“:
7.Michel Loup from France- The Underwater World winner- with the “Pike reflection“:
8.Ana Retamero from Spain-In Praise of Plants winner- with “The salsify canopy“:
9.Igor Shpilenok from Russia – Urban and Garden Wildlife winner- with the “Respect“:
10.Carsten Egevang from Denmark- Wild Places winner- with the “Big fjord, little auks“:
11.Urmas Tartes from Estonia- Animals in their Environment winner- with the “Springtail on a snowflake“:
12.Danny Green from UK- Nature in Black and White winner- with the “Starling Wave“:
13.Esa Malkonen from Finland- Creative Visions of Nature winner- with the “Fantail“:
14.Ilkka Rasanen from Finland- Ten Years and Under winner – with the “Reflections“:
15.Sam Rowley from UK – 11-14 years old winner- with the “Royal Headgear“:
16.Fergus Gill from UK-15-17 years old winner- with the “Clash of the Yellowhammers“:
The 2010 “Wildlife photographer of the year” competition starts in January. For more information, contact the Natural History Museum in London.
Great wildlife photos. No need to ask why these photos won. I admire photographers who were able to capture the beautiful angles especially to animals. I understand how hard it is to take a perfect shot. Congratulations.Thanks for sharing this.
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WOW I am amazed with these pictures, I like most the picture of the ant so cute with pink background. These turns out to be sweet life
and not wildlife I really enjoy looking at the pictures . Great post!