Posted by Ben Gardner on October 26, 2009 at 12:47 PM
Congrats to Danny Green and Brian Matthews, both getting Highly Commended in the mammal section in this years awards. Some fabulous images with alot of the usual names cropping up.
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Posted by Alan Bryant on October 26, 2009 at 1:05 PM
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 26, 2009 at 1:17 PM
Indeed very well done and to Terry Whittaker for his 'Prize of the audience'.. Nice work..
I didn't know about this competition, but will take a more active interest in future years..!
I was also saddened by the image of all the swimmers around that Whale shark..! I know it's reflected in photography of a number of animals across the globe but that really is extreme..
Brett
Posted by Tim Gregory on October 26, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Congrats again Danny..
Is it me, or are a great deal of the images in that comp either the same, or slightly different shots of the stuff that got into WPOTY? Not really saying that in a bad way, just interesting how the same images clean up!
Posted by David Sewell on October 26, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Congratulations Danny, Brian and Terry.
David
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 26, 2009 at 1:50 PM
I didn't know about this competition, but will take a more active interest in future years..!
Its the largest Nature photographers gathering in Europe, held once a year in Germany. I have been there many times and it is always very interesting with many famous Pro nature photographers like Frans Lanting, Norbert Rosing, Thomas Mangelsen giving presentations..just to mention a few names.
It also has a large exhibition area with stands for equipment, special nature photography tour operators and publishers.
It is always held in october.
It has always surprised me that similar events have never been held in the United Kingdom.
Posted by jack chapman on October 26, 2009 at 4:02 PM
inspiring pictures as always particularly like David Maitland's "Licht" struggling to work it out though, congratulations to Brian, Danny and Terry as well, four excellent images.
Posted by Peter Woods on October 26, 2009 at 4:28 PM
Congratulations to all finalists and winners
Posted by Liam Pauling on October 26, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Congrats Danny a worthy image, some interesting shots on there most are really creative.
Rene, we do have Wild Photos http://www.wildphotos.org.uk/ which is a two day wildlife photography conference held in London. Unsure how long it's been running - was on last year, but this year was the first year I heard about it (went on the saturday, was very good), don't think it's been running that long. Has a few stands, but I quite like the lack of tradeshowness!
Greg
Posted by Rene de Heer on October 27, 2009 at 7:57 AM
I know about that one Greg...to be honest: the Event in Germany is very good in my opinion...and cheaper as well! I dont mind the tradeshowness. The event is a great place to meet other photographers, find out about new places in Europe to go to for some serious nature photography, to hear abut the latest tips.It has a more international feel to it then the UK one...i think.
Rene de Heer
Hi Rene, the German is very cheap (though given the weakness of the pound, plus the extra travel and accomodation costs I expect it'd end up more expensive). I did prefer the conservation aim of Wild Photos. Hopefully as the UK one grows it'll get cheaper, but the venue, while very good, limits that at the moment.
I can't comment on the German one as I've never been, but was impressed by the number of visitors from the US and non-British Europeans at the UK one, most of the speakers not being from the UK (two speakers on Saturday had interpreters), good to see lots of young people there as well (mostly students I'm assuming).
Some interesting debates - including why UK togs don't 'get together' like wildlife togs on the continent - though no-one mentioned UKNP!
The fact that they're on the same weekend seems either very stupid or a cynical marketing ploy!
Indeed, more congratulations... just seen that Adam Seward has an image in there too...
Posted by Adam Seward on October 28, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Thanks Phil!! Was great to see my picture in amongst so many quality images. I attended the festival in Germany, having been to WildPhotos last year. Overall, the quality of speakers and presentations was quite similar. The GDT festival had at least a couple that were conservation oriented, certainly not less than WildPhotos 2008 anyway. The fact they were on at the same time was a complete coincidence apparently and the organisers said they would be in contact with WildPhotos next time to make sure it doesn't happen again. There were no agencies there but getting my camera cleaned for free by Canon was a bonus! Around half the talks were in English (translated into German during the talk). Unfortunately, the talks in German were not translated into English, which they might need to address if they want this to be a truly international festival. Of course a good photo transcends language, but hearing the background story is the point of going to a presentation. The tickets were much cheaper than WildPhotos. And the local beer was very good Overall, I'd recommend anyone here to go along.
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I didn't know about this competition, but will take a more active interest in future years..!
I was also saddened by the image of all the swimmers around that Whale shark..! I know it's reflected in photography of a number of animals across the globe but that really is extreme..
Brett
Is it me, or are a great deal of the images in that comp either the same, or slightly different shots of the stuff that got into WPOTY? Not really saying that in a bad way, just interesting how the same images clean up!
David
Its the largest Nature photographers gathering in Europe, held once a year in Germany. I have been there many times and it is always very interesting with many famous Pro nature photographers like Frans Lanting, Norbert Rosing, Thomas Mangelsen giving presentations..just to mention a few names.
It also has a large exhibition area with stands for equipment, special nature photography tour operators and publishers.
It is always held in october.
It has always surprised me that similar events have never been held in the United Kingdom.
Rene de heer
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Rene, we do have Wild Photos http://www.wildphotos.org.uk/ which is a two day wildlife photography conference held in London. Unsure how long it's been running - was on last year, but this year was the first year I heard about it (went on the saturday, was very good), don't think it's been running that long. Has a few stands, but I quite like the lack of tradeshowness!
Greg
Rene de Heer
I can't comment on the German one as I've never been, but was impressed by the number of visitors from the US and non-British Europeans at the UK one, most of the speakers not being from the UK (two speakers on Saturday had interpreters), good to see lots of young people there as well (mostly students I'm assuming).
Some interesting debates - including why UK togs don't 'get together' like wildlife togs on the continent - though no-one mentioned UKNP!
The fact that they're on the same weekend seems either very stupid or a cynical marketing ploy!
Greg