Wildlife Photography across the Water: Wildlife Photo Competitions

Tuesday 15 June 2010

Wildlife Photo Competitions

This year i decided that i would enter a few of the bigger photographic competitions, I mentioned before that i had got into the finals of the Natures Best Backyards comp, I also entered the Wildlife Photographer of the year and last month had notification that i had also had an image in the finals, I kept it to myself and my wife and for the last months have woken up with both fingers and toes crossed, Yesterday we headed back from Florida after a long and exhausting weekend, We were driving through Georgia and the temperature gauge was showing a blistering 103 degrees when i asked my wife to check my e mails, There was one from the competition with bad news, The image had made the finals and that was as far as it was going-not what you want to hear on a 630 mile journey and both our shoulders sank, Last year there was 38000 entries so to get to the finals is something i guess but still bitterly disappointing to get so close and yet be so far, I have entered one more comp this year so will hope for a better result and not the always a bridesmaid and never a bride syndrome, You can only live in hopes that it will happen one day just like the lottery, In the WPOTY comp out of 20 images entered i had 17 go through to the semi finals and 1 in the finals-maybe next year
Well done to all those who recieved better e mails than me-bastards

Dave

1 comment:

Bobbster15 June 2010 at 17:41
Well done Dave, I thought I did well getting to the semi final with one image. Funny though when the winners comes out yhey will either be world class or leave us saying "what were the judges thinking off?" Better luck next year for both of us.

Cheers Bob
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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.