Take a look at the winning images from this year's Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition.
Posted: 15/10/2015 - 13:58
The winners of this year's prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition have been announced and Canadian amateur photographer Don Gutoski has taken the top title. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London and this year, more than 42,000 entries were submitted from across 96 countries.
As well as the overall winner, there's a Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner both of whom are selected from 18 individual category winners. You can see Don Gutoski's winning image below along with other category winners that depict nature in extraordinary, eye-catching and sometimes heartbreaking ways.
If you'd like to see the images on display, the fifty-first Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition opens at the Natural History Museum on 16 October.
Don Gutoski / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Ondrej Pelánek / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Britta Jaschinski / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Amir Ben-Dov / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Edwin Giesbers / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Jonathan Jagot / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Juan Tapia / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Michael AW / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Pere Soler / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Richard Peters / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015
Went to see that exhibition this past Saturday and came out rather disappointed. There were some stunning photos in there, mostly not the winners of any category though. Way too much art, way little photography in some cases. I find it a little said that I can't look at a picture anymore without questioning how much of it is the photographers imagination and PP tools, and how much actual natural beauty.
Not to mention presenting the photos on electronic, back lit screens. Than you end up in the little souvenir shop, look at prints and have a lil reality check - hmm, that photo is nowhere near as nice as I thought it was....
The line between what is actually still a photograph and what is just a piece of art that started off as one but in no way resembles that actual scene is very thin. No 7 to me is not a photograph.
Went to see that exhibition this past Saturday and came out rather disappointed. There were some stunning photos in there, mostly not the winners of any category though. Way too much art, way little photography in some cases. I find it a little said that I can't look at a picture anymore without questioning how much of it is the photographers imagination and PP tools, and how much actual natural beauty.
Not to mention presenting the photos on electronic, back lit screens. Than you end up in the little souvenir shop, look at prints and have a lil reality check - hmm, that photo is nowhere near as nice as I thought it was....
I cant agree more, only three or four are photographs of wildlife in its natural environment, the rest are manipulated photos or just some sort of art. Still not sure if they are art either.
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