Wildlife photographer of the year

On Saturday, I visited London again specifically to attend the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition in Natural History museum in London. The museum is free but this exhibition is £6.9o.

So was it worth it?

It was absolutely superb, truly inspirational photography and contentious enough to keep us all (my housemates) arguing about which shots should have won. Entries were from over 80 different countries and more than 130,000 photos (30,000+ photgraphers took part). Therefore, chosen pics were really of high quality.

Go to the Natural History Museum UK website if you want to have a peek at the winning pics.

Winner's camera
75%- Shot with canon DSLR
Of these- 70%- 1 series
25%- 5D
5%- 20D, 30D, 40D etc
2 pics taken from Canon 400D (kids category)
20%- Shot with Nikon DSLR
Mostly D700

5%- other DSLR (and 3-4 pics from compact cameras)



Adult categories

You can enter up to three digital images or scans of transparencies in each of the following categories.
1. Animals in Their Environment
2. Behaviour: Birds
3. Behaviour: Mammals
4. Behaviour: All Other Animals
5. The Underwater World
6. Animal Portraits
7. In Praise of Plants
8. Urban and Garden Wildlife
9. Nature in Black and White
10. Creative Visions of Nature
11. Wild Places



Prizes

The title Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year is given to the single image judged to be the most striking and memorable of all the entries. The winning photographer will receive £10,000, which is presented at an awards ceremony at the Natural History Museum in London in October. Each category winner receives £500 and each runner-up £250. Special award winners receive £1,000.

Winning and commended images are displayed in an exhibition at the Natural History Museum, London, then tour around the UK and internationally. The pictures will also be published in a hardback portfolio book.

By the way the 2009 entry is closed.

And the exhibition ends on the 24th April 2009.

Catch it if you happen to be in London.