Highly Commended in GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year!

Several months ago I received an email informing me that I was to be awarded a highly commended in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the year. Last Friday the results were finally announced so I traveled to Lünen in Germany to attend the awards.

Every time you enter a major competition like this you never know what effect your images will have on the judges. This year my Crested Guan from Costa Rica seemed to have worked in provoking a reaction. They even liked it enough to print it on the front cover of the book!!

I have always admired the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year as the winning selection are generally more artistic/creative than many of the other big wildlife photography competitions to which I find a refreshing change.

It was a great weekend and I met some fantastic people who I hope to see again in the future.

So near and yet so far

With confirmation from WPOTY (Wildlife Photographer of the Year) that I have been unsuccessful with this years competition, I thought I would share my shortlisted entries. To my surprise, eight out of my twenty submitted images were selected for the final round of judging. Thinking this has to be too good to be true (which it was) I thought nothing of it. Lets face it, a dead fish or a slow-worm on a rock is hardly going to take rank up against flying penguins or fighting tigers (to name a few) but you never know. 

In the words of Liam Marsh “If it was easy to win, it wouldn’t be worth entering!”

Anyway, here are my shortlisted entries.

Amphibians and Reptiles

Black and White

Amphibians and Reptiles

Mammals

World in Our Hands

Black and White

Black and White

Black and White