I am delighted to let you know that my photograph titled “Eurpean Shag in snow”, taken on Hornøya in Finnmark, Norway, in 2016, has been Highly Commended in International Color Awards 2017 (USA).

This year the contest received 6,178 images created by photographers from totally 75 different countries. The portrait photograph of the Shag won a Honorable Mention in the Wildlife category.