I am thrilled to announce that my photograph “Wild Mountain Hares Fighting” became the Overall Winner of the Smithsonian Photo Contest 2022 (USA). The picture was selected from over 32,000 photos submitted by nearly 7,000 photographers from 190 countries and territories and received the Grand Prize among all categories in the Smithsonian competition, including Natural World, Travel, People, The American Experience, Artistic, and Drone/Aerial. 
I am delighted that my image, “The Big Migration”, was Highly Commended in the Natural World & Wildlife category in the Open competition at Sony World Photography Awards 2023. This is the world’s biggest photography competition. More than 415,000 images from 200-plus countries and territories were submitted to the competition in 2023, with over 200,000 entered into the Open competition. This was the third time I was awarded in this contest – a big honour!
It is a pleasure to let you know that my photograph “Wild Mountain Hares Fighting” has achieved a Highly Commended Award in Siena International Photo Awards 2022 in Italy. This is one of the photo contests with the highest international participation. In the 2022 edition, they received about 50,000 images from photographers from about 150 countries.
I am pleased to inform you that my photograph “Lions in the rainy season” has achieved a Highly Commended Award (FD GRČA HM) in Slovenia’s Narava International Contest of Photography 2022.
It is a pleasure to let you know I am honoured with two Highly Commended Awards in the international nature photography contest Memorial Maria Luisa, MML 2022 (Spain). 16,000 photographs by 1762 photographers from 88 countries entered this year’s competition.
It’s a fantastic start to the photo year to win first place in the Monochrome Photography Awards in the UK! The picture of the mountain hares fighting in the arctic winter in Røros in Norway became the Wildlife Category Winner. In addition, my image of the Long-eared Owl taken in Østerdalen received an Honorable Mention Award.
Selected from more than 19,000 images, it is a pleasure to let you know that my backlight image, “Arctic Fox and Swarming Insects”, has received a Highly Commended Award in the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021 (Germany).
I am pleased to inform you that my photograph of these Mountain Hares has achieved a Highly Commended Award in Slovenia’s Narava International Contest of Photography 2021.
