1st place in Por El Planeta 2015

Having National Geographic photo-grapher Paul Nicklen as chair of the jury, a giant prize pool of USD 300,000 (!) and 28,578 participating photographs taken by 2,949 photographers off 88 countries, there is no doubt about neither the effort nor the success of Por El Planeta’s first nature photo contest. Also it is an honor to let you know that my image, “Quizzical Cat”, was awarded a 1st place as a Category Winner of Animal Portraits in this contest.

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On display in London

It is a pleasure to let you know I am one of 20 hand picked nature photographers contributing to Cheetah Conservation Fund’s (CCF) “Cheetahs Alive Photo Exhibition” in London.

The exhibition, in association with Strutt & Parker, will be on display at Patrick Mavros Art Gallery in London from 21st September to 7th October 2015, to raise awareness of the Cheetah’s plight in the wild.

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3rd Place in Narava International Contest of Photography 2015

It is a pleasure to let you know that my photographs below of fighting topis and walrus have been awarded 3rd place (PSA Bronze and FZC Bronze, respectively) in Narava International Contest of Photography 2015. In this year´s competition photographers from 62 countries participated with the total number of 4,100 images.

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1st place in I Am Photographer / Baltic Photo Contest 2015

I am delighted to tell that my image titled “Kttiwake Dream” won the 1st place in the Bird category in I Am Photographer / Baltic Photo Contest 2015. In the same contest my image “Saluting Bearded Seal” won 3rd place (2nd Runner Up) in the Animals category. Both images are taken on Svalbard in July/August 2014 – thanks to WildPhoto Travel for yet another great trip.

 

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3rd Place Portfolio Award and Highly Commended Award in NNPC 2015

It is a pleasure to share that my portfolio of six wide angle images of wild lions was awarded with a 3rd place in the Travel Photo category in Nordic Nature Photo Contest 2015. All images are taken on the same trip according to the contest rules. I also achieved a Highly Commended Award in the Landscape category in the same contest.

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Highly Commended Awards in the Monochrome Photography Awards 2014

It is a pleasure to let you know that in the Monochrome Photography Awards 2014 I have received seven Highly Commended Awards. Photographers from 86 countries – in all 7,000 images – entered the 2014 competition.

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Highly Commended Award in Nature’s Best Photography 2014

Selected from 20,000 images of which 102 were awarded, I am delighted to let you know that my image “Sleeping Polar Bear” has been highly commended in the Polar Passion category in Nature’s Best Photography 2014.

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3rd Place and Highly Commended in Global Arctic Awards 2014

It is a great pleasure to share that my image of a resting Polar Bear reached 3rd Place (Bronze Medal PSA) in Global Arctic Awards Competition 2014. I also achieved a Highly Commended Award (Ribbon RPS) for my under water / split picture of a walrus.

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Autumn variety at Flatanger, Forollhogna and Dovrefjell

The first weekend of October I was at Flatanger on the western coast of Norway photographing white tailed eagles from boat. Most of the images turned out quite classic, but one late night we did have the eagles in front of the moon and that was a great experience! Flatanger also offers good opportunities for photographing other wildlife species like the common but still very beautiful great tit, willow tit (granmeis), red squirrel, and much more. In wintertime you can also photograph goshawk and golden eagle.

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3rd Place – FZC Bronze Medal – in Narava International Contest of Photography 2014

It is a pleasure to let you know that my photograph below has been awarded 3rd place – FZC Bronze Medal – in Narava International Contest of Photography 2014. In this year´s competition totally 663 photographers from 63 countries participated with the total number of 6,800 images. This was my first attempt in this contest.

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