Sunday 22 December 2013

Wild Life Photographer of the Year 2013

If you want to see an amazing exhibition and love photography and wildlife you certainly won't go wrong with a visit to the Wild Life Photographer of the Year exhibition on at The National History Museum open until March 23rd 2014. I am doubly thrilled it's also on tour and coming to The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff March 29th-June 22nd 2014  For more details of the tour go to the link below.

Wild Life Photographer of The Year Exhibition Link



Essence of elephants: South African photographer Greg du Toit beat almost 43,000 entries from 96 countries to be crowned this year's winner with his enigmatic portrait of African elephants in the Northern Tuli Game reserve in Botswana. The image was taken from a hide at ground-level using a slow shutter speed to create an atmosphere and show the giant animals in a ghostly way

Mother's little headful: Udayan Rao Pawar's image shows gharial crocodiles on the banks of the Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh, India - an area increasingly under threat from illegal sand mining and fishing. The hatchlings swam onto a female's head, presumably because they felt safe there, said the young photographer

 

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