MontPhoto, international photography contest (Mountain and Nature Photography Awards)

1st Award Popular voting
Parental Bonds de Cristobal Serrano de Alicante (Alicante)
Place: Florida. Estados Unidos
Description: The mother and baby West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) reached this magic corner searching for warmer water. This is the natural habitat of a depleting population of sirenians which have unfortunately been seriously threatened for decades.

Cristobal Serrano

1st Award / P. V.

Honor award
Badall de David Antoja Mas de Badalona (Barcelona)
Place: Tossa de mar. Girona
Description: Photograph of a John Dory fish (Zeus faber) when it was yawning.

David Antoja Mas

Honor award

Honor award
Pulpo de Francesc Fontanals Villazón de Barcelona (Barcelona)
Place: Illes Medes. Girona
Description: A large octopus (Octopus vulgaris) wandering on the rocky bottom of the Natural Park of the Medes Islands.

Francesc Fontanals Villazón

Honor award

Honor award
Color de Òscar Miralpeix Biosca de Manresa (Barcelona)
Place: Sudan. Mar Roig
Description: Goby over coral. The photo is taken fairly close to the specimen at approximately 15 cm, so to appreciate better the details both of the fish and the coral, specially the colours.

Òscar Miralpeix Biosca

Honor award

Honor award
En barrena de Sergi García Fernández de Argentona (Barcelona)
Place: Tenerife. Islas Canarias. España
Description: This high angle shot shows the colour contrast of the sand background against the shell. The rotation of the camera together with the slow speed intends to confer movement to the image and at the same time enhance the textures and colours of this Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) shell.

Sergi García Fernández

Honor award

Honor award
Atardecer de Sergi García Fernández de Argentona (Barcelona)
Place: Tenerife. Islas Canarias. España
Description: A colony of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) has settled in a small corner in Tenerife. Once you descend it is a privilege to contemplate them in a relaxed and endless movement. The sun at dusk magically enters the sea, completing an unforgettable moment.

Sergi García Fernández

Honor award

Honor award
El duendecillo verde de Francisco Javier Murcia Requena de San Pedro del Pinatar (Murcia)
Place: La Azohía. Murcia
Description: The posidonia fish (Opeatogenys gracilis) is a small goblin which only lives in underwater Posidonia meadows and it prides itself of being the smallest fish in Europe and one of the smallest on earth. Its way of life, its size and colour make it a very difficult species to photograph.

Francisco Javier Murcia Requena

Honor award

Honor award
Vida por delante de Jorge Ruiz del Olmo de Sabiñánigo (Huesca)
Place: Valle de Gistaín. Huesca. España
Description: Spawning of common frog (Rana temporaria) in a mountain lake in the Pyrenees.

Jorge Ruiz del Olmo

Honor award

Honor award
Descobert de Marc Casanovas Felix de Barcelona (Barcelona)
Place: Tossa de Mar. Girona
Description: A monkfish (Lophius piscatorius) was waiting on the sand for a prey to come and when discovered it stood on its legs and ran away from us.

Marc Casanovas Felix

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2013

Nature: Underwater