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

1st Award
Triste presagio de Xavier Mata Moya de Legorreta (Guipúscoa)
Place: España - Francia
Description: Global temperature increases as does the thirst for oil in the Artic, while the presence of ice decreases and with it the prospect of a future for its inhabitants. Saving the artic means saving our planet. I don’t want my photo to be a sad presage.

Xavier Mata Moya

1st Award

Honor award
Via Làctia al desert de Martí Fradera Bohera de Barcelona (Barcelona)
Place: Hassilabied. Marroc
Description: 360º Spherical panoramic view of the Milky Way in the Sahara dessert, specifically at Hassilabied, in south Morocco. It is an ultra-wide-angle supine shot of the night in the desert, a little planet. The view of the sky of Hassilabied can be seen interactively at http://www. martifradera.com/marroc360.

Martí Fradera Bohera

Honor award

Honor award
Klasik de Urtzi Vera de Orozko (Bizkaia)
Place: Bardenas. Navarra
Description: The strange beauty of this area is enhanced by the lastminute oblique light. The earth, damp by the recent rains, shows all its textures in a pictorial way, giving the impression we are before an unreal scenery.

Urtzi Vera

Honor award

Honor award
Ramas de Fran Moreno de Alicante (Alicante)
Place: Albacete. España
Description: The Holm Oak (Quercus ilex) to which these branches belong, located between Alpera and Higueruela near “La Casa el Gao” (El Gao House), is included in the book of the largest trees in Spain.

Fran Moreno

Honor award

Honor award
Sueño de otoño de Xavier Mata Moya de Legorreta (Guipúscoa)
Place: Opakua. Àlaba
Description: Brambles, weeds, deciduous trees, autumn colours. In my dream I wish I was you, to penetrate the silence of the forest.

Xavier Mata Moya

Honor award

Honor award
Udazkenaren sua de Iosu Garai Ibabe de Legazpi (Gipúscoa)
Place: Sierra de Urbasa
Description: Two photos united that show us the explosion of colour of autumn. One, an autumn landscape and the other, a natural sandstone texture in Jaizkibel on the coast of Guipuzcoa.

Iosu Garai Ibabe

Honor award

Honor award
Hojas en la chopera de José Agustín Gurruchaga Garagarza de Bergara (Guipúscoa)
Place: Alcalá del Júcar. Albacete
Description: I have manipulated a photograph to try and provide a feeling of peace, calmness and beauty. The manipulation consisted basically on motion blurs combined with the history brush.

José Agustín Gurruchaga Garagarza

Honor award

Honor award
Escalerilla y arco iris de Mariano Belmar Torrecilla de Murcia (Murcia)
Place: Alicante. España
Description: Combination of the view of a beach and of the rainbow.

Mariano Belmar Torrecilla

Honor award

Honor award Popular voting
Combate de Juan Luis Duran Guinot de Valencia (Valencia)
Place: Biopark Valencia
Description: Biopark Valencia. A luxury of fauna. An antelope and a rhino simulate an attack. It is violent and can turn out to be a dangerous game.

Juan Luis Duran Guinot

Honor award / P. V.

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2013

Inspired by nature