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

1st Award
Askatasuna maite dugulako de Aitor Gonzalez Barinagarrementeria de Gernika-Lumo (Vizcaya)
Place: Abadiño, Atxarte (PN Urkiola, Vizcaya)
Description: Photograph taken at the Atxarte climbing school an afternoon climbing with friends. The idea was to take some photos at sunset, but once at the location and seeing that the sunset was not that impressive, I changed my mind, and we took some photos completely different from what I had in mind.

Aitor Gonzalez Barinagarrementeria

1st Award

Honor award Popular voting
Oreo´s Warth de Yhabril Moro de Gorliz (Vizcaya)
Place: Astún (Huesca)
Description: The surfer is the great Iker Fernández. I looked for my position and I walked, I wanted to get the right ridge which is the Malacara in the frame because it looks like there is an angry face looking. Hence the name of the photo, “Oreo” is the God of the mountains and “warth” means anger.

Yhabril Moro

Honor award / P. V.

Honor award
Valeria de Javier Urbón de colmenar Viejo (Madrid)
Place: Cueva de Valeria (Cuenca)
Description: Sergio in the cave of Valeria, the most difficult area of this sport climbing school. I wanted to take the photo at the right time in autumn when the poplars change their leaves. It took a lot of effort to find the right moment; rainy days, gales that blew the leafs away, not having the right day off or not being able to gather two friends at the right time made it impossible to take the photo for three years running. But everything worked out in the end.

Javier Urbón

Honor award

Honor award
The treasure of a Cave de Marcio Cabral de Brasilia (Brasil)
Place: Cueva Sao Bernardo, Goiás (Brasil)
Description: Panoramic photo of a room of the San Bernardo cave that contains thousands of speleothem. The lighting is achieved with several touches of artificial light.

Marcio Cabral

Honor award

Honor award
Escalando el Cáliz de José Ángel Izquierdo Cano de Las Matas (Madrid)
Place: La Pedriza del Manzanares (Madrid)
Description: A full moon day, it became late, and we waited for the moon to get high to be able to climb with its light one of the routes of El Caliz. Illumination of the climber with a sideways front on view.

José Ángel Izquierdo Cano

Honor award

Honor award
Descenso 1 de Angel Benito Zapata de Logroño (La Rioja)
Place: Río Piqueras, Logroño (La Rioja)
Description: Freestyle Kayaking in Lumbreras de Cameros, descent of the Piqueras River.

Angel Benito Zapata

Honor award

Honor award
Domador de elefantes de Javier Sánchez Martínez de Alpedrete (Madrid)
Place: La Pedriza del Manzanares (Madrid)
Description: At the El Elefantito cliff, we found a very familiar shape, sculpted by time and erosion. An incredible formation that once again reminds us of nature’s perfection.

Javier Sánchez Martínez

Honor award

Honor award
Entre hielo y roca. de Iñaki Larrea de Ansoain (Navarra)
Place: Ordesa, Pirineo aragonés (Huesca)
Description: Walking along the rimaye among the mists on a 31st of December towards the Tour du Marboré, in the Pyrenees.

Iñaki Larrea

Honor award

Honor award
Ekaitzarekin Borrokan de Aitor Gonzalez Barinagarrementeria de Gernika-Lumo (Vizcaya)
Place: Pirineo navarro (Navarra)
Description: The day started calm. But as we walked, a strong wind arose that almost prevented us from moving forward. I hardly managed to get my camera out and capture the moment. I think that these conditions are the ones that really transmit the harshness of the mountain.

Aitor Gonzalez Barinagarrementeria

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2016

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