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

1st Award
Nemoptera de Francisco Motilva Peralta de Avila (Avila)
Place: Serra de Gredos, Àvila (Espanya)
Description: The nemoptera (Nemoptera bipennis) seen in the early morning hours with a white background for a high key and an umbrella to provide some shade and block the wind. Taken at the mountains in Avila at 1200m, where this insect hatches.

Francisco Motilva Peralta

1st Award

Honor award
Madre responsable de Jorge Enrique Garcia Melo de Ibagué (Tolima)
Place: Icononzo, Tolima (Colòmbia)
Description: A little spider belonging to the Pholcidae family loads its eggs in a very elegant and delicate way to avoid any harm or predator threat.

Jorge Enrique Garcia Melo

Honor award

Honor award
Pareja de Boloria selene de Siro Moya de Vigo (Pontevedra)
Place: Serra do Courel, Lugo (Espanya)
Description: Couple of small pearl-bordered fritillary (Boloria selene) in their roost.

Siro Moya

Honor award

Honor award
Yo Típula de Fco. Javier Guerrero Ramos de Zaratán (Valladolid)
Place: Camarzana de Tera, Zamora (Espanya)
Description: Tipula seen at shore of the Tera river. As it has happened with other pictures, the insect came by to say hello while I was sitting down waiting for other bugs to start working after being interrupted by my presence.

Fco. Javier Guerrero Ramos

Honor award

Honor award
Queriendo ser una hoja de Javier Aznar de MADRID (Madrid)
Place: Puerto Quito (Equador)
Description: A treehopper (Cicadellidae) stands still, frozen, hiding among the leaves of a fern in camouflage. But it does not go unnoticed to my eyes and I take some pictures while he poses for me.

Javier Aznar

Honor award

Honor award Popular voting
Spider in Blue de José Pesquero Gómez de Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid)
Place: Zamora (Espanya)
Description: Arachnid specimen amid flares. Double exposition for one RAW. Forced white balance to cold to obtain this environment.

José Pesquero Gómez

Honor award / P. V.

Honor award
The Runner de José Pesquero Gómez de Pozuelo de Alarcon (Madrid)
Place: Madrid (Espanya)
Description: Empusa (Empusa pennata) racing. Taken with flash and low shutter speed.

José Pesquero Gómez

Honor award

Honor award
Brisa de colors de Cristina Ayala Pérez de Manresa (Barcelona)
Place: Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, Girona (Espanya)
Description: The colours and vegetation around the common blue (Polyommatus icarus) made me search for a different background. I tried different aperture and composition combinations and in the end I framed the butterfly inside a particular breeze of colours.

Cristina Ayala Pérez

Honor award

Honor award
The snail feast de Emanuele Biggi de Genova ()
Place: San Bartolomeo, Savignone, Genova (Itàlia)
Description: A carnivorous land snail (Oxychilus draparnaudi) eating a cave cricket (Petaloptila andreinii) inside a cave. Not all snails are vegetarian and this species exploits a very good yet not abundant source of food into the crevices and caves. San Bartolomeo Di Savignone, Genova (Italy).

Emanuele Biggi

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2017

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