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

1st Award
Desfile en Blanco de Arturo de Frias Marques de Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid)
Place: Peninsula Antártica
Description: The marches of thousands of penguins to feed their chicks leaves long and clear trails in the snow. Observing them walking back and forth is one of the most tender and natural events that can be seen in the Antarctic Peninsula. I have raised the exposure by three in this picture in order to enhance the whiteness of the environment and obtain a minimalist atmosphere, in which the dark tones of the GENTOO PENGUIN (Pygoscelis papua) create a nice contrast.

Arturo de Frias Marques

1st Award

Honor award
White ladies de Mateusz Piesiak de Wroclaw ()
Place: Lower Silesia - Poland
Description: One day I went to a drained lake to photograph birds two hours before sunrise. The lake was covered by one of the thickest fogs I've ever seen. I wandered through the mud in rubber shoes not knowing where I was going at all. After a few hundred meters I built myself a shelter and jumped inside. Time was passing by and there was not a single bird to be seen. But suddenly I saw some shapes emerging from the fog - these white ladies. GREAT WHITE EGRET (Ardea alba)

Mateusz Piesiak

Honor award

Honor award
Eye Contact de Jessica Winter de Vienna ()
Place: Falkland Islands
Description: This photo was taken on New Island, Falkland Islands. I spent a season working on seabirds there. While doing fieldwork (collecting faeces samples), this WANDERING ALBATROSS (Diomedea exulans) was sitting on an abandoned nest and intrigued, it observed what I was doing there.

Jessica Winter

Honor award

Honor award
Landing lines de Vicenç Gimeno Rivero de La Garriga (Barcelona)
Place: Kerkini, Grecia
Description: Spectacular landings of DALMATIAN PELICANS (Pelecanus crispus) on the waters of Lake Kerkini, captured with the technique of panning.

Vicenç Gimeno Rivero

Honor award

Honor award
Futura madre de Jaime Culebras de Cáceres (Cáceres)
Place: Reserva Jardín de los Sueños, Ecuador
Description: I was following this Anthony nightjar (Nyctidromus anthonyi) for some days, watching where it was going and where it was coming from to get some rest. The space seen around it in the picture might as well be its future nest. Almost without removing anything, it will lay eggs that will remain hidden thanks to its perfect camouflage. The famous "blue hour" was the ideal time to photograph this wonderful bird in the Ecuadorian Chocó, which suffers one of the most intense devastations in the world.

Jaime Culebras

Honor award

Honor award
Taking off de Marco Gaiotti de genova (ge)
Place: Atchafalaya swamps, Louisiana
Description: A GREAT WHITE EGRET (Ardea alba) taking off at the Atchafalaya swamps, Louisiana.

Marco Gaiotti

Honor award

Honor award
Escultura de agua de Mario Cea Sánchez de Galindo y Perahuy (Salamanca)
Place: Salamanca
Description: A WATER RAIL (Rallus aquaticus) reflected in the pond at the exact time in which it catches a prey, leaving a water sculpture behind. Artificial light support was used to illuminate the scene.

Mario Cea Sánchez

Honor award

Honor award
Nursery de Darío Podestá de Puerto Madryn (Chubut)
Place: Cercanias de Puerto Madryn. Patagonia. Argentina
Description: CHILEAN FLAMINGO (Phoenicopterus chilensis) chicks of different ages being cared for by some adults while others go looking for food.

Darío Podestá

Honor award

Honor award
jump de Milo Angelo Ramella de Pavia (Pavia)
Place: Canada,Quebec
Description: A SNOWY OWL MALE (Bubo scandiacus) takes flight, alarmed by the call of a female. This species is very territorial, and defends its hunting territory with claws and beak

Milo Angelo Ramella

Honor award

GALLERY MONTPHOTO 2018

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