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CREDITS FOTO
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Snowstorm leopard © Steve Winter / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Steve Winter
(Nationality - United States of America, Country of Residence - United States of America)
Gerald Durrell Award for Endangered Wildlife - Winner
Snowstorm leopard
‘After 10 months and a winter with little snow in Ladakh’s Hemis High Altitude National Park, India, I was
running out of hope of getting the picture I wanted. But one freezing morning I checked my remote-controlled
camera and found a snow leopard had triggered it the night before, in the frame I’d dreamed of – in its true
element.’ Snow leopards are adapted to life in the mountains of central Asia. They have long, waterproof
outer fur, dense woolly under-fur and large nasal cavities that warm the air as they breathe it in. This allows
them to survive temperatures as low as -40°C. But t he leopards can also tolerate the heat of the Gobi Desert,
where temperatures can reach 40°C.
Canon EOS Rebel XT + 10-22mm lens at 16mm; 1/200 sec at f16; ISO 100; waterproof camera box +
Plexiglass tubes for flashes; Trailmaster 1550-PS remote trigger.
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Sacrifice © David Maitland / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
David Maitland
(Nationality - United Kingdom, Country of Residence - United Kingdom)
Sacrifice
Trading in bushmeat is illegal in Gabon, but in the capital Libreville I saw this Gabon black colobus monkey
being tossed onto an open fire to strip off the fur. A cloud of acrid smoke filled the air. Then, the glossy jetblack fur caught fire, crinkled and crisped up, and fell off as dust. It was deeply upsetting.’
Black colobus monkeys have a distinct, high-pitched roar and frequently call to each other, so human hunters
can easily track them down. This helps to make them one of the 10 most threatened primate species in Africa.
Most of the world’s primates may become extinct within the next 30 years if the bushmeat trade continues at
its current levels.
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II; 16-35mm f2.8 lens at 16mm; 1/30 sec at f8; ISO 100.
© David Maitland / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Snow swans© Yongkang Zhu / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Yongkang Zhu
(Nationality - China, Country of Residence - China)
Snow swans
Animals in their Environment – Winner
To photograph the swans in their environment meant I had to endure the same conditions – snowstorms and
high winds that roll the snow across the flat land in great waves. The storm was so bitter I wished I could have
escaped along with the swans.’ Every winter, huge flocks of whooper swans migrate from the far north of
Europe and Asia to warmer lowlands. The Rongcheng Swan Lake nature reserve in eastern China is a major
overwintering sanctuary for whooper swans. But even here, when the fresh water freezes, the birds are forced
to feed in the fields, digging through the snow for grass.
Canon EOS 20D + Sigma 300-800mm f5.6 lens at 300mm; 1/1250 sec at f6.3; ISO 200; tripod.
© Yongkang Zhu / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Clash of eagles © Antoni Kasprzak / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Antoni Kasprzak
(Nationality - Poland, Country of Residence - Poland)
Animal Behaviour: Birds - Winner
Clash of eagles
‘Photographing in Poland, I found a dead moose that would be ideal bait. Five hours later, an adult and an
immature white-tailed eagle arrived together, and a struggle broke out. The older, more experienced bird won,
forcing the immature eagle to wait its turn for more than an hour, along with other scavengers.’
White-tailed eagles are the largest eagles in northern Europe, with a wingspan of more than two metres.
Mature birds have a yellow beak, while the juveniles are a darker brown. Eagles will swoop and catch fish, but
will also feed on carrion. When winter is particularly cold, and food is scare, fights over food break out.
Canon EOS 40D + Canon EF500mm f4 IS USM lens; 1/1000 sec at f4.5; ISO 500; tripod.
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Frodo's prize©Cyril Ruoso / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Cyril Ruoso
(Nationality - France, Country of Residence - France)
Animal Behaviour: Mammals - Winner
Frodo's prize
There had clearly been a frenzied tug-of-war in Tanzania’s Gombe National Park, because the bushpig’s body
was ripped in two. And that was all the sharing Frodo was prepared to do. Ignoring the begging of the other
chimpanzees, he tucked into the rare (in both senses of the word) feast.
Chimpanzees eat fruit, but will also hunt monkeys and, if they are skilful enough, bushpig. Males fight over
carcasses, and higher ranking males will steal from lower ones. But they also beg and share. Chimpanzees
are themselves hunted by people for meat, which along with the destruction of their habitat in western and
central Africa makes them an endangered species.
Canon EOS-1D Mark III + Canon EF400mm f2.8 IS USM lens; 1/320 sec at f2.8; ISO 250. With logistical
support from the Jane Goodall Institute.
© Cyril Ruoso / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Deadlock© David Maitland / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
David Maitland
(Nationality - United Kingdom, Country of Residence - United Kingdom)
Animal Behaviour: All Other Animals - Winner
Deadlock
A cat-eyed tree-snake was locked in an embrace with a Morelet’s treefrog. The kicking frog showed no sign of
weakening. And the stubborn snake wouldn’t budge. It was a complete stalemate. Three hours later, I realised
the first one to give in would, in fact, be me – and I went to bed.’
When the rains come to the forests of Belize, the treefrogs descend after dark from the canopy, gathering
around the puddles and ponds. Male frogs serenade females and fight off rivals in the race to mate. Found
only in a few areas of northern Central America and Mexico, the Morelet’s treefrog is a critically endangered
species due to habitat destruction and disease.
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II + 100mm macro lens; 1/500 sec at f10; ISO 50; twin flashes.
© David Maitland / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Daddy long legs © Jordi Chias / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Jordi Chias
(Nationality - Spain, Country of Residence - Spain)
The Underwater World - Specially Commended
Daddy long legs
‘I came across this strange arrangement of spikes and spines while diving near Puerto de Mogán off the
southern coast of Grand Canary in the Canary Islands. I thought the spikes and tangle of long legs made a
wonderfully graphic image, and the cobalt blue background with a school of small silver fish flitting past was
like a sky of stars.’ Arrow crab males have bigger claws than females, and it’s the females that look after the
eggs. They attach the bright orange mass to appendages known as pleopods, which they move constantly to
make sure the eggs get enough oxygen.
Canon EOS 5D + 17-40mm f4 lens at 40mm; 1/40 sec at f11; ISO 100; Sea & Sea housing; two Sea & Sea
YS110 strobes.
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Troublemaker © Stefano Unterthiner / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
2008
Stefano Unterthiner
(Nationality - Italy, Country of Residence - Italy)
Animal Portraits - Winner
Troublemaker
‘I nicknamed this young adult Troublemaker. He was interested in me, so getting a close-up wasn’t difficult.
But he would leap at me and kick off my back like a trampoline. It was part play, part confrontation, part
attention-seeking, part curiosity. I think Troublemaker’s expression captures the spirit of these wonderful
monkeys.’ Black-crested macaques live on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. They usually forage in the
forests, but sometimes their search for food takes them to the edge of the trees to the coast. They wander
along the beach scouring the rocks for fallen fruits and nuts or, in the case of the young ones, paddling in the
waves.
Nikon D2X + Nikon 12-24mm lens; 1/250 sec at f10; ISO 125; graduated neutral-density filter; flash.
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Angry queen © Piotr Naskrecki / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Piotr Naskrecki
(Nationality - Poland, Country of Residence - United States of America)
Animal Portraits - Highly Commended
Angry queen
‘I put a portable diffusion box over the queen ant to smooth out the reflection from its shiny armour. The ant
soon made its feelings clear by bending its abdomen forwards, ready to spray me with formic acid. I quickly
released it, so it could go forth and multiply in its Cambodian home. And multiply…’ Armoured ants, as their
name suggests, are equipped with incredibly hard exoskeletons and sharp spines. Once a year, the nest
produces many new queens and males. A new queen will mate with one or more males before flying off to
begin a colony of its own. The queens are able to store the male ant’s sperm internally and will use this to
fertilise millions of eggs during their lifetime.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II + Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens; 1/160 sec at f16; 400 ISO; Canon MT-24EX and
two Canon 580EX flashes + small diffusion box.
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Swamp cypress©Cece Fabbro / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Cece Fabbro
(Nationality - United States of America, Country of Residence - United States of America)
In Praise of Plants - Winner
Swamp cypress
The scene in Lake Martin, Louisiana, seemed so serene, so quiet. Yet it was anything but. All day the birds
squawk, squeak and bark over mates, nesting sites and nest-building materials. This isolated cluster of
ancient swamp cypress fascinated me. In the early morning mist, there was something mystical, almost eerie
about them.’
Swamp cypress has a great tolerance to flooding. Found in the southern parts of the USA, there are places
where its roots can be submerged for months. However, it grows wooden root extensions that poke out of the
water line to help the roots get oxygen. The swamp cypress in Lake Martin, Louisiana, is also home to more
than 20,000 breeding herons, egrets, white ibises, roseate spoonbills, owls and ospreys.
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II + 100mm macro lens; 1/500 sec at f10; ISO 50; twin flashes.
© Cece Fabbro / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: New occupant© Jamie McGregor Smith / Wildlife Photographer of the Year
2008
Jamie McGregor Smith
(Nationality - United Kingdom, Country of Residence - United Kingdom)
Urban and Garden Wildlife - Winner
New occupant
Gaining access to this derelict room symbolised the adversity overcome by this plant. As I peered in and saw
the fresh fern fronds, backlit by sunshine streaming through the window, its colour and sense of life seemed
exaggerated by the room’s grim, drab appearance.
Against all odds the fern was thriving, gaining nourishment from the decomposing floorboards.’
Ferns, along with lichens and mosses, are often the first plants to colonise new or harsh environments. They
grow in sites that sometimes aren’t ready for flowering plants, shrubs or trees because of poor soil or a lack of
nutrients. By creating soil as they decompose, ferns change the local environmental conditions, making them
more suitable for other plant species to follow.
Canon EOS 20D + Sigma 18-200mm f3.5-6.3 DC OS lens; 8 secs at f22; ISO 100.
© Jamie McGregor Smith / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Polar sunrise © Miguel Lasa / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Miguel Lasa
(Nationality - United Kingdom, Country of Residence - United Kingdom)
Creative Visions of Nature - Winner
Polar sunrise
‘So many of the photographs I’d seen of polar bears failed to show the power of the animals or any sense of
the harshness of the polar environment. While the bears paced the beach waiting for the ice, I waited for the
perfect light. Finally I got the shot I was after – a bear backlit by the first rays of sunlight.’
During winter, polar bears live on the frozen seas of the Arctic. In summer, in areas where the ice melts
completely like Canada’s Hudson Bay, they spend months ashore living on a variety of foods. They will also
swim in the water and catch birds. By the time the seas freeze again in autumn they are eager for fresh sealmeat.
Canon EOS 40D + Canon EF500mm f4 IS USM lens; 1/1250 sec at f4 (+2/3 compensation); ISO 400.
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Skeleton Coast© Andy Biggs / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Andy Biggs
(Nationality - United States of America, Country of Residence - United States of America)
Wild Places - Winner
Skeleton Coast
As I peered through the scratched airplane window, I wondered how I could convey the giddy heights of the
Namibian sand-dunes. I wanted to capture the way shafts of sun pierce the mist and highlight the sand
textures. The huddle of Cape fur seals – a dark smudge on the strip of beach – gave a sense of the vastness
of this wilderness.
The Skeleton Coast is 16,000 square kilometres of national park that runs along the Atlantic coast of Namibia.
The plants, insects, reptiles and small mammals that live there get their moisture from the dense ocean fogs,
which form as the cold Benguela current blows inland.
Larger animals such as the Cape fur seal live along the coast. Cape Fria is home to a colony of more than
100,000 individuals.
Canon EOS 5D + 24-105mm lens at 47mm; 1/1250 sec at f5.6; ISO 500.
© Andy Biggs / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Snow pose© Alessandro Oggioni / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Alessandro Oggioni
(Nationality - Italy, Country of Residence - Italy)
Ten years and under - Winner
Snow pose
I was skiing in the Gran Paradiso National Park in Italy when I spotted this fox looking at me from a tree. I took
off my skis and tried to take a photograph, but it climbed down and wandered off. I took many photos, but I
like this one because it has everything – the landscape, the fox, the fox tracks, the shadow of the fox and the
tree, all together.
The red fox is the most widespread of all fox species, ranging throughout the whole northern hemisphere.
They are sometimes found in even colder places than Arctic foxes, but because they are bigger they need
more food, which is why they can’t survive in the food sparse Arctic.
Nikon D70 + 18-70mm f3.5-4.5 lens at 70mm; 1/800 sec at f9; ISO 200.
© Alessandro Oggioni / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
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CREDIT OBBLIGATORIO: Deer magic© Jean de Falandre / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
Jean de Falandre
(Nationality - France, Country of Residence - France)
11-14 years old - Winner
Deer magic
During my autumn school holiday, I worked out the best place to watch the red deer in Sologne, a huge wild
area south of Paris. When this doe and fawn arrived one morning the light was good, but it was hard choosing
the right shutter speed, because deer move so fast.
Red deer are the largest land animals native to the UK, and are widespread across most of the northern
hemisphere. Males and females live in separate groups, except in the mating season. At this time of year,
males fight for the best territories. They strut side-by-side, sizing each other up, until the smaller male usually
retreats. If the males are evenly matched, however, they lock antlers in a fight.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ30 + 71mm lens; 1/20 sec at f3.6; ISO 200.
© Jean de Falandre / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008
TERMINI E CONDIZIONI D’USO
“Il concorso”: Fotografo naturalista dell’anno 2008
“I proprietari”: The Natural History Museum Trading Company Limited (“NHM ”) e la BBC Worldwide Limited
(“BBCW”)
“Immagine": qualsiasi immagine elettronica, fotografia o diapositiva di un’ammissione al Concorso
“Riproduzione”: qualunque forma di pubblicazione o copia di una parte o della totalità di ciascuna immagine
“Uso consentito: promozione del concorso ed esibizione del Fotografo naturalista del presente anno
“Credito obbligatorio”: il credito “Fotografo naturalista dell’anno 2008 è di proprietà del Natural History
Museum e la BBC Wildlife Magazine, il quale deve essere riportato nella copia di redazione.
“Credito del fotografo”:Il credito “Nome del fotografo/Fotografo naturalista dell’anno 2008” il quale deve
essere riportato accanto a tutte le Riproduzioni delle immagini del Concorso.
“Unico utilizzo”: si consente l’utilizzo di una singola riproduzione di un’immagine, in un’unica edizione.
“Periodo d’utilizzo”: fino al 25 ottobre 2010 – il periodo di tempo durante il quale le immagini del fotografo
naturalista dell’anno possono essere utilizzate. Il periodo può essere prolungato previa autorizzazione
dell’ufficio stampa NHM.
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accettare questi termini e condizioni d’uso.
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