10/25/2007
Shell Wildlife Photography Winners Announced
I know we have some Planet Earth fans out there. The Natural History Museum in London just handed out its Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year awards and some of the winners are pretty amazing. This shot of a brown bear was shot by Sergey Gorshkov in Russia, who happened to be taking pictures of salmon and didn't notice the bear until he was right next to him.
This elephant shot was the overall winner. The entire gallery is here.
Incidentally, when I was in Montana last week I spotted a black bear near my family's property. Of course I desperately wanted a photo but by the time I had my camera ready, well, as you can see I wasn't as successful as Mr. Gorshkov.
Posted 5:59 PM EST by Andy in Nature, News, Photography | Permalink
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I think the irony that Shell sponsors a wildlife photo competition is pretty sweet. It makes my eyes roll just like the bear's - in a global warmy kinda way...
David B.
Posted by: David B. | Oct 25, 2007 6:06:49 PM
awww, andy, yours is cute.
Posted by: nic | Oct 25, 2007 6:09:14 PM
btw, why did that osborne guy have a vehicle of thirsty elephants? for a brit, he don't know his english too good.
Posted by: nic | Oct 25, 2007 6:21:36 PM
Don't feel bad. I've taken some photos of bears that don't compare favorably to yours.
Posted by: rdm | Oct 25, 2007 7:32:38 PM
Don't feel bad. I've taken some photos of bears that don't compare favorably to yours.
Posted by: rdm | Oct 25, 2007 7:32:51 PM
The pictures are great, but that website is awful! It requires completing a maze just to view one photo. Have they never heard of a slideshow?
Posted by: Paul | Oct 25, 2007 8:06:18 PM
Andy, I think you mistook a bigfoot for a black bear. It happens all the time.
Posted by: JT | Oct 25, 2007 10:10:00 PM
WOW
Sergey Gorshkov's picture is amazing.
Posted by: you know it | Oct 26, 2007 1:02:01 AM
They have a special preview evening tonight - the gay public was the main target for the tickets; not sure why, but it means I'll be going for free after work when it'll be far less crowded than the usual scrum in the day time. The Natural History Museum gets *my* thumbs up!
Posted by: AR | Oct 26, 2007 3:47:34 AM
Well Andy, next time you see the bear just cover yourself with honey and he’ll come to you. Image the close-up shots of his teeth you’ll get.
Posted by: ~^~ | Oct 26, 2007 7:18:42 AM
he's lucky he wasn't mauled. bears are fast. the only time I was in an encounter with a bear, it was fourth of july weekend and we were returning to the city from the mountains -- a bear lumbered/raced across the pavement in front of us and disappeared across the field into the trees. Poor big little shaggy haired thing. I would not have wanted to be in its path without the protection of the car. But it was beautiful to watch it move.
Posted by: Nita | Oct 26, 2007 7:32:08 AM