Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009

[Wiener]

Just read about the results from this competition on the BBC News web; see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8318226.stm
It seems that the winner of this competition was not using a digital camera but the Hasselblad 503CW.
Not as portable as a GX100 so I'm not thinking of upgrading at present!
But dosn't the image of the Iberian wolf look impressive...

 

[uKrris]

Thanks for this. V. interesting

 

[Orol]

The winning shot really is very impressive. Although, I like more the version posted directly in the header of the site than the original(?) 1:1 one available farther.

Peter

 

[marc]

I am sorry for him, but he has been disqualified, for heavy suspictions of having photographed a trained animal.
Sad story...
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/ ... tement.jsp

"

It saddens us to confirm that after a careful and thorough investigation into the image, the storybook wolf, the co-owners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide have disqualified the winning entry of the photographer José Luis Rodríguez. The judging panel was reconvened and concluded that it was likely that the wolf featured in the image was an animal model that can be hired for photographic purposes and, as a result, that the image had been entered in breach of Rule 10 of the 2009 Competition. The judging panel looked at a range of evidence and took specialist advice from panel judges who have extensive experience of photographing wildlife including wolves. They also considered the responses to specific questions put to the photographer José Luis Rodriguez.

The competition rules clearly state that photographs of animal models may not be entered into the competition and that images will be disqualified if they are entered in breach of Rule 10. Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition rules are available to all entrants including versions translated into several languages.

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the world’s most prestigious photography competition of its kind. Any transgression of the competition rules is taken very seriously and if entries are suspected of breaching the rules they are disqualified. José Luis Rodríguez’s image will be removed from the exhibition and tour.

Mr Rodriguez strongly denies that the wolf in the image is a model wolf."