Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2007
A call for entries has been announced for amateur and professional photographers to join the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. Grand prize is £10,000 prize (about $20,000) from a total of £23,550 that will be shared with the other category winners and runners-up.
Aside from the established categories, there are two new ones: the “One Earth Award� for the image that best highlights the interaction between man and the natural world, and the “Wild Choice Award� for fresh and new images that don’t fit in any of the other categories.
Now on its 42nd year, the Shell photo tilt aims to find the most striking and original nature photography in the world. Last year’s grand prize winner was Göran Ehlmé of Sweden for his perfectly timed photo of a walrus feeding at the bottom of the cold Greenland Sea.
Shell Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year was Rick Stanley who took this picture of a Hispaniolan treefrog in the fangs of a green vine snake. The frog survived like nothing happened.
The Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition is owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine, and is sponsored by Shell.
[Site: Natural History Museum]
Photo: Rick Stanley
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