Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015

When I was submitting my 20 photographs into the world’s most prestigious photography contest earlier this year, my hopes weren’t too high. In previous two years, I had only received a thank you email for my participation and that was that.

I hadn’t even entered last year as I realised that I must evolve photographically first. This year was a bit different. When I was leaving my house on the 30th March I managed to quickly glance at my emails and there it was – an email from the committee. Here we go again, I thought. However, instead of a polite ‘thank you’ I was being asked to submit one or several original photographs as they advanced into the Finals.

MY 12 PICTURES IN FINAL ROUND OF WPY 2014

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2015 – CEREMONY REPORT

Natural History Museum in London

Natural History Museum in London

Petr Bambousek and Charles Darwin

Pliosaurus

Diplodocus

Wildlife Photographer of the Year 205 Ceremony

Ceremony will start soon …

Tonight’s heroes – Ondřej and Martin Pelánek

Frans Lanting by table 4

Ceremony begins – Michael Dixon, NHM Director

Junior title winner – Ondřej Pelánek

Mammals category Finalists (including my Macaque)

Mammals category Finalists (including my Macaque)

Pepper ice cream with chocolate? Why not 🙂

Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition

Entrance to the Exhibition with big macaque portrait

Doors are open and …

… look at the beauty behind the doors …

Every single picture has its own back light panel

Amazing atmosphere all around

My macaque section

WPY 2015 winners – Don Gutoski a Ondřej Pelánek

Junior category winning picture – Ondřej Pelánek

Adult category winner – Don Gutoski

Overall winners – Don Gutoski a Ondřej Pelánek

Ondřej starts his celebrity career

Petr Bambousek and …

… Frans Lanting, his book Jungles change my soul 15 years ago

… Marina Cano, she is poetry among the photographers

… two monkeys together, of course 🙂

Monkey in the London

Entrance to WPY Exhibition

Banners in front of Museum

Monkeys in London 🙂

My Macaque picture in Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio book

Reflection in Black – Wildlife Photographer of the year 2015, Mammals category finalist

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