Award-winning seal!

Kaleel — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:23:16 +0000

Here’s my second Highly Commended image from the Audubon Society of Greater Denver’s Share The View competition! It’s on today’s competition front page. The first Highly Commended image was a red deer stag (see below).

This young grey seal was lying contentedly on Longstone Island at Northumberland’s Farne Islands in winter 2012. I’d taken quite a few shots of the full face and body, but it seemed to me that one of the most important and interesting parts of a seal’s head is its whiskers, which are used to enhance sensory perception of their prey. This image concentrates on those fishing bristles.

The image was also shortlisted in 2013’s BWPA awards.

Whiskers

Red deer bellowing at dawn during the rut

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BWPA British Wildlife Photography Awards 2013 – short-listed

Kaleel — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 19:52:18 +0000

From the several thousands of images submitted to the BWPA 2013 competition, I managed to squeeze two into the final short-list of 300. I just missed out on an award, but hey, I was pretty chuffed to get this far! Subsequently, the seal image won a highly Commended award

Here are the images that were short-listed:

Whiskers of grey seal pup (Halichoerus grypus) on Longstone Island, Farne Islands.
BWPA short-list 2013 ‘Natural Details’

Red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa) crossing a bridge.
BWPA short-list 2013 ‘Urban Wildlife’

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Award-winning seal!

BWPA British Wildlife Photography Awards 2013 – short-listed