Colin Key wrote:
It is "Wildlife PHOTOGRAPHER of the Year", not "Wildlife PHOTOGRAPH of the Year".
Colin
And the "Wildlife PHOTOGRAPHER of the Year" has to show extraordinary Wildlife Photographic skill IMO - and that is questionable this year.
Maybe "TECHNICAL Wildlife Photographer of the Year" would be a better award for this pic.
websurfer wrote:
And the "Wildlife PHOTOGRAPHER of the Year" has to show extraordinary Wildlife Photographic skill IMO - and that is questionable this year.
Maybe "TECHNICAL Wildlife Photographer of the Year" would be a better award for this pic.
He used a camera (ok, many cameras) to capture an incredible photo of a rare and elusive animal, in it's natural habitat and environment (ie. with a wide angle lens to show the surroundings, and with falling snow, around a snow leopard..). A pretty incredible feat if you asked me.
This took extraordinary skill, patience, planning, and understanding of the animal and its habitat, all of which converged into the final image. The fact that it was a triggered setup doesn't devalue this image or the craft at all, in fact, it should be an inspiration to others to realize that with the technology available today things can be accomplished that have never before been done. Sure, the composition would have been more traditionally pleasing if the leopard had been entering the scene rather than leaving, but then again, it is an elusive animal, and you're most likely to see it leaving your sight than entering, so it's actually is an honest depiction of the cat.
Yes, a lot of what went into this was technical in nature, but he was the photographer that used all the available resources he had to push the limits of what has been done to achieve something truly unique.
