BPOTY - Celebrating the best images from Spain
Bird Photographer of the Year has been fortunate enough to attract amazing photography from all around the world, photography we have been celebrating in a series of articles promoting our photographers from various countries. BPOTY is extremely well supported by our friends in Spain, many of whom not only submitted some amazing photography in 2019 but have done well in past competitions. We take this opportunity to pay homage to these photographers and their images.
Arturo de Frias received an Honourable Mention from the judges for this high key image of a winter plumage Rock Ptarmigan photographed in Svalbard and entered in the Best Portrait category. Entitled ‘Drawing in Red and Black’ the judges loved the minimalist style of this photograph.
Rock Ptarmigan - Best Portrait Honourable Mention. ©Arturo de Frias
Our Spanish photographers also received a string of Commendations as detailed below:
Gulielmus Rutten was Commended for this photograph of a Zitting Cisticola in our Birds in the Environment category.
Zitting Cisticola. Commended in the Birds in the Environment category. ©Gulielmus Rutten
The first of two Commendations for Carlos Cifuentes Torres was awarded for this image of feeding Dunlin in our Bird Behaviour category.
Feeding Dunlin Commended in the Bird Behaviour category. ©Carlos Cifuentes Torres
Carlos was also awarded a Commendation in the Best Portrait category for this amazing photograph of an Egyptian Vulture.
A Commendation from the Best Portrait category was awarded for this image of an Egyptian Vulture ©Carlos Cifuentes Torres
Javier Lafuente received a Commendation in the Birds in the Environment category for this rather ethereal image of Common Linnets.
Common Linnets Commended in the Birds in the Environment category. ©Javier Lafuente
Mario Cea Sanchez received three Commendations, all of which coming for images entered into the Birds in Flight category.
Barn Swallow - the first of three Commendations in the Birds in Flight category for ©Mario Cea Sanchez
Northern Wren Commended in the Birds in Flight category. ©Mario Cea Sanchez
Long-eared Owl Commended in the Birds in Flight category. ©Mario Cea Sanchez
The judges loved this image of a Canarian Houbara taken by Manuel Angel Gallego de Prada who received a Commendation in our Garden and Urban Birds category.
Canarian Houbara Commended in the Garden and Urban Birds category. ©Manuel Angel Gallego de Prada
Like many of our Spanish photographers, Mario Suarez Porras has tasted success before in the competition and picked up two commendations in 2019 including this image of a Northern Gannet in our Attention to Detail category. Mario was also Commended for his photograph of Black-winged Stilts from our Bird Behaviour category.
Northern Gannet Commended in our Attention to Detail category. ©Mario Suarez Porras
Black-winged Stilts Commended in the Bird Behaviour category. ©Mario Suarez Porras
Commended in our Attention to Detail category is Bernardo Hernandez Sierra for this colourful study of the plumage of a Scarlet Macaw.
Scarlet Macaw a Commendation winner in the Attention to Detail category. ©Bernardo Hernandez Sierra
Rafael Armada also received a Commendation in the Best Portrait category for this picture of a Marabou.
This image of a Marabou received a Commendation in the Best Portrait category. ©Rafael Armada
Bird Photographer of the Year 2020 is now open for entries closing on 30 November 2019. The BPOTY judges can’t wait to see what delights await from all of our participating photographers. All the best images of 2019, including those featured above, are included in the latest BPOTY book available from the our online shop.