2017 Outdoor Photographers of the Year!

The 2017 category winners have been announced for The Outdoor Photography Of The Year Competition.

I wanted to share with the STEEMIT community this year's finalist, I am pleased to have a chance to show off the kind of remarkable photographers who's images have made this year's cut.

In my previous post I touched base on the value of self motivation and the connection to photography whether one is a hobbyist or Pro photographer, the motivation to capture outstanding images remains the same underlying drive photographers who achieve distinction ultimately recognize.

LIVE THE ADVENTURE

Mark Bridgwater (New Zealand)
Temple Basin, Arthur’s Pass, Canterbury, New Zealand.

The list of judges for the competition are all outstanding photographers who roughly have over a hundred years of experience collectively among the seven judges. Every judge has remarkable credentials as photographers each in their own right. Judge's like Fergus Kennedy who is a photographer and filmmaker, who originally worked as a marine biologist. Over the years judge Kennedy has been employed by customers such as BBC, ITV, Canon, Toyota, Nissan, National Geographic Arabia and the World Wild Fund for nature. Fergus along with the panel of judges for this years competition have a rich and extensive background in photography that lend a great experience to the judging panel that has been assembled for this competition. (https://www.opoty.co.uk/pages/judges/)

With 18000 entries from around the world, the 2017 Outdoor Photographer Of The Year contest has fierce competition. The finalists have had to distinctualize themselves among thousands of other entries. As you can see from the quality of the photos presented by the finalists, the effort to get out and capture images was well worth the photographer's time. Just to be considered a part of the list of finalists in this case is an honor.

AT THE WATERS EDGE

Jaak Sarv (Estonia)
Prandi Springs, Järva county, Estonia.

LIVE THE ADVENTURE

Mikolaj Nowachi (Poland)

LIGHT ON THE LAND

Wojciech Kruczyński (Poland)
Kallur lighthouse, Faroe Islands.

YOUNG OPOTY

Alicia Hayden (UK)
Puffin, Isle of May, Scotland.

SPIRIT OF TRAVEL

Andy Holliman (United Kingdom)
Kangerlussuaq airport, Greenland.

VIEW FROM ABOVE

Laura Daly (UK)
Duntulm, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

LIGHT ON THE LAND

Simon Baxter
North Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)

SMALL WORLD

Amy Bateman (UK)
Kendal, Cumbria, England.

AT THE WATER'S EDGE

Witold Ziomek (Poland)
Thórsmörk (the valley of Thor), Iceland

VIEW FROM ABOVE

Tom Sweetman (United Kingdom)

WILDLIFE INSIGHT

Jose Fragozo (Portugal)

UNDER EXPOSED

Saeed Rashid (United Kingdom)

SMALL WORLD

William Mallett (United Kingdom)

YOUNG OPOTY

Josiah Launstein (Canada)

UNDER EXPOSED

Pekka Tuuri (Finland)
Great white shark, Isla Guadalupe, Mexico.

WILDLIFE INSIGHT

Bence Máté (Hungary)
Red fox and white-tailed eagle, Kiskunság national park, Hungary.

SPIRIT OF TRAVEL

Gunarto Gunawan (Indonesia)
Shwe Gu monastery, Bagan, Myanmar.

150 of the choice selections from this year's competition will be featured in a book entitled Outdoor Photography Of The Year, portfolio 3. (https://www.opoty.co.uk/pages/book/)

The list of swag for the winner is very generous and can be seen here (https://www.opoty.co.uk/pages/prizes/)

Follow The Links at the bottom of the page to stay up-to-date with the latest news for the photography competition which will announce the winner and runner-up chosen from the category winners March 17th, 2018 live on stage at the photography show at the NEC, Birmingham.

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Winners: https://www.opoty.co.uk/pages/2017%2Bwinners/#

The photography show at the NEC, Birmingham:
(https://www.photographyshow.com/)

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Written by STEEMIT user: Jazmin Million