British Wildlife Centre ~ Keeper's Blog

Monday, 5 December 2011

BWC Photo Comp; Artistic Interpretation

So, another Monday, another category to announce the shortlisted entries for this years BWC photographic competition. This week it's the turn of the "Artistic Interpretation" category where we allowed any amount of manipulation, big or small.

The photographs below were selected by the staff at the Centre and as with all the categories, the winners will be chosen by our judging panel, headed by internationally renowned professional wildlife photographer, Andy Rouse.

"Badger in Bluebells" - Andy&Nic

"Water Vole" - Andy&Nic

"Brock" - Artography

"Barn Owl" - Dolts007

"Cute Kitty" - Flower Snow

"Gigantasaurus" - Helena Pugsley

"Fox" - gneil

"Badger Blur" - Jason Steel

"Otterly Perfect Place to Be" - Mandy Swanwick

"They'll Never Find Me" - Mandy Swanwick

"Tawny Owl" - Mark Bridger

"Fox" - Mike Bainbridge

"Deer" - Moira(GML Images)

"Fox" - Old Man George

"On the Run" - Old Man George

"Stalking " - Philip Petrou

"Tawny Owls" - Philip Pound

"The Silver Dish" - Portiaphotos

"My Name is Honey" - Pui Hang

"Colourful Fox" - Steve Moulding

Once again, judging will take place by the end of the year with the winning photographs to be announced during January of next year.

Good luck to all the entries!

Friday, 2 December 2011

A Year On

Can you believe it? A year a go we were covered in snow here at the Centre. It was the most snow I had ever known being here, a decent foot and a half all around the Centre getting to well over 2 feet were it had drifted on the nature reserve. The above is a photo I took during this week last year!

Then above is a photo I took this year! It couldn't be more different. Temperatures have been really mild and the Autumn colours are hanging on. How long will this mild weather hold?

Monday, 28 November 2011

BWC Photo Comp; "Junior" Shortlist

Welcome to the first of our posts showing off the 20 short-listed photos for each category. First up is the Junior section. We were very pleased to see a lot of interest in this category, which was for people aged 16 years old or under.

Below are the 20 photos... congratulations to all who made it this far. Winner and runner-up will be announced early January after our judging panel, including professional wildlife photographer Andy Rouse, have had a chance to look through them all.