Displaced Beachbums

I love Wildlife and I love looking at beautiful photos so I don’t know why it took me so long to get myself to the “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” Exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London. It’s a stunning array of gorgeous photos! I didn’t agree with all the choices for “winner” in each of the categories but I have all due respect to the judges who had to make the final decisions.

Each photo has all the pertinent information such as the name of the photographer, the location of the photo and the type of camera/camera settings. But best of all are the short stories to go with each photo. I’m so impressed with the patience of these marvelous photographers.

The exhibition ends on March 3, 2013. If you’re able to go, I highly recommend buying tickets online and going early.  My friends and I were there at 10 am when they opened the doors and were able to enjoy the photos on our own for about 20 minutes or so. After about 20 minutes, it starting filling up fast.

For my talented photographer friends: The 2013 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is accepting entries until February 25, 2013.  The competition is open to both amateur and professional photographers. There are 18 categories, three categories are specifically for those aged 17 and under. The photos of the youth winners from 2012 left me in awe. Such talent! There was a record 48,000 photos entered last year so the competition is stiff but you never know if you might have the winning photo. Click here if you’d like to see all the photos from 2012 and here for more information on how to enter your photo for 2013.

Personally, I’ve been inspired to take my Canon EOS (a camera I noticed repeatedly on the signs of those showcased at the exhibition) off of “Auto” focus and, maybe one day, you might see my photo in the gallery.