Winners of wildlife photo competition announced
al ain — The top six winners of the sixth edition of ‘Zoography 2017: Through the Lens’ received their prizes worth totalling Dh100,000, according to the organisers Al Ain Zoo.
Professional and amateur photographers from inside and outside the UAE competed in the colour and black and white (B/W) lenses categories, aiming to capture the wonders of wildlife.
In the B/W category, Jefferson Turado bagged the first prize, while the second and third went to Jason Gil Burgos and Nishar Nambiyathayil Mohamed respectively. As for the coloured lens category, the first cash prize went to Lal Nallath, the second to Musallem Al Darei and the third to Mohammed Naif. The other excelling participants who did not make it to the top three were also honoured.
The competition saw a huge participation, with 3,000 photograph submissions from 576 national and international photography enthusiasts, from the GCC, Europe, East Asia and Africa, in which 734 were submissions were made in the coloured lens category and 586 in B/W lens.
This year, the competition brought new innovations to the table; with all-new photography categories, a new panel of judges and awards.
Firstly, the photography categories focused on the wildlife theme through coloured and B/W lens categories. Second, the panel of judges consisted of three photography enthusiasts working on Al Ain Zoo’s social media accounts: Abdulla Al Buqaish, Omran Al Shamsi and Badder Al Qasim.
Finally, this year’s cash prizes offered Dh25,000 for the first place, Dh15,000 for second place and Dh10,000 for third, in the categories of coloured and B/W wildlife photography.