Richard Peters Photography blog
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So, it’s that time of year again and the 2010 WPOTY winners have been announced. As usual there are some fantastic images selected, with the overall winner this year coming from Photographer Bence Máté from Hungary and his A Marvel of Ants image. After all the controversy over last years winner lets hope things are back [...]
See the lamb photo in this screen shot from a recent Dutch publications online competition? Well I took it several years ago. And the contest was to win a prize valued at €250. The trouble is, I didn’t actually enter, someone else did, passing the image off as their own! You can find out if [...]
Full disclosure of captive animal photos…Yes or No? A few people have forwarded me links about a British Photographer who has apparently risked his life to photograph some of the most dangerous animals in the world. For me, they are a serious miss-representation and an insult to the true spirit of wildlife photography. Reason why? They [...]
UPDATE: Links to many more incredible photos added… With airspace closed all over Europe and soon maybe the East Coast of America, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland has caused a lot of chaos. As I work for a news channel here in the UK I’ve seen all the coverage of it whilst I’ve been at work, [...]
Some of you may have been following the claims that the winning shot of WPOTY 2009, the leaping wolf, was in fact a captive animal and the shot was staged. The photo was under investigation by the organisers of the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition and today, they have made the decision [...]
