The painting “Summer Lotus Dress” by Vu Manh Cuong won the honorary prize in the global photo contest of the World Nature Conservancy.
The World Nature Conservancy’s 2021 photo contest took place in August, attracting more than 100,000 entries and the results were announced in early October. The final winner was 4,000. The USD belongs to Anup Shah’s Malui .
British photographer captures a female gorilla named Malui walking among butterflies in the jungle reserve of Dazanga Sangha, Central African Republic.
The contest is divided into 4 different themes: Landscape, People and nature, Water, Wild world. Each topic awards one first prize, one second prize, one third prize, and two honorary prizes.
In particular, on the topic of Water, the photo ” Summer on a lotus pond” by author Vu Manh Cuong won the honorary prize. Aerial photograph covers a lotus pond in Dong Lam commune, Ha Hoa district, Phu Tho province.
Previously, Photographer Vu Manh Cuong won many international awards such as the International Monochrome Photography Awards 2018 and the Orhan Holding International Contest 2019.
Below are other highlights from the global photo contest for nature conservation.
The photo Water using minimalist black and white tones with only two subjects, water and people, taken by Kazi Arifujjaman (Bangladesh) won the first prize in the Water theme.
The Serra do Mar is the second winner of the Landscape theme, taken by Brazilian photographer Denis Ferreira Netto from a helicopter. The author said that while flying over large mountains, the sea of white clouds covered everywhere, creating a particularly spectacular scene that made me think of a dinosaur’s head and photographed it.
The Serra do Mar is a 1,500 km long mountain system consisting of many steep mountains in southeastern Brazil. It was recognized by UNESCO as a world heritage site in 1999.
The scene of the full moon between the shimmering lights of apartment buildings in Hung Hom area, Hong Kong. The photo, titled Hong Kong, was taken by photographer Kim-pan Dennis Wong and won an Honorary Award for Landscapes.
Works Diving runner theme Water Joram MENNES by photographer shooting at Cenote natural pool in Mexico.
Located on the Yucatan peninsula, this natural pool formed from a sinkhole located in Ik Kil Geo National Park, not far from Chicken Itza. The swimming pool is 40 m deep and surrounded by flora, mainly tropical vines, which are very green.
The third prize in the Water theme went to a Hong Kong photographer, Man Wai Wong, for his shot of the Icelandic Winter looking at the waterfall from above.
An impressive image won first prize topic World Wild is The river crossing difficult Authors Buddhismlini de Soyza captures images of the jaguar strenuous crossing the river Talek in the reserve Maasai Mara, the border of Kenya and Tanzania.
Photo of Sunflowers taken by Polish photographer Mateusz Piesiak in winter. A large sunflower field after being flooded with snow and water, the flowers were not harvested, so they dropped a lot of seeds, attracting thousands of birds to feed.
Works Fireflies by Indian authors take on a night Prathamesh Ghadekar monsoon voted winner of the audience award $ 1,000.
According to the author, before the monsoons come to India, fireflies will gather on the old trees of some trees as shown in the picture, they are so crowded that they can reach millions and shine brightly. at night.
(According to Nature )