Nature: Wildlife (AMATEUR) - HONORABLE MENTION
Blue Lightning
Photo © Arturo de Frias
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European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) resurfacing from its fishing dive, with its electric blue wings beautifully opened. Kingfishers's brains correct for the refraction of the water when they see a fish under the river surface and dive for it. This time, however, it has failed: it returns to its perch empty-beaked. Castilla, Spain.
Although he has photographed wildlife in the seven continents, he specialises in two subjects: Spanish wildlife, and African wildlife.
Spanish wildlife is for Arturo more a lifetime passion than anything else. Small wonder: being the country with the highest concentration of biodiversity in Europe, Spain is a haven for mammals, such as bears, wolves, lynx, wild cats, wild boar, deer, mouflon, mountain goats, etc. Its birdlife is even richer, including imperial and golden eagle, black and griffon vulture, and a myriad other bird species.
And as far as Africa is concerned... what can one say? Arturo has been lucky enough to travel to Africa more than 30 times, visiting most of the Southern Africa countries several times. His personal favourites are Namibia, Kenya, and Botswana.
Arturo is also an underwater photographer, with an urge to photograph the really large (whale shark, giant manta) and the really small (pigmy seahorse).
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European Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) resurfacing from its fishing dive, with its electric blue wings beautifully opened. Kingfishers's brains correct for the refraction of the water when they see a fish under the river surface and dive for it. This time, however, it has failed: it returns to its perch empty-beaked. Castilla, Spain.
About author:
Arturo has been a passionate wildlife and nature photography for more than 15 years. His images have been published in numerous occasions, in newspapers and magazines all over the world, including the US, Japan, Germany or the UK. He has won international awards, organised exhibitions, and published photography books.Although he has photographed wildlife in the seven continents, he specialises in two subjects: Spanish wildlife, and African wildlife.
Spanish wildlife is for Arturo more a lifetime passion than anything else. Small wonder: being the country with the highest concentration of biodiversity in Europe, Spain is a haven for mammals, such as bears, wolves, lynx, wild cats, wild boar, deer, mouflon, mountain goats, etc. Its birdlife is even richer, including imperial and golden eagle, black and griffon vulture, and a myriad other bird species.
And as far as Africa is concerned... what can one say? Arturo has been lucky enough to travel to Africa more than 30 times, visiting most of the Southern Africa countries several times. His personal favourites are Namibia, Kenya, and Botswana.
Arturo is also an underwater photographer, with an urge to photograph the really large (whale shark, giant manta) and the really small (pigmy seahorse).
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