Rob GubianiFebruary 06, 2018BPOTY, birds, competition, flight, portrait, action, wildlife, urban, robgphotography, rob gubiani, batch1

Bird Photographer of the Year 2018

Rob GubianiFebruary 06, 2018BPOTY, birds, competition, flight, portrait, action, wildlife, urban, robgphotography, rob gubiani, batch1

The 3rd annual Bird Photographer of the Year competition has just released their shortlisted entries highlighting the best of global bird photography. Bird Photographer of the Year is a competition that celebrates the artistry of bird photography and promotes conservation by contributing directly to the British Trust for Ornithology to support their conservation research. I had never entered before and decided to put a few selected images forward into 7 of the 8 competition categories.

This year the competition received a total of 9,584 entries from 3,000 photographers excluding the Young photographer of the year category. I am pleased to say that I had some success with a few short listed image and crowd favourite selections. The announcement of final winners with occur in August 2018 with full details found at https://www.photocrowd.com/photo-competitions/photography-awards/bpoty-2018/

Below are the current standings of my entries based on category;