Audubon announced the winners of their 2015 Photography Awards today. I did not win, but I now have a finer tuned appreciation of what they are looking for, so,….Next Year!
This is the photo of mine that was chosen as a semi-finalist in the “Fine Art” category–a new category for them this year:
Most of the the other images I submitted were new creations. This one I composed in 2011.
Here is a link to the Winners
You will have to scroll sideways (or down) to the fourth image to view the “Fine Art” winner. It is a Black & White of silhouetted gulls, cormorants, and terns. Very nice!
Here is a link to the Top 100 . All of them are awesomely spectacular bird photos. None of them come from the “Fine Art” category. It would be nice to see the other semi-finalists in the Fine Art category, but I can’t find a link to them.
Congratulations on your finalist position. That is a very fine thing!
Thanks, Rean!
Semi-finalist out 9000–WOW! I enjoyed looking at all the photos. Good luck for next year!
It seems to me that their definition of fine art is pretty traditional. I would have liked seeing the runners up too. Do you think some of them were sprinkled throughout the best 100?
Jan, because this was the first year for the fine art category and the judges focus and experience being with traditional wildlife photography, it is difficult to know where they were coming from…..especially with only one result. That is why I would really like to see the other semi-finalists. I’m reasonably sure there were no “fine art” entries in the Top 100.