Photography Competition 2022 Winners
The theme for photography competition in 2022 was Communication. The Society would like to congratulate the winners and shortlisted photographers, who were announced during Biology Week 2022.
In the press
Images from the competition were covered in a number of news outlets including Labmate.
Photographer of the Year: Winner
Talks at dawn by Agnieszka Florczyk
Taken: Barycz Valley, Poland
Photographer of the Year: Runner up
Morning call by Adrian Soldati
Taken: Budongo, Uganda
Adrian captured this image of the alpha male of a wild chimpanzee community who is producing a long distance vocalisation early in the morning to coordinate movements with the other group members that are scattered in the forest and out-of-sight.
Photographer of the Year: Highly commended
Dominance fight on the ice by Ian Stone
Taken: Churchill National Park, Canada
Ian captured this photo of two male polar bears 'sparring' on the ice on the edge of Hudson Bay, Churchill, Canada. As the Bay freezes over, the bears wait for total sea freeze and giving the opportunity for the male bears to show others that they are the most powerful in the area.
Photographer of the Year: Shortlisted
Loneliness in Yorkshire by Maciej Wontorowski
Taken: Bempton Cliffs, East Yorkshire, England
The photograph shows a Black-Browed Albatross amongst Northern Gannets - a very unusual sight in Great Britain. Maciej captured the moment when the albatross tried to interact with the gannet bird colony at Bempton Cliffs.
Montane egg-eater by Robin James Backhouse
Taken: Nairobi, Kenya
Robin took this photo on the outskirts of Nairobi in Kenya, where this Montane Egg-Eater snake is displaying its rather unique combination of defence strategies. Despite this, it is in fact a completely harmless species which exclusively eats eggs and therefore has no actual defences.
Dominant male wolf by Ian Stone
Taken: Montana, USA
Ian captured this photo of three wolves running in the snow for fun in Montana, USA. The interaction also shows the dominance of the alpha male, often showing aggression to subdue the subordinates, as he is the one that has to win.
Everlasting love by Polwatta Siriyalage Chamara Sulakkhana
Taken: Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
Polwatta snapped this image in Sri Lanka of long-jawed Orbweavers that interlock their jaws when mating, which creates a frame of four jaws. The jaws of these species are extra-long, which allow the male and female to grip each other’s jaws during mating.
Young Photographer of the Year: Winner
George Lanstone-Futcher: Puffins billing on Skomer
Taken: Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka
George snapped this photo of these two Puffins, captured in the early evening on The Wick on Skomer Island. They are engaged in Billing, a part of their mating and courtship ritual.
Young Photographer of the Year: Runner up
Anushree Parihar: Sun-bathed Brahminy
Taken: Hadwani, Uttarkhand, India
Anushree took this photo in India of this couple of Brahminy starlings enjoying the first rays of sun and communicating with one another.
Young Photographer of the Year: Highly commended
Rosie Curry: The comfort of otters
Taken: Maidenhead, UK
Rosie discovered two otters finding joy in hugging each other, capturing the moment where they show each other that they are comfortable and happy to be together.
Special thanks to judges
Alice Campain, CABI
Tim Harris, Nature Picture Library and Bluegreen Pictures
Tom Hartman, The University of Nottingham
Alex Hyde, Freelance natural history photographer
Linda Pitkin, underwater photographer