Inaugurated on Sunday, the ceremony revealed the winners of this year’s photo competition.[break]
“This year we had 204 participants and over 600 submissions,” said Sanjeevani Yonzon Shrestha, program manager at WCN.
Seeing as the Wildlife and Nature Photography Competition is open nationwide, photos were sent in not only from Kathmandu but also from Dharan, Biratnagar, Hetauda and Pokhara as well.
“There is no age boundary and no limitations. We’ve tried to display most of the submissions to increase the spirit of participation,” said Shrestha.
This year, the photos on exhibition are all printed on metal paper which gives them a slight 3D effect. Besides being able to see hundreds of submissions by category, “We’ve included a ‘First Time Photographer’ section for young students from Nepali villages,” informs Shrestha who adds that the photographers of this section are as young as six.
Cards of the top 10 photographs are available for purchase where 40 percent% of the proceeds go to the photographer, 40% percent to WCN’s Elephant Conservation Scholarship in Jhapa, and the remaining 10 percent% going towards the production of the cards.
The photography competition is split into five categories: Flora, Fauna, Landscape, Macro, and for the first time, photos were submitted under the Human Interaction with Nature category which draws attention to climate change.
“I think from now on we’ll keep it to these five categories,” Shrestha said, adding, “These five cover the most important aspects of photography. Before it was only landscape and we received a lot of pictures of temples, but there is so much beauty that is now included, I feel like this has made a huge impact.”
The winners from each category are Amas Shrestha, Yatra Thulung, Rajendra Bahadur Lama, Sanu Raja Maharjan and Keshav Shrestha for Flora, Fauna, Landscape, Macro and Human Interaction with Nature respectively.
The runners up for the grand prize are Ajay Panta, Rameshor Maharjan, Chandra Man Dangol and Kul Prasad Limbu.
The grand prize winner for 2010 is Nirbendra KC for his photo entitled “Refraction.” The Image is of a flower stem with three droplets of wa
ter reflecting the flower that is in the background of the photo.
“I saw a picture where there was a reflection in water drops and I had been looking for an opportunity to take a picture like that,” said KC of his inspiration of for the photograph.
KC not only won the grand prize. he also walked away with the Canon Shot of the Year award for the same image.
“I’m very very happy!” he exclaimed with a huge smile on his face. At 18, the young photographer’s first passion is mechanical engineering but he says, “I plan to continue photography as a very serious hobby.”
The exhibition will be on display until April 6 at Nepal Art Council, Babarmahal.
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