{"id":18457,"date":"2022-06-28T18:24:20","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=63614"},"modified":"2022-06-28T18:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T16:47:14","slug":"winning-images-urban-wildlife-photography-awards-2022","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/winning-images-urban-wildlife-photography-awards-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Winning images: Urban Wildlife Photography Awards 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Tanya Jackson\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 28 June 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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An amateur photographer who works in digital advertising has won the inaugural Urban Wildlife Photography Awards<\/a> for his image of two Coyotes on a dimly-lit suburban street in Ontario.<\/p>\n

London-based photography platform Picfair organised the free-to-enter competition, which pays homage to the wild creatures living in urban spaces, which proliferated during Covid lockdowns.<\/p>\n

More than 6,000 photographers of all skill levels entered the competition from all over the world. Finalists photos featured animals that included pigeons<\/a>, squirrels<\/a>, foxes<\/a> and lizards at home in cities from London to Melbourne.<\/p>\n

Picfair\u2019s head of content Philip Mowbray was joined by guest judges that included professional wildlife photographers Melissa Groo (USA), Andrew Budziak (CAN) and Will Burrard-Lucas (UK), plus writer and urban wildlife author Florence Wilkinson (UK).<\/p>\n

Andrew Interisano, the overall winner, explained the story behind his image \u2018Date Night\u2019, which captured two coyotes on an urban street at night:<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was my car that had caught their attention as I rounded the corner, and maybe it had at first, but as I rolled down the window I heard it was another group of howling coyotes that had piqued their interest. I parked, turned the engine off, and frantically went to work with the camera\u2026 however, in the rush of that moment I was soon compelled to put my camera down and soak in the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u2018Nightlife\u2019 category was won by a photograph of a rat emerging from a city sewer in Mexico, while an image of a Flamingo taken on holiday in Italy by Hungarian Zoologist Mano Aliczki won the \u2018Daylight\u2019 category. The winner of the \u2018Fancy Seeing You Here\u2019 category, which was won by public vote on social media, went to an image of a raccoon in a ravine captured by photographer Jill Finney, who only took up her dream of becoming a wildlife photographer during lockdown.<\/p>\n

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Finalist: \u2018Riders on the storm\u2019\n\u201cJust at the end of a guided tour of a castle in Slovenia, I met this red fox while she was looking for a refuge from the violent storm that started a few minutes earlier. Unable to find shelter quickly, she was forced to wander for a while, moving slowly due to the weight of the water on her fur. I had the chance to take just a few \u2018backlight\u2019 pictures before she disappeared behind the huge castle wall.\u201d \u00a9 Luca Eberle<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Finalist: \u2018Tanning in Style\u2019\nA boss ground squirrel lays in the sun, the San Francisco Bay and City in the background. \u00a9 Nicolas Bamberski<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Finalist: \u2018Crowmunications\u2019\nCrows in an urban environment, flying from an antenna to a public announcement system. \u00a9 Vedran Brnjetic\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Finalist: \u2018Illuminated\u2019\nA pigeon perched on a red factory bulb during city wintertime. \u00a9 Oliver Schultz\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Finalist: \u2018Beak in the Botanical Gardens\u2019\nA red-billed duck looks directly at the camera in Melbourne Botanical Gardens. \u00a9 Leigh Henningham\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Finalist: \u2018Man you scared me\u2019\nRainbow Lorikeets perched on a rail overlooking the ocean as another one drops in to join them and giving them a fright in the process. \u00a9 Kim Borg\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Finalist: \u2018Migratory birds\u2019\nEuropean bee eaters perch on the fence of the airport. \u00a9 Mano Aliczki\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Daylight category winner: \u2018Window to the salt pan\u2019\nGreater flamingo feeding in an artificial salt pan seen through a \u2018window\u2019 on the levee. \u201cI spotted the lonely flamingo on the water from the opposite bank and had to move quickly in position, anticipating (or rather hoping) it will line up with the wooden frame for a shot. The flamingo has lifted its head from under the water for a split second when reaching the frame allowing only one shot, before carrying on with feeding.\u201d \u00a9 Mano Aliczki<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Fancy seeing you here winner: \u2018Trash Panda\u2019\nA raccoon peeks out from a drain pipe in Toronto. \u00a9 Jill Finney\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Nightlight winner: \u2018Life beyond the sewer\u2019\nThe clock strikes midnight in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The lack of footsteps from above signals a rat (Rattus norvegicus<\/em>) to peek out of a city sewer. It stands on its two hind legs and smells the air. What is it smelling? Food? Other rats? Or\u2026 danger? \u00a9 Austin Montero<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>
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Overall winner: \u2018Date Night\u2019\n\u201cI\u2019m uncertain if it was the outlying yips and howls eerily filling the street, or the clammy late-spring chill that made my hair stand on end \u2013 I do remember that the air was so thick with pollen from the local orchards that it was like a mist swirling amongst the street lamps. It smelled wonderfully sweet and mingled well with the freshly cut field across the street. I cherish that impulse to put the work aside and focus on experiencing the moment. Sometimes when you slow it down and tune your senses in, you walk away with more than just a photo.\u201d \u00a9 Andrew Interisano\/Urban Wildlife Photographer of the Year.<\/span> <\/figcaption> <\/span>\n<\/div> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nView the full finalists and winners\u2019 gallery on Picfair\u00a0<\/strong>here<\/strong><\/i><\/b><\/a>*<\/b><\/em>All Picfair profits on print sales will go to global conservation non-profit Re:Wild<\/b><\/em>\n

More photography competition galleries you may enjoy:<\/strong><\/p>\n