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17th March 2023 In Animals, Earth, Nature, Photography, Wild Life

World Nature Photography Awards 2022

Celebrating the world’s best nature photographers, as they highlight the wonders of our planet

 

 

When great science and great art combine, amazing things can be achieved.

That’s the philosophy behind the World Nature Photography Awards, a global nature and wildlife photography contest for planet Earth.

 

We believe in the power of photography to put a spotlight on the majesty and wonder of the natural world around us, reminding us to take action now to secure a better tomorrow for us all.

 

The mission of the World Nature Photography Awards is to celebrate the world’s best nature photographers whilst showcasing nature’s beauty to a wider audience.

 

 

 

https://www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com/

24th February 2023 In Animals, Biodiversity, Flamingo, Lake, Migration, Photography

Aerial photos showcase the annual flamingo migration

Aerial photos showcase the annual flamingo migration that transforms India’s Pulicat Lake into a vibrant spectacle.

 

 

Each January, Pulicat Lake in Tamil Nadu, India, harbours tens of thousands of lanky, pink-feathered birds that gather in the warm waters during their annual migration.

 

Approximately 20 flocks of flamingo’s land in the region in early November and stay until May, transforming the 750-square kilometres of brackish lagoons into breeding grounds for the long-legged creatures.

 

Photographer Raj Mohan documented these temporary settlements in a series of aerial images that capture the birds’ sprawling, even bizarre formations. The avian dot the landscape, congregate in heart-shaped groups, and align in long, perfect diagonals, seemingly choreographed arrangements visible only from above.

 

Mohan’s images were taken during what’s known as the annual flamingo festival, which “promote(s) tourism at Pulicat. Several bird photography contests, environment education sensitization programs, school excursions, etc., are organized to increase awareness,” he shares on Petra Pixel.

 

“This attracts a large number of bird watchers and photographers from different places.” In addition to the spectacle they create, the flamingos also help to control the otherwise rampant algae growth in the lake and prevent the need for human intervention.

 

 

Grace Ebert, for ThisisColossal. December 2022.

 

5th February 2023 In Animals, Art, California, Culture, Design, Painting, Pop-culture, Subway

Matthew Grabelsky’s uncanny subway paintings

Commuters go wild in Matthew Grabelsky’s uncanny subway paintings

 

 

Urbanites know the subway is a prime location to spot the city’s oddities, and yet, a run-in with one of Matthew Grabelsky’s characters would be a particularly wild encounter. The Los Angeles-based artist has spent the last few years rendering human-animal hybrids that nonchalantly ride public transit. Sometimes snacking on a cracker or brushing up on some reading, the characters are surreal, uncanny additions to an otherwise mundane scene.

 

Grabelsky’s newest oil paintings, which are currently on view as part of Riders at The Brand Library & Art Center in Glendale, California, are hyperrealistic and laced with witty details like earlier works in the series. Set on the New York City Subway and London Tube, the portraits are narrative-driven and embedded with pop culture references. The artist shares:

 

“My goal is to create the effect of looking at a scene on the subway as if it were a diorama at a natural history museum. The images present richly detailed moments frozen in time allowing the viewer to closely inspect every element and make connections between them to read an overall story. In this world, people are transformed into part-animal to create scenes that are strange, funny, and endearing.”

 

 

Grace Ebert for ThisisColossal. February 2023

9th January 2023 In Animals, Biodiversity, Birds, Insects, Nature, Photography, Wild Life

2022 Close-up Photographer of the Year

Nature’s diversity is captured in minuscule detail in the 2022 Close-up Photographer of the Year Competition.

 

 

Among the winning images of the Close-Up Photographer of the Year contest, frilly slime mold stems from leaves, elegant insects splay colourful wings, and microscopic patterns create vivid abstractions. Now in its fourth year, the competition attracted more than 9,000 entries from 54 countries.

 

The overall winner of this year’s competition was captured by Samantha Stephens and glimpses two tiny amphibians trapped inside a carnivorous plant. She explains, “Typically, these plants feast on invertebrates such as moths and flies, but recently, researchers at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station discovered a surprising new item on the plant’s menu: juvenile Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum).” It was a timely capture; by the following day, the creatures had sunk to the bottom of the pitcher.

 

Visit the contest’s website to view the Top 100 photographs of the year.

 

 

 

Kate Mothes for ThisisColossal.com. January 2023.

 

28th October 2022 In Animals, Art, Metalworking, Portrait, Sculpture

Wildlife portraits are captured in elegant scrap metal sculptures

Expressive wildlife portraits are captured in elegant scrap metal sculptures by Leah Jeffery

 

When it comes to scrap metal, Hogansville, Georgia-based artist Leah Jeffery has honed an instinct for transforming old bike parts, cutlery, and offcuts into a captivating menagerie of expressive animals.

 

During her senior year of high school, she began exploring different trades, and after signing up for a welding class, discovered a natural skill with metalworking. She became interested in re-using discarded materials, and her first project was a great horned owl, which spurred an ongoing series portraying an array of wildlife.

 

Now working as Bruised Reed Studio, her practice centres around the proverbial turning of trash into treasure. “There is something about taking what was discarded and giving it new life,” she says. “I use any scrap metal I can find—mostly old bicycle parts and flatware, or people will give me their random metal junk.”

 

Each sculpture is one-of-a-kind, formed from in a wide variety of textures, densities, and patinas to expressively capture an eagle’s intense gaze, a butterfly’s wings, or a sloth’s lazy grin.

 

 

ThisisColossal, Kate Mothes. October 2022.

14th October 2022 In Animals, Artwork, Games, Lego, Sculpture

Masterfully designed LEGO animals

Masterfully designed LEGO animals by Felix Jaensch

 

 

German artist Felix Jaensch has an uncanny ability to translate the ruffle of parrot feathers or the lumpy fur of orangutans into lifelike LEGO sculptures.

 

He shares many of his original designs on Flickr and a few pieces including the red fox are available is DIY kits through MOC Nation.

 

 

ThisisColossal, Christopher Jobson. September 2016

26th September 2022 In Animals, Architecture, Bee, Biodiversity, Climate conditions, Pollinator

Miniature homes for solitary Bees

Tiny holes drilled into bricks provide miniature homes for solitary bees

 

 

An innovative creation of Cornwall-based Green&Blue, Bee Bricks are designed to establish homes within homes.

 

The architectural building blocks can be layered with more typical materials and feature holes of various sizes that allow the fuzzy, winged insects a space for nesting. These multi-purpose bricks are especially crucial as bee populations dwindle due to habitat loss and a changing climate.

 

Burrowing inches into the blocks made of reclaimed concrete, the narrow openings are targeted at red masons, leafcutters, and other cavity-nesters that live outside of colonies. It’s estimated that the U.K. alone boasts 250 solitary species, which tend to be better pollinators than their social counterparts because they gather the sticky substance from multiple sources, which improves biodiversity.

 

Bee Bricks have made headlines in recent days after the city of Brighton and Hove announced that all new buildings more than five-meters-tall must include some form of housing for the solitary creatures. The council’s move follows similar policies in Dorset and Cornwall, in addition to guidelines that establish homes for swifts in new buildings, as well.

 

 

Thisiscolossal.com, Grace Ebert. January 2022. All images © Green&Blue.

 

24th September 2022 In Animals, Dron, Photography

The 2022 Drone Photo Awards

From a volcanic fissure to a waterlily harvest, the 2022 Drone Photo Awards captures erath’s stunning sights from above

 

 

The annua Drone Photo Awards announced its 2022 winners earlier this month, releasing a remarkable collection of images that frame the world’s most alluring landscapes from a rarely-seen view.

 

This year’s contest garnered submissions from 2,624 participants hailing from 116 countries, and the aerial photoscapture a vast array of life on Earth, including a caravan of camel shadows crossing the Arabian Desert, a waterlily harvest in West Bengal, and the veiny trails of lava emerging from a fissure near Iceland’s Fagradalsfjall volcano.

 

Hosted by the Siena Awards Festival, the competition showcases its winning images in a recurring exhibition called Above Us Only Sky, which will run from October 1 to November 20 in the Italian city. Until then, see some of our favourites below and explore the full collection on the awards’ site.

 

 

Thisiscolossal.com, Grace Ebert. September 2022

7th September 2022 In Animals, Biosphere, Photography, Wild Life

Raising funds to protect million hectares of African parks

More than 100 photographers are raising funds to protect million hectares of African parks

 

 

African Parks, a non-profit focused on conservation and protecting endangered species, is behind several efforts to address the loss of biodiversity across the continent, and its latest initiative is to preserve 30 million hectares of parkland by 2030.

 

Prints for Wildlife is supporting the effort through its annual fundraiser, which sells limited-edition works from more than 100 photographers around the globe. This year’s collection includes a diverse array of animals and environments, including multiple vulnerable or engaged species like the western lowland gorilla and polar bear.

 

Now in its third year, Prints for Wildlife has raised $1.75 million since it launched in 2020, and 100 percent of proceeds benefit African Parks.

 

 

ThisisColossal.com, Grace Ebert. September 2022

 

5th July 2022 In Animals, Insects, Photography

Levon Biss magnifies the potential loss of insects around the globe

In “Extinct and Endangered”, photographer Levon Biss magnifies the potential loss of insects around the globe

 

 

Despite existing on separate continents thousands of miles apart, the Madeira brimstone and giant Patagonian bumblebee are experiencing similar hardships. The former, which inhabits the islands it inherits its name from, is dealing with an invasive species decimating the trees its caterpillars require pre-metamorphosis, while the latter has been struggling to survive in its native Chile after farmers introduced domesticated European bees to aid in crop pollination.

 

Both species are in danger and are part of an ongoing exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History conveying what’s at stake if their species are lost entirely.

 

“Extinct and Endangered” is comprised of massive, macro shots by Levon Biss, a British photographer who’s amassed a stunningly diverse collection of images with a variety of natural subject matter from dried seeds to iridescent insects. Biss often collaborates with institutions like the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Oxford Museum of Natural History, gaining access to their archives and selecting specimens. He then takes about 10,000 individual images using various lenses that are then stitched together to create extraordinarily detailed shots of beetles, moths, and butterflies.

 

From the American Museum of Natural History’s collection of more than 20 million, Biss chose just 40 creatures, some of which have already vanished. “To know an insect will never exist on this planet again, primarily because of human influence, is upsetting and emotional. And it’s humbling,” he told the New York Times. “As an artist, it’s the thing that drives me on to make that picture as good as it can be.”

 

Spanning up to eight feet, the photos are immense in scale and focused on each specimen’s striking forms, whether the undulating wings of the 17-year cicada or the intimidating tusk-like appendages of the lesser wasp moth.

 

Biss hopes that “Extinct and Endangered”, which is on view through September 4, will raise awareness about the rapid decline in insect populations around the world. “I want people to be in awe of their beauty but to also be damn sad about why they’re being put in front of them,” he says.

 

 

By Grace Ebert, on Thisiscolossal.com, June 2022.