Penguins, whales, searching birds and close-ups of species comparable to soles, octopuses and dogfish had been one of the most photographs that predominated within the 11th model of the Fish Eye Contest, which invited other folks to {photograph} the aquatic, marine and freshwater ecosystems in Chile.
The 2024 name won 206 photographs from 82 members.
The jury used to be made up of famend personalities from medical verbal exchange and pictures, together with Nélida Pohl, Nadia Politis, Cristián Campos Melo, Eduardo Sorensen and Patricio Riquelme Fagerström.
José Garcés-Vargas, basic coordinator of this initiative and researcher on the Middle for Dynamic Analysis of Top Latitude Marine Ecosystems (IDEAL) of the Austral College of Chile (UACh), maintains that “the Ojo de Pez Photographic Contest has established itself as a essential platform for the nationwide pictures group, selling the trade of data and stories. As well as, it has contributed to elevating consciousness in regards to the significance of shielding our aquatic ecosystems, particularly amongst new generations.”
90% of the images won had been from newbie photographers. In step with Garcés-Vargas, “this displays nice passion at the a part of the non-professional group and presentations the rising passion in our contest.”
Winners 2024
The winner of the Ojo de Pez contest of this 11th model is Claudio Véliz, an newbie photographer from Valdivia, who on Pilolcura seaside, within the Los Ríos area, captured the picture “Vuelta a casa”, the place you’ll see the silhouette of a chicken in flight on the actual second it meets its chick, which is looking forward to it in its nest.
Within the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Environments class, the 3 awards had been concentrated in Punta Arenas. 3rd position is going to Diego Nahuelhuén with “Royalty in Patagonia”; 2nd position is going to Felipe Molina with the {photograph} “Unión Infinita”; and the primary position is going to Gonzalo Bertolotto, who within the symbol “Gentoo Penguin from some other perspective” captured the swimming of this chicken all the way through a keep in Fildes Bay, in Antarctica.
Within the Panorama, paintings and conservation class, 3rd position is going to Álex Sánchez, from Antofagasta, with “Blue Gold”; 2nd position is going to Carolina González, from Pichilemu, with the {photograph} “Ilusión”; and the primary position is going to José Antonio Alonso, from Valdivia, with the picture “Curiñanco in fog”, which thru a protracted publicity manages to seize the drift of the ocean at the coast of this the city within the Los Ríos area.
Within the Aquatic Plant life and Fauna class, 3rd position is going to Raúl San Martín, from Chillán, with “Transported to prehistory: redfish eye”; 2nd position is going to Felipe Schweitzer, from Las Condes, with the {photograph} “Combat beneath the rain”; and the primary position is going to Mauricio Altamirano, from Concepción, with the picture “Cormorants searching sardines”, which presentations a chicken submerged within the Chome cove, within the Bío-Bío area, on the lookout for its prey.
The winner of the Los Ríos area award went to Harold Gillibrand, from Valdivia, with the {photograph} “Garza”, the place a chicken is noticed mirrored within the water whilst attempting to find shrimp in Saval Park.
The example, as in earlier years, regarded as a well-liked vote. Of a complete of one,896 votes, 3rd position is going to Antonio Marasovic, from Recoleta, with the {photograph} “Mirada tendernucha”; 2d position is going to José Luis Kappes, from Lo Barnechea, with “Los angeles mira del mimus”; whilst the primary position is going to Diego Gatica, from Los angeles Ligua, with “Multiverse”, which presentations a sole eye captured 14 meters deep in Los Molles, within the Valparaíso area.
Awards
In overall, the competition will award 14 prizes. The winner will obtain a one-week keep on the Quempillén Experimental Station, at the island of Chiloé.
The primary, 2d and 3rd puts in each and every class will obtain an motion digital camera with a gimbal stabilizer, a qualified pictures tripod and a photograph printer, respectively.
The winner from the Los Ríos area will obtain a suite of books printed through the IDEAL Middle and the winners of the general public awards will take pleasure in the guide Ojo de Pez. Chile in photographs of water and existence.
Ojo de Pez is subsidized through the IDEAL Middle, the Vice-Rector’s Workplace for Analysis, Building and Inventive Introduction (VIDCA), the Graduate College of the College of Sciences, the Science for Innovation 2030 mission, the South-Subantarctic Consortium (Ci2030) and the Doctorate in Marine Biology, gadgets dependent at the UACh, in addition to Ciencia Inquieta and the ANID SEALS Ring Mission. The RA Philippi Exploration Museum additionally collaborates.
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