Nature Photography Competition "Nature Treasures of Europe"

The Orange Tip, the Crested Tit and the Muskox are this year's stars among the nature treasures of Europe. The twelve awarded photographs …

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...decorate the EuroNatur-Calendar 2010. They are also published on EuroNatur's website and will be shown together with 27 more outstanding photographs of the competition in an exhibition organised by NaturVision from September 26.

The exhibition will open on September 26 with the official award for the photography competition "Nature Treasures of Europe" in the "Hans-Eisenmann-Haus" visitor centre in the Bavarian Forest National Park. The exhibition will then move to the Gallery of Schloss Wolfstein in Freyung between mid November and Christmas and remain there until mid February 2010.

Further data of the competition: The photography competition "Nature Treasures of Europe" was held already for the 16th time, calling on photographers throughout Europe to submit their five best shots of Europe's nature until March 31st. 359 photographers from 29 countries followed our invitation, sending us more than 1.500 pictures. The jury met in Stuttgart end of April to choose the best photos. The competition is sponsored by Lufthansa and held in cooperation with natur+kosmos and NaturVision.

The winners of the photography competition 2009

Read more about the competition and the winners of previous years

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