ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This capture was made in the special lights of the horizont of the time one hour before sunrise. The shot was exposed through 4 seconds. I had put the camera out days before, not to disturb the shy species living here on the day of shooting.

AUTHOR
Bence MÁTÉ (b. 1985) is a Hungarian wildlife photographer. At a young age, Bence spent most of his time in the nature, trying to figure out how he could take even more expressive pictures. He started collecting the pieces of his photo equipment step by step, meanwhile, the acknowledgement of his work began, he took part in Hungarian and international contests. His award “Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year” in BBC’s worldwide contest in 2002 was followed by numerous others, competing in the “youth” and later the “adult” categories. With his innovative ideas and technical solutions he reforms the practice of bird photography. Following his techniques, the approach of taking action photos and capturing typical behaviour of birds, gains ground widely. Owing his works and the accuracy and preparation behind, in 2011 he gets the Eric Hosking award 4th time, cutting with this the record of Vincent Munier, held for 9 years. In 2005 he is chosen the „Bird Photographer of the Year” in Europe, in 2010 he is awarded with the “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” (Marvel of Ants), aka the Oscar of photography. Though, being awarded numerous times, he keeps finding new projects, builds hides for rent, shares his adventures in a book, presenting, and shooting a film on his work process. But foremost, Bence takes pictures of wildlife. Despite his still young age, by his dedicated work, he became Hungary’s most recognised and successful wildlife photographer by now.

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