Silhouette - Professional

Star

Bence Mate
Hungary

Nominee

"Star"
Night photos take years’ of preparation, nights spent in a hide. In this early hour, I captured the moment, the habitants of the lake were already awake, while the brightest star was still on the sky.

Biography: Bence Mate is a Hungarian wildlife photographer, and the most successful participant in the history of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of The Year competition. He is the only person to be voted both 'Young Wildlife Photographer of The Year' and 'Wildlife Photographer of The Year', and he leads all the rankings in this competition. He is best known to the public as 'The Invisible Wildlife Photographer' from the title of a three-part series broadcast on Spectrum Television. Apart from these achievements he has also established an international reputation as a designer of specialist photography...

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