Month: April 2024

Natures Best Photography Highly Honoured Polar Passion Category

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Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that I took out first place in the People’s Choice Award in the Nature Category in the Asia Pacific Photography Awards, I learned early this morning that I was also highly honoured in the Polar Passion category in the Natures Best Photography Awards. I only discovered I had been awarded when I returned to Australia yesterday and found a copy of the latest Nature’s Best Photography magazine waiting in my unopened mail. As I was perusing the photographs with a very early morning jetlag coffee, I turned the page to find my photograph. It made for a warming start to the day.

Asia Pacific Photography Awards People’s Choice Winner Nature Category

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The Asia Pacific Photography Awards have just announced the 2024 People’s Choice Award winner for the Nature category. I am thrilled to report my recent photograph of the Pallas Cat, titled ‘Regal Cat’, from Mongolia in winter was the overall People’s Choice award winner for 2024.

In 2022, I completely swept the pool in this category, taking First, Second, and Third place. This year, I won the Peoples Choice award in the nature category and drew with myself for third place in the judged category with the Pallas Cat photograph and the Pygmy Owl photograph. All three of my entered photographs were also top 20 and top 10 finalists.

I will return to Mongolia again in January 2025 and 2026 to photograph the Pallas Cat and the Snow Leopard. The 2025 expeditions are already sold out, but bookings are now open for 2026. You can email me for further information or to register your place. Full details are also available on my website at http://www.jholko.com/workshops.