IFWP competition 2008 results

Photo jury

- Danny Ellinger, nature photographer and director nature photo stock agency Foto Natura, Netherlands
- Jan Vermeer, nature photographer and winner in several international nature photo competitions, NL
- Kees Loogman, director nature photo and nature info magazine Grasduinen, Netherlands

diaporama jury

- Jan Janssen, photographer and diaporamist, photoclub Shot71, Netherlands
- Jan Roofthooft, nature photographer and diaporamist, nature photoclub BVNF, Belgium
- Jonny Verheyden, nature photographer and diaporamist, nature photoclub BVNF, Belgium

IFWP Image of the Year 2008

Esa Nieminen, Finnish Nature Photographers Association, FNPA

» 2008 category 1. Birds

1.  Jarmo Manninen, FNPA Finland   -   'Divers'

2. Leif Rustand, NN Norway   -  'Pheasant flight'

3. Jari Peltomäki, FNPA Finland   -   'Catcher, Barn Swallow'

» 2008 category 2. Mammals

1. Esa Nieminen, FNPA Finland   -  'Fightning, Squirrel'

2. Michal Babnič, SKFP Slovakia   -   'Crowned King'

3. Jarmo Manninen, FNPA Finland   -  'Weasel'

» 2008 Category 3. Other animals

1. Arto Griinari, FNPA Finland   -   'Curious, Frog'

2. Petri Jauhiainen, FNPA Finland   -   'Damselfly'

3. Josef Stefan, VTNOE Austria   -  'Marbled White'

» 2008 Category 4. Plants and fungi

1. . Arto Raappanen, FNPA Finland   -   'Sundew'

2. János Szekeres, FN Hungary    -  Pasqueflower'

3. Romuald Cichos, ZPFP Poland    -  'Xanthoria elegans'

» 2008 Category 5. Landscape

1. Jarmo Manninen, FNPA Finland   -   'Crown snow load'

2. Toni Karppinen, FNPA Finland   -   'Ponds'

3. Kai Jensen, NN Norway   -   'River delta 

» 2008 Category 6. Composition and Form

1. Jerkku Hannula, FNPA Finland   -  'Icy pearly balls'

2. Roy Mangersnes, NN Norway   -   'Migration'

3. Arnaud Grizard, ASCPF France   -   'A bunch of blues'