Section Name | Jury 1 | Jury 2 | Jury 3 |
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MAN-ANIMAL CONFLICT | MR. KRISHNA BHAT | MR. PADMANABHA K G | MR. SUDHEENDRA K P |
WILDLIFE OF INDIA | MR. KRISHNA BHAT | MR. PADMANABHA K G | MR. SUDHEENDRA K P |
EFIAP/g, EFIP, EPSA, CMoL, ECAS
Mr. Krishna Bhat is a scientist by profession in the field of aeronautics and a Fine Art Photographer by passion. The Himalayas and the Western Ghats are his favorite outdoors. He likes shooting landscapes, culture, people, macros, behavioral and habitat shots of animals. He is a Life Member of the Youth Photographic Society and Federation of Indian Photography. He actively participates in International Salons and has won many awards and commendations for his work from 50+ countries. He is also one of the winners of prestigious contests like DJMPC, Monochrome Awards, Karnataka Tourism Contests, Aavishkar, etc. He has been a jury in several national & international photo contests including those from abroad.
EFIAP, EFIP, CMoL
Mr. K G PADMANABHA, an Ex banker, started pursuing photography as a hobby during his college days, that was about 30 years back.
Inspired by the works of veteran photographers like Sri B SRINIVASA and several other senior photographers of Youth Photographic Society, Bangalore, he started traveling and trekking in the Himalayas along with a DSLR camera for taking landscape pictures. With the experience of trekking in high altitude mountains of the HIMALAYAS 35 times and more than 300 times in the western Ghats, he was able to click beautiful landscape pictures which have brought him several distinctions and awards at national and international levels.
Besides trekking, he has also traveled in Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Egypt, Indonesia, Scotland, Oman, etc for landscape and people photography.
He focused on wildlife photography in recent years and started visiting wildlife and bird sanctuaries in Africa and India to capture animals/birds in action. During his free time, he encourages youngsters to activities in the conservation of nature through trekking, and nature walks and guides them to improve their photography skills.
AFIAP, CMoL, EFIP
Mr. Sudheendra K P is a businessman running a medical shop in Kunigal, Tumkur district, and a wildlife photographer by passion. He built his photography hobby inspired by going trekking in the early years. He started photography in the year 2006 and has achieved 500+ international awards and 100+ national awards which have given him an opportunity to exhibit his pictures in many countries across the globe. He has traveled to many national parks in India and abroad too.