"Cherish the Wetland, Guardian Elves" - Hutuo River Bird Ecological Photography Contest Selection was announced a few days ago, "Snow Elves", "Life and Care", "Swan Home" and other 59 works won the first, second and third prizes and excellence awards, and 100 works were selected for the commemorative award.
First Prize: Wang Deqing "Spirit in the Snow"
The event was jointly sponsored by the Shijiazhuang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Shijiazhuang Forestry Bureau, Shijiazhuang Water Conservancy Bureau, and Shijiazhuang Ecological Environment Bureau, and undertaken by Shijiazhuang Photographers Association.
Second Prize Wei Zhanhong "Chinese Merganser Duck"
Third Prize Work Liu Xun "Ling Yi Fighting"
"Birds have always been the smartest, and they prefer good mountains and rivers. "This photo contest focuses on the improvement of the ecological environment since the implementation of the Hutuo River Ecological Restoration Project, and uses light and shadow to record the harmonious ecology of the Hutuo River, where the water is clear and the banks are green, and the grass grows and the warbler flies. In the lens of the photographers, the sparkling waves on both sides of the Hutuo River, the sea of flowers and the wetland are contrasting, many rare birds "bring their families with their mouths" to live here, Baer's Pochard, Chinese mergansers, black storks inhabit and breed here, and the number of wetland birds, including nationally protected animals, has increased to 219, becoming the most intuitive display window for the ecological restoration and management of the Hutuo River.
Since its launch in July last year, the competition has received the support of photographers and the attention of photography enthusiasts. The Municipal Photography Association organized photographers to collect wind on both sides of the Hutuo River for many times, and created a large number of excellent works.
According to reports, the photo contest received a total of more than 1,800 submissions, covering rare bird portraits, birds in the environment, bird protection and many other subjects, photographed 14 kinds of rare birds such as curly feathered pelicans, showing the natural beauty, environmental beauty, and ecological beauty of Shijiazhuang.
Yang Zhenyong, vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Photography Association and chairman of the Shijiazhuang Photography Association, introduced that the ecological photography of the Hutuo River is a work that needs to be adhered to for a long time.
Source: Shijiazhuang Daily