Nature's Laws

• Prize
  Gold in Portfolio/Personal
• Photographer
  Bence Mate
• Technical Info
  Canon EOS R5, DSMC2 HELIUM 8K S35, RED DSMC2 HELIUM 8K S35, Canon EOS R5
• Photo Date
  2021-2023
• Website
  http://matebence.hu

It feels nice to believe that in reality the characters of our favourite childhood stories are as cute and their everyday lives are as cosy and nice as we imagine. As I have been observing wildlife for many years, I can say for sure that there is not too much emotion out there. Instead, there is instinctive survival, reproduction, and fight for food and breeding. Nature’s laws seem simple, but they are infinitely complicated, which makes me wonder each and every day.

• Biography
  Wildlife photographer, born in Hungary, 1985. In 2010 he won the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photography of the Year award in London. He is the most effective photographer in the 53-year-old history of the competition, being the only contestant winning the first prize in both the young and adult categories. In 2005 he experimented the one-way glass photography technique, making fundamental changes in hide photography practice. This technique has been widely used all over the world, and most hides are equipped with such glasses.
• Awards
  BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year (international), 2010 BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (international), 2002 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Birds Category (international), 2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Hungary), 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017 Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Hungary), 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Eric Hosking Award for the best portfolio, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011 Bird Photographer of the Year (England), 2005 GDT – European Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Germany), 2015, Mammals category, Winner Nature’s Best photography competition (USA), 2010, 2012, 2014, Category, Winner Environmental Photographer of the Year (England), 2010, Category, Winner MontPhoto International photography contest (Spain), 2014, 2015, Overall winner Aves International Photo Contest (Belgium), 2014, Overall winner Transnatura International Nature Photo Competition (Romania), 2015, Overall winner National Wildlife international wildlife photography competition (USA), 2014, Overall winner EuroNatur International Photography Competition (Germany), 2014, Overall winner