Image Of The Year 2009 Mark Dumbleton

[James Shadle]

Please join me in congratulating Mark Dumbleton for having his image "Bearded Vulture Fight" selected as the BirdPhotographers.net Image Of The Year!

Mark is being awarded a lifetime membership to BPN and a workshop with Artie Morris. His winning image is also our Ezine cover for April 2009.

The image of the year contest is one of the benefits of being a BPN member. Only BPN members qualify to participate in the Image of The Week and Image Of The Year contest.

Selecting our first IOTY was not an easy process. First our moderator team nominated one image from each forum.
The nominated list of anonymous images went to the ownership group for final voting.
So many great images and only one IOTY winner.

Congratulations Francis Bosse! "Wasp in flight #2" 2nd Place
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=45721

Congratulations Grace Scalzo! "Gull with catch" 3rd Place
http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=35752


(http://www.birdphotographers.net/forums/showthread.php?t=6281&highlight=wildebeest+sunrise)

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Congratulations, Mark! Well deserved.

Congratulations also to Francis and Grace!

[Harshad Barve]

Hey Mark Big time congrats , thousands of amazing images posted here but you have the winner

[Harshad Barve]

Congratulations Francis and Grace, Awesome images

[Leo Berzins]

Congratulations Mark! Great image.
The combination of Bearded Vultures and Giant's Castle triumphs again.

Congratulations also to Francis and Grace.

[Desmond Chan]

Huge Congrats, Mark !!

Also congrats to Francis and Grace !!

[Mark Dumbleton]

Wow!!! This a Major Honour! Feel very proud to have my Image Chosen!

[Judd Patterson]

Wow, extremely powerful and beautiful capture Mark! Francis and Grace, I greatly enjoyed your work as well. Nice job everyone!

[Kobus Tollig]

Super congrats from me Buddy

[arash_hazeghi]

congrats, really nice photo, well deserved.

[Ken Watkins]

Congratulations to the Bearded Vulture as well as Mark, two years in sucession!

[Lance Peters]

Congrats to Mark - Awesome image.
Runners up - well done.

[Dumay de Boulle]

Congrats Mark...This is outstanding!

[Jeni Williams]

Stunning Mark, Big Congrats!!!:D

[Morkel Erasmus]

I was with you and Kobus at Marievale the morning you found out this was IOTW. Now it's gone all the way to the top. BIG CONGRATS my friend, you deserve it...

[Geurt Bloem]

You did very well with this one Mark!! Huge congrats and may your photography grow from strength to strength.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Big Congrats Mark for the Image of the Year.

A fine moment well captured.

Congratulations Francis and Grace.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Dave Barnes]

Congrats Mark, well deserved.

[Stu Bowie]

Big congrats Mark.

[Tony Whitehead]

Great job, Mark. Excellent result.

[Doug Brown]

Awesome image Mark! Congrats to you and to our runners up!

[Kaustubh Deshpande]

Congratulations Mark. Well deserved. What an image. WOW!!

Congratulations Francis and Grace.

[Alfred Forns]

Well deserved Mark Big Time Congrats !!!!

[Manos Papadomanolakis]

My warm congrats Mark!!!

[Nate Chappell]

Big congrats Mark!!

[Vida van der Walt]

Huge congrats Mark. A stunning image and so well deserved!:)

[Kiran Poonacha]

Big congrats to the winners, such beautiful very deserved images indeed...

[Steve Kaluski]

'Top Marks', Mark. Definitely well deserved, great bit of action!:)

[Ramesh Adkoli]

Congrats, Mark. Very well deserved!

regards,
ramesh

[Mark Dumbleton]

Thank you everyone for the kind words! Appreciate them all!

[denise ippolito]

Excellent and Big Congratulations on the win:)

[Grace Scalzo]

Mark, Let me add my congrats as well, that is one stunning image!

Thanks to everyone who looked at my images and offered kind words, I am totally shocked and humbled by this.

[Marina Scarr]

Stunning capture. I remember his one well. Well deserved!

[Christopher Miller]

Big congratulations, Mark! Stunning image! :)

Big congrats to Francis and Grace too!

[Julie Kenward]

You all three had such incredible images but this one really is one of a kind. Congratulations, Mark!

[Mark Dumbleton]

Thanks all for the kind words! Appreciate them all!

[Nick Palmieri]

Big congrats to Mark, Francis, and Grace!

[Marc Mol]

Stunning image and worthy winner, big congrats Mark and the runners up, Francis & Grace too.:)
Special commendation to Mr. G Vulture for two in a row also.:D
Very well done!

[Chris van Rooyen]

Well done Mark:D Great to see the South Africans making their mark on an international forum:cool: Stunning image BTW!

[philperry]

Way to go Mark. Spectacular photo. Great timing and sharpness.

I was at Giant's Castle last week for three days but the bearded vultures did not land once ! Just have to go back again (and again ....). That's what is so great about wildlife photography. You just never know what's coming up next.

[Juan Carlos Vindas]

Many congrats, well deserved.

[Jay Gould]

Congratulations to everyone that won and to everyone that posted their images during the year. We have all learned so much during the year!

Great image Mark!!

[Harold Davis]

big congrats, mark....and to all the winners!!!

[Hazel Grant]

Congratulations to all three-------wonderful work!
Well deserved!

[Peter Farrell]

Congratulations, Mark, Francis and Grace. All stunning images.
Peter

[Robert Amoruso]

Way to go Mark!!!

Congratulations Francis and Grace.

[Michael Pancier]

Huge Congrats!

[Mark Dumbleton]

Really appreciate all the comments folks! Its a great honour to have my image chosen as the BPN image of the year!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Congrats Mark! Very well deserved!

[Fabs Forns]

Congratulations, Mark, an amazing image!

[Doris Dumrauf]

Congratulations to all winners for these awesome action photos!
Doris Dumrauf
www.dorisdumrauf.com

[David Fletcher]

Many, many congrats Mark. Can only add my respects. VWD bud!!!

[Hendri Venter]

Only see this now.:o Many congrats Mark. This is an award well deserved. You do our Nation proud.

[Mark Dumbleton]

Thanks alot Hendri! Very proud of this one!

[Juan Aragonés]

Big congratulations Mark and very well deserves, a really outstanding image :):eek:

[Dave Mills]

Beautiful image! well done!!

[Nickkiez Keeratayaporn]

Congrats

[serkan mutan]

really nice photo...congratulations

[BenBotha]

Mark,

A fantastic shot. We share one thing-I also stay in Alberton.

Ben

[sunbrst30]

Wow! What an incredible photo! Just amazing! Thanks for sharing it with all of us and definitely deserving of the best photo of the year!

[Vivaldo Damilano]

Congrates Mark on getting the best BPN Image, a wonderful achievement and a real stunning image :)

[Wade Aiken]

Amazing capture, congratulations!

[marco peschiera]

Congratulations, Mark