APRIL 10, 2013 – GENERAL MEETING – EVERGREEN BERGEN PARK FIRE STATION 7:00pm (6:30pm SOCIAL TIME) PRESENTER:WENDY SHATTIL

WENDY SHATTIL
Wendy was the first woman awarded Grand Prize in the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography contest, England’s BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. “A highlight of my life was the day of the BBC awards ceremony at the London Natural History Museum. Sir David Attenborough, presenting the Grand Prize, said the most beautiful things about my photo, “Young Red Fox”.”

WENDY SHATTIL
Wendy was the first woman awarded Grand Prize in the world’s most prestigious wildlife photography contest, England’s BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. “A highlight of my life was the day of the BBC awards ceremony at the London Natural History Museum. Sir David Attenborough, presenting the Grand Prize, said the most beautiful things about my photo, “Young Red Fox”.”

Sir David said, “There is a golden rule in portrait photography, I’m told, which says that above all things, you must focus on the eyes. But the focusing could rarely have been more perfect than in this picture, where the depth of focus is exactly correct – from the very tip of the nose back to the tips of the ears. Beyond, the shoulders are out of focus, and the surrounding grass, with magical effect both in front and behind, has become a kind of shading that might have been produced by an artist’s crayon creating an exquisite frame – for a superb portrait.”

The team of Shattil and Rozinski survived and conquered the grueling six month long Texas Valley Land Fund photo competition, winning the Grand Prize in their first attempt. They were twice Artists in Residence at Rocky Mountain National Park and are Department Associates at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Wendy and Bob are recipients of the prestigious Philip Hyde Grant for environmental photography. They received the Conservationist of the Year and Business of the Year Awards from the Colorado Wildlife Federation and Denver Audubon’s Environmental Stewardship Award.

Wendy and Bob work in cooperation with many individuals, organizations, and businesses to photographically document wildlife and nature. In addition to private landowners, biologists, National Wildlife Refuges, National Parks and Monuments, State Parks and agencies, they have partnered with:

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
U.S. Department of Justice
The Nature Conservancy
The Audubon Society
U.S. Army (Rocky Mountain Arsenal NWR)
Programme for Belize
Her web site is dancingpelican .com