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NPOTY People's Choice Award - 2022
Name: Andres Novales
Picture title: Itching sight
Category: People’s Choice Award
Nationality: Guatemala
Occupation: Full-time photographer, started taking pictures in 2016
Technical information
Camera: Sony A7iii
Lens: Canon 100mm 2.8L with Sigma MC-11 converter for Sony
EXIF:1/160 seconds, f/ 22 aperture, 250 ISO, 100mm Focal Distance
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Andres Novales | Itching Sight
Name: Andres Novales
Picture title: Itching Sight
Category: People’s Choice Award
Nationality: Guatemala
Occupation: Full-time photographer, started taking pictures in 2016
Technical information
Camera: Sony A7iii
Lens: Canon 100mm 2.8L with Sigma MC-11 converter for Sony
EXIF:1/160 seconds, f/ 22 aperture, 250 ISO, 100mm Focal Distance
Andres says:
The very first thing that stood out when finding this Amazon Scarlet Snake (Pseudoboa coronata) was its bright red coloration, giving it away from the dark leaf littler. I got low, trying to frame the snake for some up-close portraits. At first, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, I was really focusing on capturing the beautiful red and black contrast. It wasn’t until some minutes later that I noticed something off with the snake’s eye. It was so small that I couldn’t really tell what was going on. After going through my previous images, I could see that several mites were wedged between the snake’s eye and scales. I immediately looked back at the snake and saw the mites moving. That was the moment when this itching sight was captured. This took place a couple of kilometers off the Mazan River located in Iquitos, Peru.
Andres Novales
Guatemala
Andres Novales is a Guatemalan wildlife photographer with a great passion for Neotropical ecosystems. During the last seven years, Andres has explored and led photographic expeditions in more than ten Latin American countries in search of some of the rarest and most emblematic species. His main objective is to support issues related to conservation and environmental education through high-impact photographs. Throughout this wild adventure, Andres has been selected as the top 5 emerging photographers and a finalist in numerous national and international competitions. Andres has been able to participate and appear in NatGeo Wild and Animal Planet productions shown in more than 90 countries.