Results of the photo contest

The contest of the best speleo photo of the year is over (you can find photos in our photo album). This year 102 photos were received and the whole contest was quite a success and received a lot of attention.

The photos were elected by public (via internet voting system) and by a commission if professional photographers (T.Ragina (chief photographer of daily newspapers "Kauno diena" and "Vilniaus diena"), V.Ivanovas (photo redactor of newspaper "Verslo žinios"), S. Kirvela (underwater photographer, having published several albums on underwater photography), T. Tumalovičius (official photographer of Lithuanian national basketball team) and A. Sadeckas). For the closing of the season 27 photos were selected and printed. The participants of the closing of the season have chosen the best photo of the year and the category winners.

The author of the best photo received a prize founded by a sponsor of the contest "Fototechnika" - the tripod of the National Geographic series. Category winners received 27 percent discount coupons for the bags of the National Geographic series. "Kodak ProCentras" helped us print the photos for the final selection of the contest.

The best speleo photo of the year

Gediminas Domarkas "In Buzluk"





Category winners


"The portrait of the caver"

Giedrius Steiblys "Aidas And Julius"





"The life of the expedition"

Vidmantas Balkūnas "The Camp In The Pirenees"





"The photo of the underground landscape"

Daiva Letukaitė "Yubileynaya"





"The man and the cave"

Gediminas Domarkas "In Buzluk"





"Mоuntain landscape"

Artūras Artiušenka "Evening"




"The funniest photo"

Vidmantas Balkūnas "Two Madmans In A Cave"

The prizes were established by: