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Before  practicing Nature Photography, Sylvain HELLIO was for many years in contact with nature. (birdwatching)

Specializing in animal photography, and mostly birds, he tries to improve the technology in looking for give an artistic aspects to his photos.

• Member of the German Nature Photographers - GDT -
• Member of the Naturfotografen Schweiz - NFS -

  Publications of articles about nature photography in european magazines

Prizes :

• Highlights World of Mammals 1999 in the International Photography Competition in Rosenheim - Germany -
• 3^rd Prize in the International Competition Nature in Photographic Art, in Budapest, Hungary, 2000
• Special Award of the Magazine TermészetBúvár, Hungary, 2000
• 2^nd Nature Photographer 2001 (France)
• first place in Swizerland Competition NFS 2003
• Special Jury Prize and Public Prize in Montier International Photo Competition Festival 2004
• Public Prize in International Competition in Belgium 2005
• Highly Commended Competition IWP2005

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