The winners of the photo contest The Best Speleo Photo 2008
There were 29 participants from 5 different countries (Lithuania, Austria, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) in the photocontest The Best Speleo Photo 2008. 164 photos were submitted. The jury who elected the best speleo photo of the year and the winners of each category consisted of:
1. Jordi Borras, Spain. The president of the Barcelona's caving club "De Gracia"
2. Saulius Kirvela, Lithuania. The member of the union of Lithuanian photo artists, the best specialist in Lithuania on the underwater photography.
3. Stanislovas Žvirgždas, Lithuania. The secretary of the union of Lithuanian photo artists
4. Jonas Staselis, Lithuania. The president of the club of Lithuanian press photographers
Winners
Best photo of the year
Author: Violeta Bladžiūnaitė, Lithuania
Public prize
The only photo voted not by the jury, but by the participants of the season closing.
Author: Vidmantas Balkūnas, Lithuania
The man and the cave
Author: Artūras Artiušenka, Lithuania
The life of the expedition
Author: Giedrius Steiblys, Lithuania
The mountain landscape
Author: Ivan Vahhi, Russia
The portrait of the caver
Author: Giedrius Steiblys, Lithuania
The photo of the underground landscape
Author: Vidmantas Balkūnas, Lithuania