Another International Photographic win for: Lalith Ekanayake

Renown and award winning wildlife and nature photographer Surgeon Rear Admiral Lalith Ekanayake (USP, MBBS, MD, FCCP, DDHM (Aus)) has been adjudged as the Runner up of the Wexas International wildlife Photography Competition 2012 in United Kingdom. Lalith is the first Sri Lankan to achieve this feat.

After a lot of hotly contested debate, judges have selected a winner and runner up for the WEXAS wildlife photography competition. Selecting Lalith's photo out of 15000, the judges commented that, 'the photographer has thought about the image before taking it and composed it well. It's not a lucky shot.' They felt the result was 'dramatic', with the birds flying in the background offering a strong contrast to the chick in the foreground. Further details can be obtained www.photos.wexas.com. These photographs will also appear in Issue 2 (spring) 2013 of Traveller Magazine in UK.

In addition Lalith has won the prestigious UPI Gold Medal and the PSSL Bronze Medal at the 57th Photographic Society of Sri Lanka (PSSL) International Photo Contest 2012. He was the winner in monochrome too and also won the first place in wildlife category of the Chaaya Wild and Etisalat wildlife photo contest 2012. Also Lalith's photos were adjudged as the Editors Choice and Photos of the Month at the 2011 and 2012 National Geographic Photo contests. He also won the third and fourth places at the Sanctuary Asia Wildlife Photo Contest 2011 in India. Lalith photos were in the final 20 of the Oasis International Photo Contest 2012 in Italy.

Lalith had his first wildlife photographic exhibition and launched the book titled The Untamed Road in 2010 and planning to have his next in May 2013 in Colombo. Lalith is the Medical Director of the Sri Lanka Navy and also a Consultant Physician & Gastroenterologist and is the only Specialist of the country in Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine.

Lalith dedicates all his achievements to protection of the fauna and flora of Sri Lanka, which are in real danger thus need quick attention. "Priority is the protection and development not the income of wildlife and nature of Sri Lanka", Lalith believes. To check out more his work log into www.lalithphotography.com