Image awarded with a runner-up in FOTO NIKON 2014 contest in Nature category. A baby Vervet monkey looking curiously at the camera, while her mother breastfeeds her between some bushes. Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Image awarded with a runner-up in FOTO NIKON 2013 contest in Nature category. A young Chacma baboon playing with a bottle cap, which some tourist has thrown to the ground. Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Finalist image in the international contest GOLDEN TURTLE 2013, in the category Other animals. The entitled photography The baywatch, shows a ghost crab in Cerro Brujo beach, San Cristóbal Island, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador).

Image awarded with a runner-up in FOTO NIKON 2012 contest in Nature category. A male deer violently expels a young competitor of its territory, during rutting season in the Cabañeros National Park (Spain).

Entitled image The Galápagos giant received a honorable mention in the International Mountain and Nature Photo Contest MEMORIAL MARIA LUISA 2012, in Animal world category.
Galápagos giant tortoise photographed in the wild in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador).

Image awarded with a RUNNER-UP in FOTO NIKON 2011 contest in Nature category. Two common cranes perform their courtship dance at sunrise in Gallocanta Lagoon, Teruel (Spain).

Image awarded with a runner-up in FOTO NIKON 2011 contest in Nature category. Four bee-eaters perched at the same instant on the same branch, illuminated by the first light of dawn in La Serena, Badajoz (Spain).

FIRST PRIZE in the category Man and nature in FOTOCAM 2009 competition.
A sea lion plays with the snorkel mask, which has snatched a clueless tourist in the waters of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.

Photography awarded with a Highly Commended in  GDT EUROPEAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2007 competition, in the category Other animals. Galápagos giant tortoise photographed in the wild in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Islands (Ecuador).

Image awarded with a Highly Commended in BG WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2000 competition, in the category Urban and garden wildlife. A white stork roosting under the arch of a steeple in Alcalá de Henares, Madrid.