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About GnomeGirl

GnomeGirl is an award-winning nature photographer living in Surrey, England. Since renewing her interest in photography in 2012, she has been using her spare time to photograph all things wild and wonderful.

 

A silver lining of the COVID pandemic was that it gave her the opportunity to learn more about the UK's wonderful wildlife and photograph many local species.

 

On these pages she shares some of her favourite images, as well as information about some of the places and animals that she has photographed.

Distinctions & Awards

GnomeGirl (aka Kirsten Asmussen)  is proud to have earned two Distinctions from the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) — the Licentiate (LRPS) awarded to me in October 2019 and an Associate (ARPS) in Natural History, awarded in September 2021. Her ARPS panel was featured in the Winter 2021 edition of the Iris, the RPS' magazine of the Natural History Group.

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More information about the RPS and the distinctions process can be found on the LRPS and ARPS pages. 

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Kirsten is proud to have received the following awards: 

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2024

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  • Little Grebe in the Lilies accepted as one of the 250 images featured in Volume 12 of the British Wildlife Photography Awards out of a pool of 14,000 entries. 

  • The Len Todd Trophy (best nature print) for Snowy owl in a winter cornfield at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2024 biennial exhibition.

  • Commended Fagradsfjall Caldera at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2024 biennial exhibition.

  • Commended Potential Danger at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2024 biennial exhibition.

  • 13 additional acceptances at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2024 biennial exhibition.

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2023

 

  • Finalist Bird Photographer of the Year 2023 out of a pool of over 23,000 entries.

  • The Photographic Alliance of Great Britain inter-federation nature print championship ribbon winner for Snowy Owl.

  • Winner Snowy Owl at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2023 inter-club nature PDI competition

  • Jumping for Joy accepted as one of the 250 images featured in Volume 11 of the British Wildlife Photography Awards; 4 other images accepted as finalists from a pool of over 13,000 entries.

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​2022​​

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  • Winner Snowy Owl at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2022 inter-club nature print competition

  • Bronze medal for Kilauea Lava Flow at Dawn at the Royal Photographic Society 2022 Nature Exhibition.

  • Bronze medal for Swallow Feeding Chick at the Royal Photographic Society's 2022 Nature Exhibition

  • Selector's choice for Jumping for Joy at the Royal Photographic Society's 2022 Nature Exhibition

  • Selector's choice for Detail of the Rivulets from an Icelandic Glacier Delta at the Royal Photographic Society's 2022 Nature Exhibition. 

  • Highly Commended for Courting Red-Necked Phalaropes at the Royal Photographic Society's 2022 Nature Exhibition. 

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2021

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  • Winner for Swallow Feeding Chick at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2021 nature print competition

  • The Sue Sibley judges' award for Red Fox Smirking at the Surrey Photographic Associations' 2021 print competition.

  • A 'Bronze' distinction from the Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers for Little Owl in the Woods for the 2022 Bird Photographer of the Year in Aid of the RSPB competition. 

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2020

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  • The Paul Keene judges' award for Kīlauea Lava Flow at Dawn at the Surrey Photographic Association's 2020 biennial exhibition.

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