|
Joachim Meinich Andreassen Norway 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Uncommon Tern" One common tern flying over shallow water. Mulitexposure directly in camera. |
|
Dmitry Arkhipov Russia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Who Are You?" There is a huge kings pinguin colony in South Georgia. |
|
Porus Khareghat India 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Owl Camouflage" MOTTLED WOOD OWL |
|
Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Honorable Mention "Kings of Gold Harbour" Purveyors of happiness as they return from a chilled swim. |
|
Jill Snyder USA Honorable Mention "Apart" |
|
Brian Rope Australia Honorable Mention "Geneva Swans" White swans glide before the famous Geneva water jet. |
|
Petra Theilemann Germany Honorable Mention "Snout Bite" part of canine communication: gentle snout bite between pack members |
|
Mary Aiu USA Honorable Mention "Wind" |
|
Sonal Shah USA Honorable Mention "Forgive Him, He's still young" Nairobi National Park |
|
Susan Perry USA Honorable Mention "Safe In Mama's Arms" |
|
Bernard Werner USA Honorable Mention "Out For A Stroll" |
|
Benjamin Zander USA Honorable Mention "Sleeping Beauty" Baby goat smiles while sleeping on her mother in Haifa, Israel. |
|
Larry Colby USA Honorable Mention "Annoying Mom" Playful cub getting Mom's attention, South Africa |
|
Bjorn Bjornson Sweden Honorable Mention "The King of the Forest is Down" Once a year in the autumn the big event for hunters is the elk hunting |
|
Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention "Killer Whale Beach Attack" Killer Whale intentionally stranding on beach in Patagonia to catch a Sea Lion Pup |
|
Bencai Gong USA Honorable Mention "Big Meal" Taken in Peru |
|
Porus Khareghat India Honorable Mention "Death in the Mara" AN IMPALA CARCASS HANGS HIGH IN THE TREE |
|
Jesse Mechling USA Honorable Mention "Spinner Symmetry" Spinner Dolphins, Kona, Hawaii |
|
Jose Javier Delgado Esteban Spain Honorable Mention "Hide and Seek" A Humpback whale calf hides below it's mother in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u |
|
Chris Stimson Australia Honorable Mention "Pelican Light" So ungainly on land, so amazing in the air - neither evident all tucked up and resting |
|
Sarah Corbin USA Honorable Mention "Reflection of Herd" Camargue Horses, France |
|
Alfonso de Cruz Barrios Spain Nominee "Lovingly" |
|
Amanda Harner USA Nominee "Caught Up" |
|
Amardeep Singh India Nominee "Antlers Avenue" Mongolia |
|
Amit Jung KC France Nominee "Refreshing Myself" Picture taken in near Kathmandu in a holy pond. |
|
Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Colobus Monkey" |
|
Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee "hawk study #1" |
|
Annette Ruzicka Australia Nominee "Vultures Await" On a remote beach in Costa Rica, vultures wait for eggs or old turtles, whichever comes first. |
|
Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee "Hummingbird at Window" a visit observed and photographed through window |
|
Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee "Snowy Owl " at lift off leaving a trail of snow behind |
|
Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Travel Three" Taken in Kenya |
|
Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Catch" Taken in Peru |
|
Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Rest" taken in Venezuela |
|
Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Wrinkles" Southern Elephant Seal Pup |
|
Brad Carlile USA Nominee "Love (2)" Love |
|
Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Walrus Gaze" |
|
Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee "Young Buck" Manx Ram adolescent-Isle of Man |
|
Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "Flight of the Egret" Egret flying in Mexico |
|
Christian Meermann Germany Nominee "Nosferatu" This flying fox looks as if it hat inspired Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. |
|
Chyoung SengHyun Rep. of Korea Nominee "Retired Racehorse" I love the sun, and I love the wind |
|
Colleen Sternberger USA Nominee "Xanto" Xanto is a Lusitano stallion from Italy |
|
Colmar Wocke Switzerland Nominee "Striped Reflections" A goose, sitting in shallow water on a stone - a gate's reflection mirroring the bird's stripes. |
|
Corina Munteanu Romania Nominee "Not Alone" |
|
Dalia Fichmann Switzerland Nominee "Screaming" Screaming bald eagle. |
|
David Reilly USA Nominee "Ali Su Roma (Wings Over Rome)" I wanted to capture the unusual pose and eye contact with this gull at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. |
|
Dimuthu Jayawickrama USA Nominee "Dew Covered Insect" Photo taken early in the morning in the backyard in late summer as temperature starts going down. |
|
Don Holman USA Nominee "Spoonbill" |
|
Donna Rosser USA Nominee "Serendipity" |
|
Dvir Barkay USA Nominee "Clask of the Titans " Two immense male bison clash in a heated battle over a female. |
|
Dvir Barkay USA Nominee "A Provocative Lot " Two White Faced Capuchin Monkey's let their feelings be known. |
|
Eduardo Fujii USA Nominee "Marabou Storks" |
|
Edwin Soriano USA Nominee "Face Off" My first encounter with an alligator. |
|
Gerald McDowell USA Nominee "Jelly Fish" Aquarium in Newport KY |
|
Gerald McDowell USA Nominee "Shark#10" Aquarium in Newport KY |
|
Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee "Great Migration" A creative perspective of thousands of crowded gnus and zebras during the Great Migration (Tanzania) |
|
Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee "Piercing the Veils of Indifference" Dramatic portrait of a magnificent white rhino taken into the wild (Lake Nakuru NP - Kenya). |
|
Henry Jager Switzerland Nominee "Green Turtle" Green Turtle at Apo Island, Philippines |
|
Jeff Moore USA Nominee "Goose Drag" Labrador Retreiver carries giant goose in snow |
|
Jeff Moore USA Nominee "Flying Beartrap" Canada goose flies directly at you. |
|
Jerry Whitty USA Nominee "Hawk" Contemplating hawk |
|
Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Trunk and Toe" |
|
Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Guardians" |
|
Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Standout" |
|
Jim Welninski USA Nominee "The Mind Of A Horse" |
|
Joachim Meinich Andreassen Norway Nominee "Swan Mirror" Mute swan. Photo taken from a bridge. |
|
Joachim Meinich Andreassen Norway Nominee "Flight Over Calm Waters" |
|
Jose Javier Delgado Esteban Spain Nominee "Eye to Eye Contact" A Humpback whale calf watches me carefully in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u |
|
Joseph Anthony UK Nominee "The Look of Intent" The most elusive yet beautiful of big cats this is a male known locally as Mahlathini. While it is possible to see big cats in Sabi Sabi relatively frequently in the day time, they are usually more ac |
|
Juan Pablo Castillo Ecuador Nominee " San Gabriel Mountain Big Horn Sheep" |
|
Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee "Tired and Defeated" |
|
Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Cozumel" |
|
Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Sand Hills " |
|
Kos Karathanasis Netherlands Nominee "Fighting Hippos" Fighting Hippos in St Lucia, South Africa |
|
Kristen Victoria Harner USA Nominee "Isolation" |
|
Kwa Weiling Malaysia Nominee "Black and White" |
|
Larry Colby USA Nominee "Baby Blues Bickering" Great blue heron chicks fighting for position in the nest |
|
Larry Colby USA Nominee "A Little Advice" African penguins, Cape Town, South Africa |
|
Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "Attacus Atlas" |
|
Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee "Shared Endangerment" Mother Polar Bear passes down surival skills in the Northern Arctic to her young male cub. |
|
Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee "Survival in Solitude" They are kings of survival and warriors to endangerment. |
|
Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee "Love (1)" In a timeless sancturary like Antarctica- love finds itself year after year. |
|
Luke Gordon Canada Nominee "Crosseyed" This seahorse couldn't take his eyes off the lens, lucky for me! |
|
Luke Gordon Canada Nominee "Head On" A male ribbon eel searching for prey on amongst the darkness |
|
Manny Fajutag Philippines Nominee "ZebrAbstract" A close up shot of a Zebra |
|
Marshall Gould USA Nominee "A Missing Head Count" |
|
Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Clearing Out" |
|
Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Nuzzling In" |
|
Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Waiting For Her Foal" |
|
Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee "Astonished Owl Chick" Pharaoh Eagle Owl Chick Posing Inside Its Nest Which Was Under A Big Rock |
|
Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee "Thorns Of The Sea" Grey Heron & Little Egret Found These Iron Poles In The Sea Just 30 meters From Shore |
|
Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee "The Stare" A curious baboon stares back at me in an almost human-like way. Namibia. |
|
Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee "Tough Mother" An injured but coping mother of two cubs. Taken in Kenya. |
|
Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "L'Instant Du Silence 1" A moment full of pureness and beauty ... |
|
Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "L'Instant Du Silence 4" A moment full of pureness and beauty ... |
|
pekka Järventaus Finland Nominee "Sisters" Sisters, Masai Mara 2016 |
|
pekka Järventaus Finland Nominee "Lion Couple" Lion couple, Masai Mara |
|
Petra Theilemann Germany Nominee "Wolfdog Sisters" four month old female wolfdog puppy in submissive conversation with her two year old sister |
|
Petra Theilemann Germany Nominee "Cheetah Overlooking Hunting Grounds" female cheetah overlooking her hunting grounds in a private reserve |
|
PJ Fugatze USA Nominee "Into the Depths" Sea Nettle 01 |
|
Porus Khareghat India Nominee "Ballet" POETRY IN MOTION , GRACE THY NAME IS LEOPARD . |
|
Porus Khareghat India Nominee "Family" MALIKA & HER CUBS BLEND INTO THE GRASS . |
|
Richard Armstrong USA Nominee "Common Loon" Common Loon Wing Stretch with Reflection |
|
Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Seagulls" Seagulls, South Carolina, USA |
|
Robin L Henson USA Nominee "Longbeak" California Pelican Posing like a showoff |
|
Roland Weber Germany Nominee "Bos Primigenius" Young Aurochs. Mannheim, Germany. Feb.2016 |
|
Sandy Scott USA Nominee "Osprey with a Fish" This osprey had just captured its sushi breakfast and was getting ready to dine |
|
Sandy Scott USA Nominee "Direct Eye Contact with a Cormorant" Focusing in on the eyes and chest plumage of a double-crested cormorant |
|
Sarah Corbin USA Nominee "One Week Old" Camargue Horses, France |
|
Sarah Corbin USA Nominee "The Chase #1" Camargue Horses, France |
|
Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Four Wildebeest of the Apocalypse" |
|
Stefano Coltelli Italy Nominee "Butterfly" |
|
Steven Greenbaum USA Nominee "Concerned" Concerned |
|
Sue Ratcliffe Canada Nominee "Cougar" |
|
Susan Perry USA Nominee "Veil of Innocence" |
|
Susan Greeff South Africa Nominee "African Wildlife" Elephant Herd |
|
Susan Perry USA Nominee "Nice Camera!" |
|
Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Mother and Baby Monkey" A cold winter day makes a mother and her baby stay in a warm pool |
|
Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Emperor Penguins in Conference" Adult emperor penguins and a group of chicks |
|
Thomas De Sterck Belgium Nominee "Big Cat In The Wild Up Close 2" Old fellow, Namibia - Sleeping with one eye open, always alert! |
|
Tom O Scott USA Nominee "A Ledge For One" La Jolla Cove, California |
|
Tom O Scott USA Nominee "Synchronized Sun Bathing" La Jolla Cove, California |
|
Vanda Ralevska UK Nominee "A Quiet Moment" |
|
Veronica de Bruyn South Africa Nominee "Chameleon" Resting time. |
|
Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee "Moon Light Flight" |
|
Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Wild Geese Morning" A fantastic foggy sunrise in fall, wild geese flying over the lake / "cheering" the upcoming day... |
|
Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Jellyfish" Ibiza |
|
Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Kiss" Kaikoura, New Zealand |
< back