Wildlife - Amateur

Porus Khareghat India 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Death " Death is mourned silently in the wild.Baby Langur passing away in mothers arms

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Portrait of a giraffe" Photo taken in "Ndutu National Park" - Tanzania

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Marshall Gould USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Imbedded"

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Robert Vogt USA Honorable Mention "Hourglass Tree Frog" A mesmerizing and otherworldly hourglass tree frog near Corcovado NP in Costa Rica

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Paul Hetzel USA Honorable Mention "3 Cubs Drinking"

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Amy Siqveland USA Honorable Mention "A Really Intense Moment with an Owl" This owl came close and, when I moved my head to the side, it did the same. Then it mimicked me in the other direction before flying away.

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Sandy Scott USA Honorable Mention "A very serious looking owl heading my way!" I got this shot of a Eurasian Eagle owl heading directly towards me and making serious eye contact!

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Shajin Nambiar India Honorable Mention "THE BUCK STOPS HERE" Behind every image there is a story. I shot this beautiful blackbuck, an endangered species, at jayamangali forest in the outskirts of Bangalore. I reached this location in the morning and waited for...

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Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention "Zebras" Zebras in the Dust

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Kerry Maxwell USA Honorable Mention "After Dinner" A Botswana Moment

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Christian Meermann Germany Honorable Mention "Young Male Lion" This is a part of an extensive series of animal portraits on a black background.

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Richard Field UK Honorable Mention "Bonobo mother and infant"

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Edie Swift USA Honorable Mention "Early morning on the veld" Watching with the wildebeest for the morning to clear.

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Steven Shaw Australia Honorable Mention "Flamingo"

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Robert Vogt USA Honorable Mention "Solitary flamingo" A solitary flamingo in Lake Ndutu near Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

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Frederick van Heerden South Africa Honorable Mention "Mr" The Windmill was barely turning & it was very dry in the Kalahari South Africa

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Stephan Grixti Malta Honorable Mention "The White backed vulture spreading its wings" This was shot in a wildlife park, at sunset.

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Leon Groshek USA Honorable Mention "I AM"

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Pedro Diaz Molins Spain Honorable Mention "Untitled"

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Marshall Gould USA Honorable Mention "Four Up"

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Honorable Mention "Don't Leave" That moment and time when he turns and walks away. Do't leave.....just a few more minutes in your presence. Polar Bear Svalbard

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Christian Meermann Germany Honorable Mention "Gorilla" This is a part of an extensive series of animal portraits on a black background.

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Stephan Grixti Malta Honorable Mention "The Lion King" This was shot while the lion seemed angry at me while I was approaching it, and was taken in a wildlife park.

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Peter Ingrasselino USA Honorable Mention "Dragon Fly"

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Brian Jones Australia Honorable Mention "Elephant Seal Playfight"

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Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention "Black Rhinos" Black Rhinos in Ngorongoro Crater

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Alfonso de Cruz Barrios Spain Nominee "Ferocious eagle"

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Andreas Camenisch Switzerland Nominee "fresh mountain air" A cow is located in the afternoon sun in the Swiss alps.

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Annabelle Art Gallery France Nominee "Rising Tide" Rising Tide during Christmas time on the Atlantic coast.

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Anne Poremskis Australia Nominee "Im home" The antics of two Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) birds roosting at Newcastle Uni Australia

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee "parting as friends" after the fight

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Close Call" Killer Whale coming in on the beach to try and catch a Sea Lion Pup but this one got away.

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Brian Clopp USA Nominee "Wild Horses Duel" Wild horses battle in the desert for rights to a nearby watering hole.

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Charles Daviet USA Nominee "Ibis" Ibis

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Charles Daviet USA Nominee "Lunchtime"

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee "Eurasian Griffon" This is a part of an extensive series of animal portraits on a black background.

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee "Watusi" This shot is a part of my series of animal portraits on black background.

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Deb Tatonetti USA Nominee "Hummingbird and Hostas"

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Earl Hirtz Canada Nominee "Moose Drink" This cow moose was seen drinking from a lake at sunrise in Alberta, Canada.

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Ed Sancious USA Nominee "crashed landing"

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Emilio Campanile Italy Nominee "Herd grazing" Gran Sasso d'Italia, autumn 2017.

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Erich Studhalter Switzerland Nominee "The Boss 01" Silverback in the Bush of Uganda

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Fiona Carter Australia Nominee "Down to the Bone" This lioness stripped all the meat off the bone when devouring its prey.

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Francesco Biagini Italy Nominee "frogfish" portrait of an hairy frogfish

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Francesco Biagini Italy Nominee "finding nemo"

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Gerry Ligon Australia Nominee "Mother And Child"

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Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee "Angry lion" Photo taken in Etosha National Park - Namibia

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Hartmut Rieg Germany Nominee "The Gathering"

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I-Fan Chen Taiwan Nominee "Finding your true self" Many times in life, we lost our way.

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Jeff Olson USA Nominee "Pigeons"

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Jeff Faulkner Canada Nominee "Building Crane - Sandhill Crane." Crane was making a nest while we were out for hike with Grandma and Gramps in Florida.

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "On The Edge" Heron's Perspective at Dusk

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Weary Mom"

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Guardians"

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Jodi Frediani USA Nominee "Curious calf" South Pacific humpback calf makes eye contact. Magic!

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Jodi Frediani USA Nominee "Luminous Bell" Sea nettle jelly all aglow

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Karl Zeller Australia Nominee "Full House." Pelicans .

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Katherine Young UK Nominee "Arabian beauty" The Arabian Mares of Michalow State Stud in Poland

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Keith Wilson Germany Nominee "White Heron, Milford Sound" This heron was fishing in Milford Sound when we arrived on a gray cloudy day

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee "Affection" Africa, Tanzania, Serengeti national park

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee "Flamingo silhouette" Africa, Tanzania, Serengeti national park

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee "Face to face" Africa, Tanzania, Serengeti national park

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee "Fondness" Africa, Tanzania, Serengeti national park

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee "Racing" Africa, Tanzania, Ndutu lake aria

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Les Bentley USA Nominee "Skewered!" A Great Blue Heron stabs a fish for lunch at Viera Wetlands, Florida.

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Wet & Wild"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Horse Avedon Frontal"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Bullish Birds"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Bow Drying"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Bottoms Up"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Getting Acquainted"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Love Bite"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Apache"

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Mary Anne Chilton USA Nominee "MoonJelly" Moon Jelly Fish

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Mary Beth Jarrosak USA Nominee "encounter"

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Mok Hoe Singapore Nominee "Manta Ray & Sunburst" Oceanic manta ray gliding under the noon sun at Socorro, Mexico

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Mok Hoe Singapore Nominee "Caribbean Reef Shark Portrait" Caribbean reef shark portrait at Jardines de la Reina, Cuba

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Olav-Inge Alfheim Norway Nominee "Sea Eagle V"

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Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "Screams"

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Paul Denbow USA Nominee "Watching Me" This Eastern Gray Squirrel peeks out of a tree cavity before coming out.

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Pei Chun Shih Taiwan Nominee "Monkey understand about bowing to the Buddha" Monkey understand about bowing to the Buddha

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Porus Khareghat India Nominee "Death 02 " Death is mourned silently in the wild, no tears , no screaming , no wailing .

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Richard Field UK Nominee "Gastropod"

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Robert Davis USA Nominee "Great White Egret" Image captured at High Island Texas

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Sabine Peters Germany Nominee "Yoga"

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Sajeesh R India Nominee "The Other Side" In the midst of Amboli rain forest, a bush frog patiently awaits for the prey from the other side.

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Sandra Hotrum Canada Nominee "In Sync" Shot in Pond Inlet, Baffin Island

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Sebastian Hicks USA Nominee "Frontline" Sumba, Indonesia.

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Serge Melesan France Nominee "Together"

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Serge Melesan France Nominee "Direction" Sharks can live together but sometimes they need to take different direction to avoid to be the prey

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Seta Karabadjian Canada Nominee "Going up"

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Sheila P Morrison Canada Nominee "Whale Tail" Whale watching near La Perouse Bay on the west shore of Maui.

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Slobodan Blagojevic USA Nominee "Cormorant" There is something prehistoric from this angle

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "The Masai Mara Canvas" Wildebeest during the Migration in Masai Mara, Kenya

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Sue Ratcliffe Canada Nominee "Bengal Tiger" Early morning in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, India

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Tim Mulcahy USA Nominee "Swan Dance"

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Under the rain" Crocodile under the rain

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