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Eric KaniganUSA1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Born to Lead" A Kwitonda family silverback on the fringe of Volcanoes National Park and cultivated land. |
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Massimo GiorgettaItaly2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Hunter" Mexico - Isla Magdalena - we encounter a school of mackerel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean |
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Graeme PurdyUK3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Mega stag" Up close and personal with a wild Red stag, UK |
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Salvatore ValenteItalyHonorable Mention "Elefanti" Namibia elefante madre con il piccolo che lo segue |
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Fenqiang LiuUSAHonorable Mention "Paradise" This image aims to capture the exquisite moments of Great Egrets in their natural Florida habitat, showcasing their beauty in all its splendor. |
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Eric KaniganUSAHonorable Mention "Dreamers" Some of the most recognizable sleepers, sperm whales rest vertically for just a few minutes each day |
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Julien RegameySwitzerlandHonorable Mention "Giraffe" Giraffe / Kruger National Park |
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Jason KnottUKHonorable Mention "TREE 01" TREE IN THE SNOW AND MIST 01 |
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Robin ScholteNetherlandsHonorable Mention "Just Love" The affection between this mother giraffe and her young, tender moments in nature |
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Johan SiggessonMaltaHonorable Mention "At the Foot of the Mountain" After 8 days of waiting and trying with various groups of elephants things finally fell into place. |
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Michiel PoodtNetherlandsHonorable Mention "Bull" Bull in Drenthe |
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Andrew B ChurchUSAHonorable Mention "Grackles" Grackles flock en masse to wires strung between telephone poles in Waco, Texas, USA. |
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Graeme PurdyUKHonorable Mention "Raw Nature" Up close and personal with a wild lion just moments after he had eaten a buffalo |
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Graeme PurdyUKHonorable Mention "The Great Hammerhead" One of the most elegant animals on the planet, the Great Hammerhead shark |
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Fenqiang LiuUSAHonorable Mention "Showtime" During the breeding season, Great Egrets grow long, wavy plumes on their backs. This Great Egret eagerly started his courtship displays before completing his nest. |
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Lennette NewellUSAHonorable Mention "Camelus dromedarius" Adolescent camel itching leg |
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John ReesUSAHonorable Mention "Blanco" Horse in a pastoral setting |
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Roie GalitzIsraelHonorable Mention "Adelie Penguin" Adelie Penguin in Antarctica |
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Pieter ClicteurBelgiumHonorable Mention "Malaci" Malaci |
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Jean-Charles FollietFranceHonorable Mention "Intimidation" |
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Graeme PurdyUKHonorable Mention "The Hunt" A Striped Marlin hunts a bait ball of mackerel, Pacific Ocean, 50 miles offshore |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesHonorable Mention "Innocence" A baby peers out from the safety of its mother's arms. |
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Jan-Tore OevrevikUSAHonorable Mention "Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach #1" Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach |
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Pete SaloutosUSAHonorable Mention "Great Blue Heron" Wings Up, Great Blue Heron |
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Ami NachoumUSANominee "Family affaris " young Polar bear cubs stay close to thier mom up to two years, depending on her nursing and hunting skill |
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Ami NachoumUSANominee "Light, camera action" Great white shark impressed me arriving under the most powerful "movie" light |
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Ami NachoumUSANominee "Lean on me" Polar bear mom, supporting her cub for safety. Bears today have to swim longer distance to find food |
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Andrea IvorHungaryNominee "Greetings" This was the moment when the foal stood up and the mum looked back and greeted eachother |
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Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "White-tailed Eagle" |
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Bence MateHungaryNominee "Alert" European cranes fly out from their night roosting place before dawn. |
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Bernard NgMalaysiaNominee "White Tiger" The white tiger was caught yawning while unwinding in the water. |
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Bjorn H StuedalNorwayNominee "Arctic fox" |
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Cecilie StuedalNorwayNominee "Excuse me?" A Common murre stands out of the crowd by flapping its wings. |
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Cecilie StuedalNorwayNominee "Screech" The Eurasian goshawk screeches as it tries to protect its food from the two other goshawks. |
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Denis GrudetFranceNominee "The flying fox" Auvergne, FRANCE |
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Drew DoggettUSANominee "The Lookout " This tender moment with mother and cub was in stark contrast to the unforgiving Arctic landscape. |
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Drew DoggettUSANominee "Dazzle" In the Maasai Mara in Kenya, I captured this elusive image of a zebra I’ve long dreamt of creating. |
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Edwin LoyolaPhilippinesNominee "Fly High" |
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Eleszabeth McNeelUSANominee "My Den" |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "Apex" An orca pod traversing Norway's fjords in search of its next meal. |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "Come Dive with Me" A pair of sperm whales on their descent to hunt for squid in the darkness |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "How Deep is Your Love" In the great expanse of the sea, sperm whales remain close, as this pair sleeps together vertically. |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "Coast" Manatees seem a simple species. They are simply shaped, and quietly roam Florida's coastal waterways. |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "Social Hour" Touch is important for sperm whales. Families will socialize, rubbing their giant bodies together. |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "The Twilight Zone" Sperm whales spend 80% of their lives in darkness in the pelagic zone known as the twilight zone |
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Fenqiang LiuUSANominee "Moon Spirit" During the breeding season, Great Egrets build their nests in trees to avoid predator attacks. These elevated positions present an opportunity for me to photograph them with the moon in the background |
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Fenqiang LiuUSANominee "Wings of Life" After observing this Great Egret’s flight pattern, I chose an ideal camera position and snapped the shot as it flew between me and the tree, carrying a twig to build its nest. |
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Fenqiang LiuUSANominee "Under the Moon" It was a privilege to witness the beauty of nature and the remarkable behavior of these incredible Great Egrets during their breeding season and to capture these exquisite moments through my lens. |
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Fenqiang LiuUSANominee "The Conversation" A dialogue between a Great Egret and Spanish moss captured in a fleeting moment in natural Florida. |
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Frank MachalowskiGermanyNominee "Tierwald" |
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Glenn GoldmanUSANominee "Resting Spot" Rome, Italy |
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Graeme PurdyUKNominee "Manatee Family" A rare manatee mother and calf arrive at their wintering warm water spring |
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Graeme PurdyUKNominee "The Stag Rut" A magical morning mist shrouds the red stag as he roars to his rivals during the annual rut |
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Graeme PurdyUKNominee "Wild Nature" Lions mate, visceral and raw as they mate for hours and days |
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Graeme PurdyUKNominee "The walk" A herd of elephants on the long walk for food and water during drought times in Kenya |
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Graeme PurdyUKNominee "One in a thousand" Literally, this baby mountain gorilla is one in a thousand left on the planet. Precious |
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Graeme PurdyUKNominee "Spray" A Grizzly sprays after a successful salmon hunt |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Checking Out The Neighbor" House Sparrow looking in on an Osprey sitting in a nest at Sandy Point State Park, Maryland. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Brown Lipped Snail #4" Brown-lipped snail, also known as a grove snail. |
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Ian SpanierUSANominee "Keeper of the Castle, Ireland 2023" Horse found randomly at a castle ruins in Ireland |
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Jan-Tore OevrevikUSANominee "Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach #2" Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach |
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Jean-Charles FollietFranceNominee "At dawn" |
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Jennifere ThompsonAustraliaNominee "ICU TOO Opera Siamangs" ICU TOO Opera Siamangs, (Symphalangus syndactylus) resonate loud calls throughout the bush. |
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Jennifere ThompsonAustraliaNominee "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" Little monkey hopes that the stars will always be visible |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "In The Dust" A herd of Elephants racing to a watering hole. Amboseli, Kenya |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "Mothers Of The Masai" Lionesses guarding their cubs in the bushes. Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "Walk The Line" A heard of Elephants crossing the dry lake bed of Amboseli, Kenya |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "Craig" Amboseli, Kenya. The gentle Giant Craig. Each Tusk weighs about 100lbs |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyNominee "Racoon second" little Racoon on a Tree |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyNominee "Kestrel" Kestrel 19:26 |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyNominee "Heron" Two Herons on frozen Lake |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyNominee "Parakeet" Parakeet in Hole |
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John WisemanAustraliaNominee "Tough in the Pan" Black Back Jackal Namibia desert |
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John WisemanAustraliaNominee "Zebra Crossing " Namibian Desert |
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John WisemanAustraliaNominee "Indian Elephant" Dust & Food. |
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Julien RegameySwitzerlandNominee "Lion" Lion / Kruger National Park |
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Kathy SergioUSANominee "Frozen Bison" Yellowstone Frozen Bison |
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Kevin LohmanUSANominee "Marine Iguana Steps into the Bay" A Marine Iguana leaves Santiago Island to enter the cold waters of the Galápagos Islands. |
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Kristen WarningUSANominee "Blink" In the blink of an eye...or two...and the moment is captured. |
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Lance CarterUSANominee "Happiness" Baby elephant takes a pause after nursing from the mother. |
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Leigh Ann PincusUSANominee "Baaaa" A newborn sheep with it's mother in Italy. |
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Lennette NewellUSANominee "Murmuration 23" Redwinged black birds photographed at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM |
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Lennette NewellUSANominee "Giraffe Herd" Giraffe herd photographed in Uganda, presented as a negative black & white print. |
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Liyun YuUSANominee "Y" |
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Liyun YuUSANominee "Tough Path Survival" A Lizard chosen the tough path for survival. |
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Madhur ShroffIndiaNominee "Quench together" A mother & her baby together Quench their thirst at the forest waterhole. Shot in the wild just before sunset. |
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Magnus LaupaSwedenNominee "Partners for Life" The swan didn´t let anyone close to the flake of ice. |
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Massimo GiorgettaItalyNominee "Bathfish" Indonesia - Lembeh Strait - On a sandy bottom at 15mt depth I encounter in young batfish that I phot |
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Mike DrazdzinskiUSANominee "Red Bullet" Coming in for a landing on my deck, this cardinal spread his wings so fast to slow himself down. I was ecstatic with my capture of this beautiful male cardinal |
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Nancy NeyUSANominee "The Eagle Has Landed" The Mara, Kenya |
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Nancy NeyUSANominee "Splash" Photographed at Wokodahatchee Wetlands. Tricolored Heron fishing. |
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Pal HermansenNorwayNominee "The catch" Bird trying to catch a butterfly being a plexiglass wall, Costa Rica |
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Paul SwenUSANominee "Machozi" “Tear” in Swahili- A single tear runs across the crevasses surrounding the eye of a white rhino. |
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Paul SwenUSANominee "Kuwinda" A young male leopard uses a fallen tree to search for prey. |
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Paula DurbinUSANominee "Fish Eagle Call" |
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Paula DurbinUSANominee "Youngster At Play" |
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Pieter ClicteurBelgiumNominee "Cabron" Cabron, the mean looking dog with a good heart |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "Guardian of the Mount" An iconic white rhino seemingly stands guard in the shadow of the even more iconic Mt Kenya. |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "The Last Stand" A scene like this is a testament to the game reserves that fight for the survival of rhinos |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "Smell the Roses" A magnificent white rhino pauses to inspect a tiny shrub in its path. |
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Randall BallUSANominee "Elephant Matriarch" The elephant matriarch of the herd stands her ground between our game vehicle and her herd. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Alone In The Abyss" A shark alone in the abyss |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Bubble Bath" A graceful silky shark glides effortlessly through a sea of effervescent bubbles. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "I See You" A curious Nurse Shark peaks above water to get a different view. |
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Robin ScholteNetherlandsNominee "The ghost" Suddenly he's sitting there in the middle of the night |
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Robin ScholteNetherlandsNominee "Sunday feeling" The grazing African buffalo in the last sunlight of the day |
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Robyn FinlaysonAustraliaNominee "Dune Wongari" A wild dingo searches the K'gari dunes for her pup |
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Robyn FinlaysonAustraliaNominee "Stalking" A wild Wongari (Dingo) on the beach of K'gari - world's largest sand island |
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Roie GalitzIsraelNominee "Walking Proud" Polar Bear mother and her two cubs walking on the sea ice together |
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Roie GalitzIsraelNominee "Motherhood" Mother Polar Bear breastfeeding her twins |
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Ross DeversonCanadaNominee "Sorrow" Location: Laos, South East Asia. A rescued elephant weeps slightly after it's mud bath. |
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Scott BarrowUSANominee "The Committee" A group of curious sheep focusing their attention on you. |
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Selena MaloneUSANominee "Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park" Snow monkeys, known as Japanese macaques, are a species of primates native to Japan. |
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Seth MayerUSANominee "Serenity" Mythical, magical and in touch with the universe. |
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Sheena JolleyIrelandNominee "Hovering with Intent" Several hunting techniques are used by kestrels, but the most well-known is the hover. |
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Sheena JolleyIrelandNominee "Hare Alert" The Irish Mountain Hare is one of Ireland’s longest established indigenous species of mammal . |
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Sheena JolleyIrelandNominee "Nose for Nectar" The underside of the Common Blue butterfly has orange crescents and black spots |
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Sheena JolleyIrelandNominee "Cautiously Drinking" Gray Langur cautiously came out of the forest as a group to drink. |
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Soumya Ranjan BhattacharyyaIndiaNominee "Patterns in the sand" A scorpion photographed in the wind swept sand patterns of the dunes of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan |
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Steve SorensenUSANominee "Into the Wind" An American Bison sets pace into the wind in Yellowstone. |
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Stuart VestyUSANominee "Avatar" Stepping in to the light. |
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Stuart VestyUSANominee "Storm warrior" Bold & Determined |
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Theo Di PascualFranceNominee "The gorilla" One of the biggest primates |
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Thierry SchutNetherlandsNominee "Birds" Birds at sea, analogue photo. |
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Todd WilliamsUSANominee "Winter Raven" Winter Raven Grand Teton National Park |
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Tom SchandyNorwayNominee "Vulture heads" Vultures heads, backlight early morning in Catalonia, Spain. |
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Wolf AdemeitGermanyNominee "Attention" out of my series ANIMALS |
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Ximena EcheverriaUSANominee "Wild & Free" Experiencing wild horses running through the vastness of the desert that they call home was an unfor |
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Ximena EcheverriaUSANominee "Dust and Silence" Two loud stallions reared up, a scuffle, dust flying everywhere and the clicking sound of the camera |
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Ziesook YouUSANominee "Look 2024" |
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