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Arnfinn JohansenNorway1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Wolf and Brown Bear" The image shows a free roaming wolf and brown bear photographed in the wilderness on the Finnish-Russian border at my good friend and nature photographer Lassi Rautiainen´s place in Kuhmo, Finland.... |
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Andrew TuckerUK2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Funny Ostrich Couple" a funny moment with an ostrich couple in Abu Dhabi |
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Susan McConnellUSA3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Wildebeest" Watching wildebeest raising dust as they cross the Mara River makes one remember ancient cave art |
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Indra Swari WonowidjojoSingaporeHonorable Mention "Coming Out" Moray Eel from Layang-Layang |
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Jan van der GreefNetherlandsHonorable Mention "Heavenly Take-off" Under unique light conditions in a Norwegian fjord this herring gull was taking off and the heavenly atmosphere was captured as well as the wing dynamics and the flow of water droplets from its legs. |
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Romulo RejonSpainHonorable Mention "Pelican" Walvis Bay, Namibia. I had the privilege of picturing a pelican at the exact moment he grabbed a bite thrown from a boat |
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David RennieAustraliaHonorable Mention "Last Catch of the Day" Full moon being up when the Su |
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Katy KrohUKHonorable Mention "Street Dog" |
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Charlotte BaileyUSAHonorable Mention "Reach" Bull elephant in Masai Mara reaching for tasty acacia branches |
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Alexandru AndreescuRomaniaNominee "loneliness" in fact a grey heron in winter |
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Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "Black Cock at lek" |
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Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "Brown Bear in morning mist" |
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Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "Leopard (2)" |
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Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "Male Lion" |
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Aurelio BormioliItalyNominee "Horses" Iceland 2011 |
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BASIL STATHOULISSouth AfricaNominee "Elephant crossing waterlilies" Taken from a boat with handheld compact fixed lens digital camera near Jao Island, Botswana, November 2012. |
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Beatrix JourdanHungaryNominee "Father, Mother and their Son" |
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Bencai GongUSANominee "laugh" taken in Kenya in year 2010 |
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Bencai GongUSANominee "catch" taken in Los Angeles in year 2013 |
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Bobby DongSingaporeNominee "Caught" Struggling to free itself from a hanging web. |
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Bobby DongSingaporeNominee "Lost Freedom" |
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Brian JonesAustraliaNominee "Kangaroos Sparring" |
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Carlos CabralPortugalNominee "Beauty" Lagoon area, close Aveiro’s town |
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Carlos CabralPortugalNominee "Flamingos" Lagoon area, close Aveiro’s town |
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Carlos CabralPortugalNominee "Fly" Lagoon area, close Aveiro’s town |
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Carlos CabralPortugalNominee "Hierarchy" Lagoon area, close Aveiro’s town |
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Carlos CabralPortugalNominee "Lovers" Lagoon area, close Aveiro’s town |
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Carlos CabralPortugalNominee "Training Squadron" Lagoon area, close Aveiro’s town |
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Charles DavietUSANominee "Avian Army" |
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Charles DavietUSANominee "Wing" |
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CLARA TASSARASpainNominee "The Giraffes" This was in Namibia, if been there several times. I love this country and how they tread the animals. This giraffes where always together like siamese |
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Daniel GronebergAustraliaNominee "You won't steel my Orange dude" A very protective monkey |
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David RennieAustraliaNominee "Near Miss" Just a near mid air crash, no |
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Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Great Horned Owl" |
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Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Migrating Monarchs" |
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Evan McBrideNew ZealandNominee "Australasian Gannets" |
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Evan McBrideNew ZealandNominee "Wolf Chase" |
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Fabio BernardinoBrazilNominee "Fishing" A Great Egret (Ardea alba) seen around lunch time trying to get its lunch. |
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Fabio MontaltoItalyNominee "among sheeps #0528" curiosa posa tra pecore al pascolo.(photo 2012) |
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Fabio MontaltoItalyNominee "Oltre il vetro" Triste ritratto di femmina di gorilla che vorrebbe tanto essere diversamente libera.(photo 2011) |
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Francisco AlcalaMexicoNominee "Ferocious" Baby Jaguar born in captivity |
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Francisco AlcalaMexicoNominee "Love You So Much" Adult Jaguar hugging a palm tree |
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Gary PottsUSANominee "Pastoral Paradise" Sheep on a mountain hillside near Telluride, Colorado |
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George Turner IIIUSANominee "Spotted Grace" |
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George Turner IIIUSANominee "Life...and Death" |
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Ghassan El-MoussaUKNominee "Armored vehicles" Rhino Rump |
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Greg HolbaUKNominee "The Flow" An abstract flow pattern created by underwater mullets with side lighting |
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Hugh JonesUSANominee "Animal" |
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Hugh JonesUSANominee "Freedom" |
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Hugh JonesUSANominee "Black Tie Affair" |
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Indra Swari WonowidjojoSingaporeNominee "Parallel-Parasites" Batfish with 6 parasites, Wakatobi - Indonesia |
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Jan van der GreefNetherlandsNominee "Teeth of Agression" Yacare caiman exhibiting agressively behaviour in the Pantanal in Brasil. |
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Jan van der GreefNetherlandsNominee "Gracious embracement" A gentle embracement of a Brazilian ruby of a flower in Itatiaia NP in Brazil. After working for a week with the hummingbirds they accepted me and I could take pictures with my macro lens. |
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Jeremie NOELFranceNominee "Elephant" This shot was taken in Savuti, in Botswana. |
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Jeremie NOELFranceNominee "Leopard (1)" This leopard taking a dead impala up a tree in the Savuti region in Botswana is the single greatest thing I've ever seen in the savannah. |
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Jong-Seong ParkKorea (South)Nominee "Swan" |
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Judith Gawehn GawehnGermanyNominee "Babys eye level" Sitting in an underground hide in Botswana after hours of waiting i could get that great perspective of the little baby elephant. Nearly touched my camera so curious that i also took wide angle shots. |
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Judith Gawehn GawehnGermanyNominee "The Killer Gang" At Chobe river i could get this thirsty guys drinking after their kill in the evening. Chased away by a huge herd of elephants i quickly took this picture . Their bloody noses and look is scaring |
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Judith Gawehn GawehnGermanyNominee "Killer at Chobe" This thirsty guy i could get with lots lf luck after a big meal as one can see with his full tummy. Wonderful perspective from a boat on eye level. Really scaring |
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Karmen OrlicCroatiaNominee "Wild beauty" taken with lensbaby |
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Krzysztof StrzodaPolandNominee "The Herd" |
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Lea FosterUSANominee "Regina: All Eyes" Regina--a sweet and gentle mare. |
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Lea FosterUSANominee "Monkey Business (1)" Orangutan |
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Lea FosterUSANominee "Posing Primate" Western Lowland Gorilla at the zoo |
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Leah EarleUSANominee "The Grey" On a beautiful, crisp morning I was able to capture an Arabian stallion's breath as he let his presence be known to a nearby mare. |
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Leah EarleUSANominee "TB Ancioso" |
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Lida ChauletNetherlandsNominee "The Birds" |
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Liz KeelerUSANominee "Down the Hatch" Photograph taken from my patio at dinner. I was eating dinner and apparently so was he. |
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Lynley MitchellSouth AfricaNominee "Spider on a Wire" Natures spectacular shapes, forms and lines showcased in all it's beauty |
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Lynn TaitCanadaNominee "Praying Mantis" She flew into a spider's web. That was the end of the spider. |
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Marc WardUSANominee "The Long Journey" |
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Marc WardUSANominee "Hover" |
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Marco BenedettiSwitzerlandNominee "Alps Guardian" Alps Guardian |
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Marco BenedettiSwitzerlandNominee "Planet Apes 2" Planet Apes 2 |
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Mark WadeUSANominee "Crow" Multiple exposures |
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Mark WadeUSANominee "Swallow " Mulitple exposures |
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Marshall GouldUSANominee "Brady's Ankole-Watusi" |
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Michael WindleUKNominee "Lions bonding" A young pair of lions in the Masai Mara |
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Molly MaslowskiUSANominee "Untitled" |
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Muhammad Farhan OsmanSingaporeNominee "Soar with freedom" A common pigeon taking flight to freedom in the urban jungle. |
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Natalia BelentsovaRussiaNominee "Black-and-white dreams" Antarctica, February 2013 |
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Nigel BullersCanadaNominee "Life Lessons" Tiger coaches her young cub at the Calgary zoo |
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Nikhil RamtekeIndiaNominee "Mom & Dad" |
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Nikhil RamtekeIndiaNominee "The White Throne" |
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Rodger OverholserUSANominee "Bashful Monkey" |
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Rupert Horst PortugallerAustriaNominee "Bee" |
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Sebastien BeunBelgiumNominee "The Phantom of The North" The great grey owl (Strix Nebulosa), also called the phantom of the north. |
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Shari BradburyUSANominee "Alpaca Encounter" |
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Slobodan BlagojevicUSANominee "An Eye for Art" A bison, refreshing in the Yellowstone lake, appears to be admiring an impromptu stone sculpture. |
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Stefano ColtelliItalyNominee "Here nobody can't see me" Waiting for lunch |
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Sundari Narayan-SwamiUSANominee "Dog On Windowsill" A puppy rests its head on a windowsill in Jodhpur, Rajasthan |
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Susan McConnellUSANominee "Elephants, giraffes and a rhino" When shooting from ground level, it's fun to play with the concept of size. These three species are all quite large! |
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Susan McConnellUSANominee "Elephant seal flipper" The flipper of a sleeping elephant seal |
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Susan McConnellUSANominee "Silverback" A silverback mountain gorilla, looking contemplative |
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Susan GreeffSouth AfricaNominee "Zebra" Born Free - Zebra |
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Tanita LeetsUSANominee "PAPA Vision" Mirror Mirror |
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Tanita LeetsUSANominee "Paper Fly" Fly on Paper |
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Tarek Al SharifUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "White Lake" Minimalism in action |
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Toby SnelgroveCanadaNominee "Heron Landing" With its landing gear down and his air brakes in full force, this heron prepares for landing. |
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Trevor KerryUKNominee "shimmering grass" |
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Trond Are BergeNorwayNominee "Sledge dogs" Resting after a hard days work, Sarek,Sweden |
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Ulla CorneliusGermanyNominee "Goats among gravestones" Ireland |
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Valerie FrancUSANominee "Playfight" Stallions playfighting to assert dominance |
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Vassilis TangoulisGreeceNominee "swans lake" the beauty of swans |
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Wendy BroekxAustraliaNominee "Walrus" Moffen Island. Svalbard, Norway. |
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Yingting ShihTaiwanNominee "Oh" |
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Yingting ShihTaiwanNominee "Transfer Station" |
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Yingting ShihTaiwanNominee "Waiting" |
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