Rolf WaltherGermany1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Baby Ape Hand" |
Thomas HaneyUSA2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Vine Snake Strike" A Vine Snake strikes at the photographer in the jungles of western Ecuador. I used a macro lens to get close enough. |
Rolf WaltherGermany3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Bonobo" |
Adam PlucinskiAustraliaHonorable Mention "Gentle Giant" One gentle at heart giant. |
Preston HaskellCanadaHonorable Mention "Corting" The Dating Game |
Gudkov AndreyRussiaHonorable Mention "Attack of a lioness" Tanzania. Serengeti National Park |
Paul KennedyUSAHonorable Mention "Lift-Off" A Horned Owl, a moment after launch |
Oliver KlinkUSAHonorable Mention "A Perfect Day in Alaska" This image reflects the perfect symbolism of the life of grizzly bears from cubs to grown up. |
Leora Eger-DreyfussIsraelHonorable Mention "Cheetahs waiting for food" Cheetahs waiting to be fed at Harnas Farm Namibia |
Jennylynn FieldsCanadaHonorable Mention "Raven Nevermore" |
Lennette NewellUSAHonorable Mention "Zebra Play" Zebras Rustling |
Terry TurrentineUSAHonorable Mention "Northern Gannets 4" Photographed at Bonaventure Island Perce, Quebec |
Jason ArundellAustraliaHonorable Mention "Deer" |
Adam PlucinskiAustraliaNominee "snake" One of the Australian natives - red bellied snake. |
Adam PlucinskiAustraliaNominee "Playful Penguin" Penguins can be very playful and that particular one was swimming in every direction possible. He moved so effortlessly under the water. |
Adam PlucinskiAustraliaNominee "Middle finger" This gorilla was eating but was suspiciously raising his middle finger. |
Alan LoHong KongNominee "Portrait #1" Procelain crab at lembeh strait, indonesia |
Alan LoHong KongNominee "I am watching you" pygmy seahorse at lembeh strait, indonesia |
ALEX BERNASCONIItalyNominee "king on the rock" lion on kopje, north serengeti, Tanzania |
ALEX BERNASCONIItalyNominee "Okavango giraffe" Giraffe in Okavango Delta - Infrared camera |
Aliah JanNew ZealandNominee "Snakes" |
Andrea KornfeldHungaryNominee "Rats in corn field" Budapest |
Andrew FarringtonUKNominee "Foal " Foal sheltering during April shower; Lancashire |
Ann Elliott CuttingUSANominee "dove (2)" |
Annie KatzUSANominee "Wildebeest Migration" Wildebeests running in the dust in the Maasai Mara, Kenya during their annual migration. |
Annie KatzUSANominee "Gull" Backlit gull taking off in Norway. |
Annie KatzUSANominee "Seal" Seal in the Arctic. |
Annie KatzUSANominee "A Mother's Grief" A mother baboon carrying her dead child in her arms in Kenya. |
Annie KatzUSANominee "Leopard (2)" Close up of a leopard in Samburu, Kenya. |
Annie KatzUSANominee "Polar Bear (2)" Close up of a polar bear in the Arctic. |
Antonio BusielloItalyNominee "Storm Gathering " These giraffes were part of a group that I have been following for several days in Tanzania's Lake Manyara National Park. They had spent the early morning browsing in wooded savannah but then began t |
Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "Arctic fox" Dovre Mountain, Norway |
Arnfinn JohansenNorwayNominee "Polar Bear (1)" Svalbard, Norway |
Barb YoungUSANominee "Fly Over" |
Barb YoungUSANominee "Fly Over II" |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Baboon Family" A family of baboons at Manyara, Tanzania, Africa 2013 |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Three Zebras" Three zebras resting, Tarangere, Tanzania, Africa |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Four Wild Horses" Four Wild Horses living freely in California, USA |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Lioness" Portrait of a Lioness, Serengeti, Tanzania, Africa 2013 |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Male Lion" Portrait of a Male Lion, Ngorongoro, Tanzania, Africa 2013 |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Cheetah on Termite Mound" Cheetah sitting on termite mound Tarangire Park, Tanzania 2013 |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Wildebeest and Zebra Migration" Herds of wildebeest and zebra cross the Mara River from Kenya to Tanzania during the Great Migration, 2013 |
Bev PettitUSANominee "Stub Tail Lion" Male Lion with Stub Tail in Tanzania 2013 |
bobbie goodrichUSANominee "DUST BATH" Known as the White Elephants of Etosha National Pk ..they dust themselves with the white earth from the salt pans to stay cool and free from insects |
bobbie goodrichUSANominee "WALKING LEOPARD" Etosha National Park while driving through the park this beautiful leopard was crossing the road I leaned out the window of our truck and caught this captivating image |
Carien SchippersUSANominee "Dream of the White Horse" |
Cees RijnenNetherlandsNominee "V-Bird" |
Clayton HairsAustraliaNominee "Breach!" A pregnant female bottlenose Dolphin hoists herself some 20m into the air in the Bay of Islands, NZ. |
Debra GarsideCanadaNominee "The Protector" This Sable Island mustang mare protects her spring foal from her 2 year old sibling who still wants to nurse. |
Debra GarsideCanadaNominee "Sable Stallions" Two wild stallions vying for dominance on the foggy beaches of Sable Island National Park Reserve, Canada |
Diana De RosaUSANominee "Wild Eyes" These Wild Eyes are the protective type as she protects her chickens. |
Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Furrow Spiders" |
Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Ascend" |
Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Komodo Dragon" |
Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Symbiotic" |
Douglas Steakley SteakleyUSANominee "Mother And Baby cheetah" Mother and Baby Cheetah on a termite mound in the Maasai Mara, Kenya |
Drew DoggettUSANominee "Untitled 4" From the collection "Omo: Expressions of a People." Goats descend towards the Omo River. Especially in the dry season, herds stay on the move in order to find water and land for grazing. |
Ed CooleyUSANominee "Bad Boys" White stallions of Southern France |
Ed CooleyUSANominee "Ghost Riders" White stallions of Southern France |
Eloisa CallenderUSANominee "Flight" |
Frank BevansUSANominee "Jellyfish" At home in the dark |
Gary RobertsUKNominee "Leopard Leaping" A Leopard leaps from a tree Serengeti National Park Tanzania. |
Gorazd GolobSloveniaNominee "Family" |
Gorazd GolobSloveniaNominee "Speed&power" |
Gray HawnUSANominee "I've Got the Whole World" I caught this giraffe enjoying the moment in Kenya with nothing but the plains in front of him. |
Gudkov AndreyRussiaNominee "High conversations" Kenya. Masai Mara National park |
Heather SwanCanadaNominee "Always together" Always Together |
Hiromichi EndoJapanNominee "Two Crows" We are living in harmony with nature. |
Ivan Joshua LohSingaporeNominee "Grace (2)" |
Jack HillUKNominee "Knot" A mass of Knot roost as a high tide pushed them off their feeding ground. |
Jason ArundellAustraliaNominee "Lone Stag" |
Jayne SilbermanUSANominee "Equine Portrait" |
Jeff JohnsonUSANominee "You Talkin' To Me?" This guy was just letting me know who the boss is! |
Jeff JohnsonUSANominee "Peek-a-Boo" Not sure I care to get any closer . . . would you? |
Jeff JohnsonUSANominee "Stare Down" I didn't blink but I was not going to argue the point with this big cat! |
Jennylynn FieldsCanadaNominee "King" |
Joan DavisUSANominee "Defending The Herd" Sand Wash Basin Wild Horses |
João M. GilPortugalNominee "Wild Horse Hairdo" Close to a family of wild horses, all got relaxed with my presence and got on with their daily lives. This was a rare moment when the great male horse rolled and rose majestically, shaking off dust. |
Joe DonohueCanadaNominee "Le Vieux Port" An early fog laden morning |
Joseph BankowskiUSANominee "Swamp Bird" |
Joseph BankowskiUSANominee "Kong" |
Julie EwingAustraliaNominee "Mothers love" The monkeys appeared oblivious to the rain, and very relaxed with us nearby whilst the young one suckled. |
Karen LunneyAustraliaNominee "Dantes Inferno" Forced to find new river crossing points in the Serengeti-Mara region of Eastern Africa, the wildebeest descend into individual despair and collective chaos. |
Kathleen T. CarrUSANominee "Dolphin Encounter" Close Encounter of the Best Kind with wild Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins |
Kerri-Jo StewartCanadaNominee "Stallion" Akhal-Teke stallion |
Lenka CizkovaNetherlandsNominee "Rüppell's Vulture: After a shower" Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture (Gyps rueppellii) is the world’s highest-flying bird, with confirmed evidence of a flight at an altitude of 11,000 metres (36,100 ft) above sea level. [source: Wikipedia] |
Lennette NewellUSANominee "Raven" Tanzania landscape |
Lennette NewellUSANominee "paca study 86" adapt to nocturnal habits if needed to survive |
Lennette NewellUSANominee "equine study 121" Friesian Profile |
Lennette NewellUSANominee "African Savanna" wildebeest zebra herd |
Lennette NewellUSANominee "New Wilderness" African Elephant |
Liyun YuUSANominee "Pelican Got Talents" |
Liyun YuUSANominee "Dinner Time" |
Lucia GriggiUKNominee "Come Fly With Me. " A flock of birds disperse their shadows over the salt planes of Baja, Mexico. |
Malcolm SchuylUKNominee "Gentoo Penguin Art" Gentoo Penguin, Falkland Islands |
Marguerite GarthUSANominee "an old soul" taken at a historic ranch in the high desert |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Fresh Water Hippos" At Risk Portfolio. Warfare in the Congo has decimated hippo populations. |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Dazzle" |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Black Rhino (2)" At Risk Portfolio. The mistaken belief in the curative power of rhino horn has brought this species near to extinction. |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Only Two" At Risk Portfolio. |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Young Bull" At Risk Portfolio. |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Twilight Leopard" At Risk Portfolio. |
Marilyn MaxwellUSANominee "Long Reach" At Risk Portfolio. |
Mario MorenoSouth AfricaNominee "Out Of The Dark" White Rhinoceros or Square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) captured in Kariega Game Reserve in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. |
Nathalie ToddFranceNominee "Water Gallop" Camargue horses |
Nousha SalimiUSANominee "Sunset in the Sanctuary" Equine Advocates rescue centre and sanctuary,Chatham,NY.2013 |
Olga RookNetherlandsNominee "Water Spirits" |
Oliver KlinkUSANominee "Holding On" For a second I tought I was safe until mom started to stand up. Hold on! |
Paige BurghardtUSANominee "Domestic Warrior" You can only take so much wild out of a house cat. |
Paul KennedyUSANominee "Desert Perch" A Prairie Falcon at the Desert Musuem in Tucson, Arizona, at the moment of landing |
Paul SwenUSANominee "Forest Youth" Yearling Borneo Elephant |
Paul SwenUSANominee "Eye Of Ivory" Profile of Asian Elephant |
Paul SwenUSANominee "Grace (1)" Mature Andean Flamingo |
Paul SwenUSANominee "Mdoadoa" Male Cheetah |
Paul SwenUSANominee "A Relaxed Moment" Elephant in Playful Mood |
Paula DurbinUSANominee "Hi There" |
Paula DurbinUSANominee "Single File" |
Preston HaskellCanadaNominee "Exuberance " Hard Landing |
Rachael WallerUSANominee "Mustang Windy" Wild Mustang Windy still the Queen of her herd. |
Rakesh SahaiIndiaNominee "WILD CHASE" |
Richard ArmstrongUSANominee "Blue Cranes" Blue Cranes at the International Crane Foundation feeding in front of a mural. |
Rob BadgerUSANominee "Unexpected visitor to Scarlet Fritillary" Scarlet Fritillary (Fritillaria recurva) photographed outdoors when a hummingbird flew in to feed. Natural light with black fabric background, Upper Table Rocks, BLM and Nature Conservancy land. |
Roberta McGowanUSANominee "SnoPlay" A winter storm - spirited horses at play |
Rolf WaltherGermanyNominee "Gorilla" |
Rolf WaltherGermanyNominee "To be or not to be..." |
Rolf WaltherGermanyNominee "Orang Utan" |
Rolf WaltherGermanyNominee "Baby Bonobo" |
Ron SchwagerUSANominee "Northern California Rice Fields with Egret" Egret ready for flight. |
Sharon PackerUSANominee "Romancing Vinho" a day with a Lusitano |
Sharon PackerUSANominee "Rage" Lusitano Stallion |
Simona PonciaItalyNominee "freedom" freedom |
Steven TaylorUKNominee "sea peak with birds" silver gelatine print on fiber base paper |
Susan KerrCanadaNominee "Londres" A young spirit of Andalucia |
Sverre HjornevikNorwayNominee "Arctic terns" Arctic terns against cloudy skys. Location Iceland. |
Terence KnealeAustraliaNominee "PELICAN" My goal creating images from nature is not only fun doing what I love , it's also bringing awareness of the beauty of nature and how important it is to preserve for future generations. I'm very... |
Terry TurrentineUSANominee "Nectar Bat in Arizona 3" photographed with DSLR infrared sensor using Phototrap |
Terry TurrentineUSANominee "Northern Gannets 2" photographed at Bonaventure Island Perce, Quebec |
Terry TurrentineUSANominee "Northern Gannets 5" Photographed at Bonaventure Island Perce, Quebec |
Thierry GourjonUSANominee "Sentry" "Sentry" from the Captivity series - Arizona , USA |
Thierry GourjonUSANominee "French Sumo" "French Sumo" from the Captivity series. Museum of Natural History, New York, USA |
Tim TaylorUKNominee "Curiosity (2)" Mutual curiosity as a Grey Seal plays hide and seek with me whilst freediving off of Lundy Island. |
Vera Regina BandeiraBrazilNominee "Black and White" ovelhas |
William ChuaSingaporeNominee "faceoff" faceoff between cheetah and jackal |
William ChuaSingaporeNominee "on guard" cheetah standing guard against an approaching jackal |
Yingting ShihTaiwanNominee "Invasion" |
Yingting ShihTaiwanNominee "Wild" |
Youngsook ZhangUSANominee "Untitled 5" |
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