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Gunnar Stroem Norway 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "Flamengo" |
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Bence Mate Hungary 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "Dangerous" The leopard's distinctive spot pattern makes it easy to differentiate from a lion, even in the dark. Both big cats are in their element at night when their extremely good sight, hearing and sense of s |
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Lee Gordon USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Flamingo" Flamingo attentive preening |
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Toby Melville UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "A deer stag barks at dawn during the rutting season" A deer stag barks in the early morning light during the rutting season in Richmond Park, west London, Britain September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville |
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Romain Tornay Switzerland Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Kazan" Qaanaaq, Greenland, April 2010 |
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Bernard Sim Singapore Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Vampire" I'm a ferocious Vampire-dog.....nah, I'm just trying to catch my treats. |
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Eric Loh Yong Kim Singapore Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Fisheye" |
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Fabio De Paola UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Geese Stop Traffic" Pictured are a flock of geese stopping traffic through the village of Croxton Kerrial for their morning stroll and feed. The geese are free range and destined for this years christmas tables around t |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Blue Eye Lids" SNOW MONKEY EYE LIDS I saw waited for the right moment to capture the colors |
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Shairon Paterson Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "looking at you" eyes to the soul |
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Allen Walker South Africa Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "A Moment of Light" Mackrel form a tight ball to create the illusion of size while being hunted by Oceanic bottle nose dolphins, the sunlight squeezing through their defensive huddle, in a small moment of serenity! |
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Roie Galitz Israel Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Bear and Salmon" Brown Bears must catch as many Salmon as they can before winter's hibernation. Lake Kuril, Kamchatka. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Take a Look at People" SNOW MONKEYS ACTS LIKE HUMANS FASCINATING ANIMAL. LIVING IN THE WILD VERY HARSH WEATHER AND HIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS. |
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Robin Wadhams USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "End Of The Day" A band of wild horses in Sand Wash Basin Colorado move out from the lower waterhole as the sun was setting. The light bouncing off their wet coats was a beautiful moment. |
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Tina Thuell Bermuda Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Isadora Cruse" Beautiful and calm, captured in just a sliver of light. |
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Pedro Jarque Spain Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Food Chain" A group of pelicans competing for food. |
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Michelle Valberg Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Contrast" The sun never sets on the floe-edge at solstice but this night, the sky turned yellow. The contrast between the iceberg and sky with the murres flying makes this a surreal landscape image. |
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Megan Lorenz Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Hot Stuff" After a scorching hot day in Florida, this Burrowing Owlet spread his wings to catch the raindrops and cool down. |
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Wolf Ademeit Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Lemur" just awakened lemur |
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Michelle Valberg Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "On the Run" An Arctic Fox runs on the frozen tundra in Wapusk National Park, Canada |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Fearless" |
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Charlotte Gibb USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Morning Slumber" Whooper Swans rest in mid-winter in the warm hot springs, surrounded by ice and snow. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Eye of Elephant gave me the look" I have been photographing wildlife for long time, this time was different because I was close to them on the bout They are huge animals & most sensitive & intelligent animal on earth.. |
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Matilde Simas USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Male orangutan sits in a tree with soulful eyes " It is easy to feel a kinship with orangutans when looking into their soulful eyes and observing their socially complex behavior. The palm oil industry has destroyed over 50% of the Sumatran rainforest, critically endangering many species and driving the Sumatran orangutan to be classified as critically endangered species. The Sumatran orangutan is at extreme risk of becoming the first great ape to go extinct in the wild. The last major stands of habitat for the Sumatran orangutan are found in the Leuser Ecosystem, which supports about 75 percent of the world's remaining population. |
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Bahaadeen M. Al Qazwini Kuwait Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Landscape of Cheetah" Selective focus on Cheetahs in Serengeti in Tanzania |
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Heather Swan Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Enchanted" Enchanted, Cairnsview Irish Cob at Fore, Ireland |
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Paula Durbin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Snack!" Warthog - YUM! |
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Annie Katz USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Grizzly Attack" This photo was taken in Katmai, Alaska in Sept 2018. As the Grizzly Bear saw a salmon he immediately rose out of the water and started to run toward me, splashing all over as he bore down on the fish. |
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Peter Samuels USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Rah the Huacaya Alpaca" One in a series of whimsical animal portraits called Story Book Animals |
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Tina Thuell Bermuda Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Pure Fun" This PRE Stallion had never been to the beach before but it only took him a few minutes to settle right in and thoroughly enjoy himself. |
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alessandra meniconzi Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Acrobats of the Air" A flock of Alpine choughs (Pyrrhocorax graculus), a species of mountain-dwelling bird, performs acrobatic displays in the air. |
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Alexander Friedrich Beck Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lago Colorado, Bolivia" about 4000 m over sealevel, real nature. beautiful colours |
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Allen Walker South Africa Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Hunt" A pod of oceanic bottlenose dolphins on the hunt, rounding up and picking off yellow tail mackerel as they burst through the bait ball, they are joined by opportunistic dusky and blacktip sharks |
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Allison Dinner USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sheep of Lukomir" Lukomir is the most isolated village in Bosnia, sitting on the edge of a cliff 1,500 meters high. The village consists of about 20 people, and thousands of sheep of which it is dependent on. |
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Andrew Darlow USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Autumn Flight" I captured this great blue heron flying over a lake near my home in New Jersey on a November morning. |
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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Alaskan Sea Wolf" Alaskan Sea Wolf photographed in Katmai in Sept 2018. Sea Wolves are extremely elusive but this one walked right up to me on an extremely dismal day as I was photographing Grizzly Bears on the beach. |
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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Blizzard Coyote" This coyote was photographed in Yellowstone in Jan 2017. The temperature was about -35 and the winds were gusting to about 45mph when he finally just stopped and hunkered down in the blizzard. |
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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wild Hare Curiosity" This photo was taken in the Scottish Highlands in Jan 2017. I was photographing Wild Mountain hares on the hillsides. This curious Hare poked his head out of his hole to see what was happening outside |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Leopard" Maasai Mara, Kenya |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cheetah in the night" Maasai Mara, Kenya |
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Bahaadeen M. Al Qazwini Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lion Hug" Lions aree living in group called Bride. They are keep their contacts by touching. I shot this picture by using the shapes of the face and arm |
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Bahaadeen M. Al Qazwini Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lions Pride Landscape" Pride of lions were sleeping when a rain storm was coming in Serengeti |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Portrait of Eyes" I was in to snow Monkeys I was so fascinated by the Eye waited hours for right moment get close enough to capture the moment and I got it. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swans in a snow fighting" Swans on frozen lake fighting over peace of bread tourist true at them. It was very early morning very cold and fogy it was like being in a dream land was so beautiful. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephant Drinking" there are many Elephant in Chobe very fascinating animal emotional and very caring for each other. This was most unusual sight I was lucky to capture. |
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Brad Allen Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ram Tough" A beautiful example of strength and balance in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. |
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Carina Maiwald Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Seeking comfort" The wild horses in netherlands live in a fenced area. By now the landscape is overstrained, there isn't enough food left. Horses are very social animals and try to comfort each other in hard times. |
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Clarence Lin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Deer of Miyajima" |
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Craig Blacklock USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Canada Geese, Madeline Island" Canada Geese flying over Big Bay State Park, Madeline Island |
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Craig Moodie Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Gippsland Dairy" Study of a Dairy farm operation dealing with water sustainability in Gippsland Victoria |
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Darcy Brown UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Reynard the Red" A fox in the City, rare daylight suburban Fox sighting and in a moment he was gone. |
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David Blow USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Blue Heron" Found in Uncertain Texas |
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David Blow USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Osprey Nest" Found in Caddo Park South Texas |
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David Skernick USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ibis" Yes, those were the true colors! |
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Debby Thomas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jaguar" Jaguar on a remote river in Brazil. |
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Diego Stamato Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hello" In Costa Rica, I had the pleasure of photographing one of the most incredible animals on this planet. Nature is really perfect in all its shapes, colors, smells and tastes. |
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Eduardo Soler USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Running Horses" Capturing beautiful running horses at a slow shutter speed on a late afternoon in Costa Brava, Catalunya, Spain. |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Wildlife Professional "Red Spider" |
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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Barn Owl" |
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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Black on black 2" |
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Feyona Van Der Molen Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Grandma in Disney movie" I adore the relaxing sound of grasshoppers; these fascinating prehistorical animals tricker the fantasy. From a distance it's just an other leaf on the Oleander, magnificent. This 'old Disney lady' can bite like hell, and ruin crops. But her tender, tired expression is seems so human and priceless. |
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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee Wildlife Professional "in flight" in flight |
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George Kavanagh Ireland Nominee Wildlife Professional "fish under water" fish under water |
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Gerlinde Keating USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mountain Lion" |
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GOH Hock Guan Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bird of the Paradise" The birds fill the Lake of Lucerne with life |
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Gretchen Troop USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Whale Shower" As the whale surfaces he gives himself a shower of his own making. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cuddling" Three Dwarf Mongoose cuddling together in the Small Mammal House at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Feeder Landing" Ruby-throated hummingbird landing on a feeder in Sudbury, Massachusetts. |
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Hugh Burden UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "King" |
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Jacqueline Da Costa UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "fly" The little things in nature are often overlooked by us. The eye of a fly for example. We see what is in front of us and of sufficient size to take our attention. |
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Janice Tieken USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Egret Reflection" WHITE EGRET WITH REFLECTION , HIS DINNER IN VIEW |
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Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Orangutan Borneo" I'm an ophan in Borneo. I don’t have parents to teach me how to climb or find my food. I’ve been in child-care since 4 months old. I'm now 8 years old and still can't do it alone. |
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Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Silver Leaf Borneo" Silver Leaf monkey live in the mangrove trees in Borneo. The sea and palm oil plantation flanks their habitat. When food is scarce they’ll gladly rely on humans. |
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John French Bray UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Forrest Friends" Snaizeholme Squirrel Park, North Yorkshire, U.K. - Red Squirrel & Finch, one shot in perfect light, went with a bunch of photographers I was the only one who came away with this shot. |
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Judith Orr USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ocean Umbrella" |
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Karthikeyan Shanmugasundaram India Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Cosmic Spider In It's Tinsel Town" Look at the amazing skills of the spider in making this wonderful web. Even an architect would be astonished with the level of skill set that the spider has shown here in creating the web. This snapsh |
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Katti Borre Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "cutie alarm" 2 baby bears resting |
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Kevin Vandivier USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cheetah in Motion" Cheetah shot with slow exposure while diving next to her trotting. |
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Lance Carter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Caribou in Red" Caribou in Denali NP taking a break in the soft tundra at peak colors. |
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Lyne Raff USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Glorious" |
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Marc Stapelberg Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Loss" A turtle lies dead on a beach in Australia. It is suspected that plastic may be the cause. It is terrible to see the stark contrast of the beauty of a live animal to the washed carcass of a dead anima |
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Marco Benedetti Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "The White Owl" The White Owl |
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Martin Steenhaut Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "Night drinkers" A group of wild buffalo's coming to drink at night |
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Megan Lorenz Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Rain Dance" Adult Burrowing Owl dancing in the rain in Cape Coral, Florida. |
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Megan Lorenz Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Making Amends Again" I watched as this puffin picked up the wild iris and strutted around with it. He must have had amends to make to his mate. He walked around for a moment before flying away with it in his beak. |
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Michael Tweddle Peru Nominee Wildlife Professional "Measuring Power" This pair of male jaguars in the brazilian Pantanal exchanged explosive energy and power. Old one made clear his hierarchy and experience without major physical consequences. The young received the me |
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Michel Arnaud USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ballet 2" Aquatic Dance |
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Michelle Valberg Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Breakfast Time" A grizzly bear munches on grass deep in the Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary in British Columbia, Canada |
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Nigel Hicks UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Coral" A magnificent gorgonian sea fan, on a coral reef at Moalboal, Cebu, in the Philippines. |
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Nina Fuller USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Winter Sheep" Sheep Farm in Maine USA |
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Olga Rook Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Neon Space" When water inhabited by marvellous creatures becomes a metaphor of space. |
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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "alpha" Part of conservation series "Critical" taking on location in Tanzania. This image is male leopard rising at dusk. |
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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "family" Part of conservation series "Critical" taking on location in Tanzania. This image is a family in balance with nature. |
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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "mother" Part of conservation series "Critical" taking on location in Tanzania. A protective mother elephant confronts the camera. |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "A Whale for a Snack" A polar bear in Arctic Norway works hard to get every bit of his food. |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bath Time" Month old ely enjoying the water |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephant Mist" |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Leopard Looking" |
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Peter Ingrasselino USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Coming in for a landing" I was walking past a park near my home when I saw all these bumble bees landing on the wild flowers. |
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Richard Bailey UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Raptor #1" |
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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mother and Child" An elephant and calf silhouetted against the rising sun in Amboseli National Park, Kenya |
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Robin Wadhams USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "King Of The Hill" This gorgeous gray stallion in The Great Basin Desert Utah, stands proud watching over the range as his band of mares were grazing in the distance. The stallions job is 24-7 protecting his family band |
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Romain Tornay Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swan Attack" Iceland, February 2018 |
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Romain Tornay Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ibex" French Alps, October 2010 |
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Saori Kurioka USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Pride (2)" Beauty of Creation |
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Sharon Packer USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Don Principe" Racing in his mountain home of Tryon, NC |
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Stefan Nimmesgern Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Kilimandscharo" Africa, climbing, Kilimandscharo, Mountaineering, Mountain Sports, adverture, Tanzania, |
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Sue Foll UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Rituals" Mating pigeons |
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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Albatross" Albatross Greeting, Sout Georgia Islands |
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Tina Thuell Bermuda Nominee Wildlife Professional "Crashing through the Hop River" Icelandic horses are one of the purest breeds in the world.The horses are known to be surefooted, intelligent, affectionate and home-loving! Here they glide across the river with ease. |
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Tomoki Yamaya Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "My sweetheart" She will not leave her child at all times. Deep and deep affection has been transmitted. |
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Wee Seng Goh Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "banana skin snake" the baby snake will change its skin to darker green |
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Wee Seng Goh Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "conquer hard" the alertness of the snake to catch its prey |
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Wee Seng Goh Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "reigning victory" the elegance of the swim frog |
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Xynn Tii USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Sumatran Orangutan" An endangered Sumatran orangutan swings from the trees in search for food within the rainforest of Bukit Luwang, Sumatra Indonesia. |