|
Jo Sax UK 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "blue chameleon " part of a series of unusual pets , a blue panther chameleon . |
|
Wei Fu Thailand 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "gecko fight" gecko fighting with golden tree snake for survival |
|
Richard Bailey UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Belgian Hare" |
|
Sacha Ineichen Switzerland Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Beeing different" - |
|
Paula Durbin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "It's a Hard Life" |
|
Jean-Charles Folliet France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Angel rise" |
|
Martin Steenhaut Belgium Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Amazing feathers" The amazing plumage of an Ocelated Turkey in the jungle of Guatemala |
|
Tomoki Yamaya Japan Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Close your eyes" I was overwhelmed by the kindness of my mother |
|
David Winegar USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Honeybee Cleared To Land" A Honey Bee with Wingman is cleared to land at hive in Utah, with a full load of pollen. |
|
Alice Zilberberg Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Walk with Me Wolf" In this image, Zilberberg creates a montage as an expression of self-therapy. |
|
Richard Bailey UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Angry Little owl" |
|
Jennifere Thompson Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "The Whistler" I knew that Gorillas have individual characteristics, but I never thought l would see a gorilla pretent to whistle. |
|
Richard Bailey UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Kid Goat" |
|
Serge Melesan France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Symbiose " A c;own fish living in symbiotic relationship with his anemone |
|
Gunnar Stroem Norway Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "The beauty of a Flamingo" Panasonic GX7 |
|
Scott Portelli Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Killer Instincts" The false killer is a mystery to the cetacean world and are very elusive, encounters are often rare and brief. False Killer whales are part of the toothed whale family and will use loud clicks and whi |
|
Serge Melesan France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Surface " A green turtle at the surface of the lagoon |
|
Debby Thomas USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Facing The Storm" |
|
Alice Zilberberg Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Bear with It" In this image, Zilberberg creates a montage as an expression of self-therapy. |
|
Massimo Giorgetta Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Silk Sharks" Cuba - gardens of the queen |
|
Maria Marriott USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Cremello Dust" A Cremello wild stallion from the Onaqui Mountains of the Great Basin Utah Desert shakes off the dust. Ruggedness and scars are a testimony of a life of survival in the desert plains. |
|
Michelle Valberg Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Could This Be Love?" Bull frogs in Algonquin Park, Canada |
|
Irina Petrova UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Beatnik" An extreme macro portrait of a horsefly taken with two retro lenses: SMC Takumar 200mm f/4, which was made in 1982, and a retro lens Zenitar-M 50mm f/1.7, made in 1982, as one lens. This photo is a pa |
|
Jo Howell Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Arctic Circle" The Howling Huskys Dog Sled Team |
|
Jennifere Thompson Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "I am smiling" Mandrill, Mandrillus sphinx is a serious looking non-human primate. When I see his teeth showing I know it's called an appeasement smile. I wonder what he looks like when he's angry? |
|
Jo Howell Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Steam Bath" Keep smiling as the temperature slowly rises. |
|
Scott Portelli Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Feast" Green turtles will feast for hours on an unsuspecting giant jellyfish, starting on the soft tentacles and working their way up to the soft outer bell of the jellyfish. The jellyfish is one of the gree |
|
Nancy Ney USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Zebra Mirror" Zebras drinking at a watering hole at Etosha National Park in Namibia |
|
Patty Hosmer USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Ever Watchful" |
|
Allen Walker South Africa Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Tricky Trio" Photographing silky sharks at the Garden of Queens is an amazing experience! This image really tells the story in a picture! |
|
Ryan Creevey Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Ebony" a celebration of the diverse range of captivating and wondrous creatures that roam this great southern land - and the importance of their protection for generations to come. |
|
Alain Ernoult France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Trump Games" TRUMP GAMES, AFRICAN ELEPHANT IN THE RESERVE GRUMETI. TANZANIE, AFRICA. ENDANGERED (UICN) EN |
|
Alan Barker Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jugular" Two large marsupials fight on the beach under ominous skies. Suddenly, one goes for the jugular! |
|
Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Leopard meeting" Leopard mother and cub |
|
Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Black Grouse" Black grouse |
|
Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Leopards fighting for territory" THIS WAS UNBELIVABLE SIGHT SHOT OF A LIFTIME I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHING FOR 30 YEARS NEVER SEAN ANYTHINK LIKE THIS DRAMA CONTINUED FOR 4 HRS. |
|
Ben Pulletz UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swift under moody skies" i saw a group of swifts diving up and down. it has always been a challenge for me to get a good shot of one. after a few hours of getting the focus right. the shot came together. i underexposed to mak |
|
Ben Pulletz UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hare on fire" i found a brilliant spot for brown hares last spring. Ever since finding it i have spent as many evenings as possible trying to get this shot. Eight months later everything came together. The sun woul |
|
Bence Mate Hungary Nominee Wildlife Professional "Chaos" We cannot make out who is standing where in this chaotic scene. It seems that being invisible has allowed us to mingle with the cormorants, and being so close to wild birds feels quite surreal. |
|
Caesar Lima USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dolphins" baby dolphin jumping over mama dolphin in Redondo Beach CA |
|
Charlotte Gibb USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bison Crossing at Sunset" Adult Bison lead their calves across the Firehole River |
|
Cheraine Collette Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Legacy" |
|
Cheryl Stockton USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Endangered Giraffes of Tanzania" For the Art of Conservation |
|
Christy Turner Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Night Owl" A stunning snowy owl perches as a full moon rises behind her. |
|
Clarence Lin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Deer of Miyajima" |
|
Dalia Fichmann Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Drinking dog" the tongue of a drinking dog is like a spoon. From my series drinking dogs. |
|
Daniel Turbert USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Three Amigos" Unsuccessful attempt at an unusual landing. A for effort! |
|
David Skernick USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Moose on Jackson Lake" Wildlife is as curious about us as we are about them - I love that!! |
|
David Skernick USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Strutting Seagulls" These two looked like a couple of models on a runway. I'm not sure where they were going but they seemed to have great purpose. |
|
David Blow USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Blue" The shapes added to the image is to capture the motion of the water and the heron. The color palette is from the image taken in the afternoon sky. |
|
Deborah MacEwen Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Shores of Uncertainty" This was created to represent how so many of us was feeling during Covid! |
|
Eleszabeth McNeel USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "In the Eye of Alaka Zam" Zephyr Farm's ZF AlakaZam Stallion |
|
Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Serval 10 weeks old" |
|
Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Two little hedgehogs" |
|
Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hedgehog with nightsky" |
|
Gerard Luthi Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Chat à Naxos" Chat buvant de l'eau dans un bocal, Naxos, Grèce |
|
Gerlinde Keating USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "On the Lookout" |
|
H. Allen Benowitz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Maasai Village" |
|
Harry Donenfeld USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Henry Honu" Green Sea Turtle - Chelonia mydas swimming up to greet snorkelers off the coast of Maui, Hawaii |
|
Harry Donenfeld USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Penguinʻs Perch" A whale vertebra makes for a perfect perch for this Gentoo Penguin |
|
Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Break Time #2" Two American Bald Eagles (possibly a neasting pair) sitting on a branch of a tree below the Conowingo Dam near Darlington, Maryland. |
|
Howard Paul USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Kid & Mom" |
|
Janice Tieken USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Starfish and 2 crabs" A chance encounter with a starfish sunbathing on a rock with 2 colorful crabs nearby, in a Dali-esque tableau. |
|
Janne Ruiz Zaviasky Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "Beagle Channel wildlife" Sea lions and birds coexist in harmony on the rocks of the Beagle Channel in Ushuaia, Patagonia Argentina. |
|
Jeff Saxman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bullfrog" A bullfrog peaks above the waterline amid lilly pads |
|
Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bornean Princess" The Bornean Orangutan is an endangered species, and I can never forget the primate after looking into her beautiful eyes. |
|
Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Proboscis Mother and child" The Proboscis Monkey are endemic to Borneo. The offspring are born with dark fur and small snub noses. I worry about their diminishing habitat. |
|
Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Inside Joke" Inside Joke is about the secret faces that Orangutan make when we aren't looking. For over 7 years I've been studying the faces of non-human primate through my lens, and even I have a secret smile. |
|
Jo Howell Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wiggle Room" Considering space and resources while under lockdown. |
|
Jo Howell Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "I believe I can Fly!" |
|
Jo Howell Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Black Sheep" |
|
Jo Howell Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Centre of Attention" |
|
John W. McDermott USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Taking Flight" A bird takes flight over the pyramids in the Giza plateau - Egypt |
|
Jonathan Chua Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Greatest Love Of All " The best place on earth is always in the embrace of the mother. The love from mother is the same no matter what you are. |
|
Julie Fowells USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "the hornworm" Tobacco Hornworm. This thing decimated one of my tomato plants, but it's hard to hate something so beautiful. |
|
Karen Jordan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Eagle Is Landing" During an unusually low tide of a super moon, I was shooting the striations of sand bars that formed in Chesapeake Bay when an American Bald Eagle landed, center stage, with infinite grace. |
|
Karen Evans Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "It's Mine" Hummingbird claiming its territory. |
|
Ko van Leeuwen Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Deer, IJmuiderslag/Netherlands, IJmuiden #1" With the snow fading the deer are looking how the area changes. |
|
Lee Scott USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Baby Steps" A baby alligator takes baby steps in Everglades National Park, Florida. |
|
Leland Bobbe USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Horses" At the Rodeo |
|
Linda Matlow USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Heading Home" Great White Egret observes autumn in the midwest before departing to warmer weather. |
|
Lorraine Parow Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "A plankton bloom of the skies" Close your mouth these are non biting midges filling the sky by the millions. Kinda reminds me of a plankton bloom in the ocean. |
|
Maria Errico USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Portrait of Shadow" An amazing horse + natural light = a portrait to remember. |
|
Mark Duffy Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lynx on the Prowl" Wild Lynx in Manitoba Canada |
|
Martin Steenhaut Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "Red Arrow" A bright red Scarlet Macaw displays it's beautiful colors in flight |
|
Martin Steenhaut Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wolf meets bear" A rare moment when a wild wolf comes face to face with a brown bear in Finland |
|
Massimo Giorgetta Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Crocodille reflection" Cuba - gardens of the queen |
|
Mathew Schwartz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flamingo's Portrait" |
|
Mathew Schwartz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Twins" |
|
Matt Lit USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bald Eagle In The Canyon" A Bald Eagle takes flight in a canyon of the Colorado River, near Bond, Colorado. |
|
Michelle Valberg Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Siblings" Blue Heron siblings in their nest in Ontario, Canada |
|
Mike Drazdzinski USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flight Time" I love the way white egrets fly. I saw that the sun had pierced the dark rain clouds.I waited, hoping that he would fly my way and I captured the moment I was waiting for. |
|
Nancy Ney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Barn with Cows" Near the border of Washington State and Idaho |
|
Nyani Quarmyne Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "To The Sea" Dusty and exhausted, a green sea turtle hatchling (Chelonia mydas) struggles to the ocean on a beach in Itsamia in the north of the Comoros island of Moheli on 15 July 2021. It had likely become disor |
|
Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Conversation" In Antarctica, the penguin colonies afford an opportunity to observe the interactions between partners and families. Life is challenging but the community offers communication, support and protection. |
|
Rebeca Herranen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Powerful" Lioness and 6 Week Cub, No Zoom, 6 Feet Away |
|
Richard Bailey UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "White Campbell Drake" |
|
Robert Maynard UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swan Swim" The light was pure golden. It was a sight to behold. I feel at peace here. I sit, watch and capture the moments. In the distance a small black figure on the water approached. It was a lonely swan. |
|
Robyn Finlayson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dingo and Coconut" Captured on the Eastern beach of the world's largest sand island - Fraser Island (K'Gari) |
|
Ron Schwager USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sacramento Wildlife Refuge" An unusual evening sky foretells of an approaching storm with electric color |
|
Ryan Creevey Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Connor " a celebration of the diverse range of captivating and wondrous creatures that roam this great southern land - and the importance of their protection for generations to come. |
|
Ryan Creevey Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Winnie" a celebration of the diverse range of captivating and wondrous creatures that roam this great southern land - and the importance of their protection for generations to come. |
|
Scott Dere USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Surfs Up" A snowy Owl sits on a piece of driftwood as the perfect waves crash ashore behind it. |
|
Shankar Subramanian India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Egret" Egret , Karnataka, India |
|
Stefano Lunardi Austria Nominee Wildlife Professional "sven, sea eagle white head" |
|
Stephanie Girouard Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Macro life in the spring" |
|
Steve Sorensen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Layers of Sunlight, Australia" Layers of Sunlight, Australia, the light, I owe everything to the light. This light happened to angled such that it complimented the ripple effect. |
|
Steve Burns USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Egret" |
|
Steven Wayne USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cows Crossing Road" |
|
Terje Skaare Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mysterious Moose" I feel this is more a picture of a mood than a picture of a moose |
|
Terri Gold USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bridge Of Giraffes" Giraffes are a wonder... |
|
Tomoki Yamaya Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tongue" She gave me a look at the camera with her tongue out |
|
Valerie G Henry USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Connected" two wild mustangs from the Pryor Mountains in MT share a moment. |
|
Wolf Ademeit Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hornbill" out of my series ANIMALS |