
Wildlife winners
 
  
      
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    1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Title: 4 Ducks    
    
 
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    2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Title: Arrival In this photograph, I aim to capture a Great Egret’s most beautiful moment with the morning sunlight filtering through its wings.    
    
 
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    3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Title: Stabat Mater    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Chasing gulls A wild brown bear chasing off gulls in the last winter snow, Finland    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Shadow elephant in South Africa a big elephant steps into the shadows of the forest    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Pray Portrait of a Mandrill    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Suspended Stillness Suspended Stillness    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Care Kangaroo In this series, Zilberberg creates animal montages as an expression of self-therapy.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Jellyfish    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Bird in Sunset Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus) in Sunset, Japan.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Guide Seagull as a Guide    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Inside The Carcass Two lion cubs feast on a dead buffalo from the inside of its carcass after crawling into the ribcage    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Ethereal A violin mantis on a branch.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Cobra cracheur Cobra cracheur - Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Lion's dream ryncki-yves_lionsdream.jpeg    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Hunting and waiting Food chain of catching and being eaten    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Closer The threatened Florida manatee—remaining playful and curious despite boating accidents causing a quarter of their fatalities each year.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Into the Light An elephant's gentle journey through the golden hues of a Botswana sunrise.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Magic of Light A beam of light highlighted the flamingo on a very overcast morning.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Masai Giraffe I am always fascinated by the artful-looking necking behavior between two male giraffes. It looks pretty elegant but can be forceful as they fight to establish dominancy for mating purposes. Masai gir    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Fighting puffins    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Irma Irma, the pot-bellied-pig. Very friendly but also a bit grumpy.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Honeymoon White-tailed eagles in the full moon. Western coast of Norway, Oct 2024.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: So Not Funny The little owl and the European roller are very different birds but, because their nests and feeding requirements are very similar, their breeding proximity can be very close.    
    
 
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    Honorable Mention Title: Apollo Apollo butterfly lifting    
    
 
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