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Melinda Hughes USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "Cheetah Ridge" This image was created from 12 separate layers in Photoshop. The cheetahs were found at Safari West in Santa Rosa CA. I combined all images of the cheetah with Sonoma Co backgrounds and added trees to make the scenic look like more authentic Africa scene. |
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Gorazd Golob Slovenia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "What Now?" |
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Steve Hoskins UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Chameleon" |
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Amos Nachoum USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Blue Whale Tail" Resting Giant - The Blue Whale is the largest animal that has ever existed, bigger than any of the dinosaurs. Shot in South Africa. |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Tahiti Wildlife" The abundant wildlife on the reefs of Bora Bora share the food source. No Photoshop manipulation - this is as shot!. |
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Steve Hoskins UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Rhino" |
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Rhona Wise USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Watching You" Four-week-old Florida burrowing owlets stand in their nest at a local park in Miami. |
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Melinda Hughes USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Edge of the Earth" This image was created from around 14 images. The giraffes were from the same location. The large was photographed in Tahoe and foreground in Marin Co. The clouded background was for a shot I took while in Sonora at a friend's house. |
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Aldona Kmiec Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Study of Character - Inquisitive Polish Cow" Continuing the family tradition, my parents have devoted themselves to a difficult life on the farm in Poland. I am one of their daughters who left the farm. I've always been very inquisitive. |
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Andrew Gregory Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sulphur Crested Cockatoo" This wild cockatoo has Psittac |
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Barb Young USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Finch Fight" |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swan Lake" Whooper Swans at Lake Kussharo where they nest in the nearby trees. Along the lake are several hot springs and sandy beaches, warmed by the composite volcano, Nakajima. The Volcanic gases which heat the waters, producing steam, give the area an ethereal and dreamy ambiance. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Love This Face" Red Face Snow Monkeys of Japan's Jigokudani, meaning "Hell's Valley" socialize in the forest's hot springs. This group's dominant, Alpha male was watching me photograph. I got dangerously close to him to take this shot and that's when he made eye contact with me to let me know I was trespassing. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Too Close for Comfort" XAKANAXA CAMP, OKAWANGO DELTA A pair of mating lions forced us to park and wait for them. Suddenly, the male lion rose and walked toward us. We waited-watching him coming closer and closer; walking right up to me! Then he stopped… and yawned, and that's when I snapped this shot. |
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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Portrait" This Prominent, Red Face Monkey female left the snow banks to bathe and warm up in the hot springs. The hot water is like paradise for the monkeys. In a private moment between her and another monkey, caught them staring at one another, which is an expression of intimacy. |
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Cemhan Biricik USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Eye of the Beast" Hidden amongst the greenery of a large tree. I only by accident stumble upon this creature as I am taking a picture of a bee. He is only inches away from me and my camera. I move slowly almost touching him with my lens and was able to Capture this amazing image of Myself within the Eye of the Beast. |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Feeding Frenzy" A feeeding frenzy, fish, birds and sharks all battle for food, Bora Bora, Tahiti. And there is no way the girl on the boat is getting in!! No Photoshop manipulation - this is as shot!. |
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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Running Cheetahs, Botswana" Three young cheetahs running in the dust whilst mum looks on, Mashatu, Botswana. |
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Daisy Gilardini Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Provisions for the Winter" A beaver in Denali National Pa |
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Damon Clarke Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mourning Luna" A rare luna moth after a heavy |
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Daniel Gonzalez USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flamingo" |
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Debby Thomas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "At the End of the Rainbow" |
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FAHAD BAHADA Saudi Arabia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Family" Wherever we go "Family" is the one and only thing that makes us strong. |
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Gabrielle Keller USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Red-tailed Hawk 2011" Red-tailed Hawk near the Alewife Reservation in Cambridge MA. The female is bringing branches in to refresh the nest. |
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Gary Tack UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dinner Time" Millinus arvensis are superb hunters. |
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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bassrock Drama" |
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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dreamer" |
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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Modesty" |
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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Traveller" |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Grasshopper" Grasshopper resting near Little Seneca Lake in Germantown, Maryland |
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Idell Conaway USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Conaway-Idell_Skunk Clown Anemone" Clownfish in symbiotic relationship with anemone, Philippines |
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Jasmine Rossi Argentina Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lethal Stare" A pool of young alligators kno |
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Jasmine Rossi Argentina Nominee Wildlife Professional "Predators" Baby alligators, illuminated w |
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Jon Whittle USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Eye Contact" Central Florida |
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Justin Carrasquillo USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Zebra Captivation" Two lone Zebra photographed in |
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Kate Jordahl USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Owl, Sulpher Creek Nature Center, Hayward" Sulpher Creek is a wildlife education and rehabilitation facility and is part of the Hayward Area Recreation District. |
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Klaus Tiedge South Africa Nominee Wildlife Professional "Affirmation" Amboseli, Kenya, 2011, part of Pride of Africa collection |
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Klaus Tiedge South Africa Nominee Wildlife Professional "Brotherhood#4" Maasai Mara, Kenya, 2011, part of Pride of Africa collection |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Imagine" |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Buffalo" Where the buffalo roam! |
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Linda Looi Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Green Iguana 3" |
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Lon Casler Bixby USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Butterfly Kisses" |
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Marie-Andree Armynot France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cow" |
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Marti J. Rhea USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lusitano Light" Bred from descendants of Royal horses of Iberia, this stallion has royalty coursing through his veins. |
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Marti J. Rhea USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dancing on Glass" Low light magic as Camargue horses in France race to shore |
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Marti J. Rhea USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mad Mare" An occupational hazard in my profession is standing directly in the path of a charging herd of horses. And all I can say is that the thrill of the photo capture always is worth it. |
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Matt Walford UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Rhino." From a series of Animal Portraits, encapsulating the beauty of Nature. |
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Maureen Ruddy Burkhart USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Otter at You" Captive sea otter having fun a |
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Mauro Risch Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Collision Route" A Moment in Queensland, a bir |
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Michael Tweddle Peru Nominee Wildlife Professional "Amazon Angels" Scarlet Macaw lek, Tambopata R |
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Nicklas Blom Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Polar Bear 06" |
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Nicklas Blom Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Polar Bear 08" |
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Nicklas Blom Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Polar Bear 04" Polarbear eats whale. |
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Nicklas Blom Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Polar Bear 02" |
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Nicklas Blom Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Walrus in the Arctic" |
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Nir Alon Israel Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sheep in Iceland" Sheep in Sunrise, Iceland |
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Octavian Cantilli USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Asian Elephant Eye" Here are images of the Mahout Training School within the Thai Elephants Conservation Center. The TECC, founded in 1993 under Royal Patronage, cares for over 100 Asian elephants in a forest located near Chiang Mai, Thailand. We rode, fed, washed, cleaned up after the elephants and learned how to make them obey us. We saw an elephant talent show, met a 7 day old baby elephant, and rode them an hour and a half into the jungle, where we had a camp out. |
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Oscar Pegorini Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mother" |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "A Snowy Plunge" |
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Paul M. Murray USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Adelie Jumping" |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Smiling Douglas" |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Impala Kill 9" |
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Pierre Perrault Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jumping Cardinal" Cardinal jumping on the ground |
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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hippos Sparring" Hippos sparring in a crowded h |
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Rob and Nick Carter UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fish X-ray" |
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Roberta Murray Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wild For Now" Black bear sitting in mountain wilderness. |
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Ruth Petzold USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Leafy Sea Dragon" one of rarest animals on earth |
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Ruth Petzold USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Buddies" Antarctica |
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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Starburst" Cauliflower Jelly fish against the sun, Neiafu Harbour Tonga South Pacific |
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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Empathy" Injured King Penguin and and opportunistic Sheath Bill in South Georgia, sub antarctic Islands |
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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Posing" Atlantic Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas |
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Steve Hoskins UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jellyfish" |
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Steve Hoskins UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sphinx" |
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Thomas Haney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Vinesnake Strike" Striking Vine Snake, Ecuador |
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Thomas Haney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Journey's End" Dead Salmon, Eagle Creek Orego |
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Thomas Haney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Poised" Poised Rattler, New Mexico |
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Thomas Haney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Toad Reflection" Reflected Cane Toad, Hawaii |
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Tina Thuell Bermuda Nominee Wildlife Professional "Battle of Strength" Two wild mustang stallions battle it out in a test of dominance in the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming |
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Tina Thuell Bermuda Nominee Wildlife Professional "Story at the Waterhole" A band of wild mustngs gather for a drink at the waterhole, in the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming |
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Vadim Balakin Russia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Guanaco" Guanaco, Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, April 2012 |
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victor romero United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "Desert Islands, Abu Dhabi" |
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Vincent M France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Moutons de Pré Salé dans la Neige" Photographie du Mont Saint-Mic |
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Walter Fogel Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Coming Out" a chicken is born |
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William Chua Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Making a Jump" |
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William Chua Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "River Crossing" |