Baroness Danute Federas USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "WILDEBEEST MIGRATION" Kenya Wildebeest Migration stats in August until October most amazing phenomena million wildebeest run across the country to cross Masai River to to go to Tanzania.

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Amos Nachoum USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "my last view of daylight" this unsuall image catching the lightining speed of Striped Marlin - is autenthic, no photoshop and no manipulation

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Richard Bailey UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Arawapa Goat" A very rare Arawapa goat photographed for Modern Farmer magazine.

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Thomas Haney USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Vine Snake Strike" A Vine Snake strikes at the photographer in the jungle in western Ecuador. I was there working on a fruit plantation when I found this snake, and was bitten twice before I quit shooting.

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Steve Hoskins UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Barn Owl 2" January 2013

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Richard Bailey UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "East Indian Duck" Portrait of an East Indian Duck, commissioned by Modern Farmer magazine.

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George Apostolidis Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "DART EMERGING"

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George Apostolidis Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "HERON IN LATE EVENING 02"

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Max Seigal USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Lone Penguin" A lone penguin stands in the surf on South Georgia island

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Garry Wapshott Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "WAPSHOTT-GARRY-GREEN FISH"

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Michael Tweddle Peru Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Paso Heritage" Peruvian Paso Horses running through the desert.

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Paula Durbin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "3 in a Row" Ngorongoro Crater main Pride

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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "wombats weapon" It may be an unusual capture of the wombat, however I wanted to show what is actually his important weapon. When chased, a wombat allows a predator to stick his head into the burrow and then uses its

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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cassowary" Now that's the gaze you wouldn't like to see from up close.

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Alan K. E. A. Marques Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "A black panther" A brazilian black panther which lives near Brasília (DF), Brazil

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Amos Nachoum USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Facing Reality-Penguin versus Leopard seal...it was cold, se" it took 4 cold hours to observe the ambushing technique of the seal hunting young penguin, when it happened, the seal move very fast to deep water, i shade off my protective clothing in pursuit...

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Amos Nachoum USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Walrus, motherly care" At the Canadain High Arctic. it is impossible to capture young and adult Walrus as they sorrounded by the colony...this pair were on a drifting ice. I followed them for 5 hours in the kayak, and woall

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Ania Klosek Poland Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Horses" Germany, 2013

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Antonio Busiello Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Shark Attack " I took this picture during while a was doing a story in lionfish invasion of the Caribbean

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Antonio Busiello Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lionfish Invasion: One More Reason To Protect Sharks" Lionfish have the potential to become the most disastrous marine invasion in history. On the Island of Roatan in Honduras, local dive masters are trying to have sharks include lion fish in their diet

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Antonio Busiello Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bluefin Tuna; gold from the ocean" BluefinTuna is considered an endangered specie by the IUCN.As one of the most valuable fish, it has been overfished.The Japanese buy nearly 90% of blue fin caught in the Mediterranean.

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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dancing sea lion" Sea lion photographed outside Isabela island at Galapagos, Ecuador, at midday in July 2013. Nikon D4 and AquaTech NY-4 underwater housing, Nikkor 24/2.8, 1/800 sec at f/11, ISO 1600.

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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Arctic fox in snow" Arctic fox in snow photographed at Dovre Mountains, Norway, in September 2013. Nikon D4, Nikkor 600/4 VR, 1/800 sec at f/5.6. +2 EV, ISO 800.

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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Polar bear on a melting ice floe in Arctic summer night" Polar bear photographed on a melting ice floe in the Arctic at Svalbard, Norway, at Lilliehööksfjorden, in July 2011 at 3 AM. Nikon D3s, Nikkor 70-200/2.8 VR II, 1/200 sec at f/4.5, ISO 2500, + 2/3 EV

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Barb Young USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Above The Clouds"

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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "RED FACE SNOW MONKEYS" JIGOKUDANI, MEANING "HELL'S VALLEY", STEAMI & BOILING WATER THAT BUBBLES OUT OF SMALL CREVICES IN FROZEN GROUND, STEEP CLIFFS & DENSE FOREST. WINTER TEMPERATURE 14F (-10)

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Baroness Danute Federas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "AMAZING LEOPARD" MY RANGER WAS TELLING ME THERE IS A LEOPARD I CLOULD NOT SEE BUT WAS CLICKING ON CONTINUES I GOT 14 PICTURES OF BUSHES & TREES WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE TENT LOOKED AT MY CAMERA & SOW THIS LEOPARD

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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Borabora lagoon" The vast array of sea life in the Borabora lagoon, French Polynesia.

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Chris White UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Misty Horse" On a recent trip to Spain I came across this horse one misty morning in Escalante

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Chris McLennan New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fishing season" A grizzly bear catches a large silver salmon. Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

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Dan Prince UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephants" Mother protecting it's baby

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Debby Thomas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Camouflaged Uncovered" Night game drive in Zambia. Amazing eye of the guide saw this in the darkness.

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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Blowing Bubbles"

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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sexy flies"

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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stellers eagle"

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Frank Desgagnes Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dress to Kill" I caught this peregrine falcon in Montreal's Chinatown, in January at minus 20 degree Celsius. I only have few seconds before he left with his prey.

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Garry Wapshott Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "WAPSHOTT-GARRY-STINGRAY"

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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "The end"

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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Moving"

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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Small talk"

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Haim Baida Israel Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hunting" Lake Nakuru, Keny. Fish hanting by Golden Eagle

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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Horses - Nellysford, Virginia" Close-up of Arabian Horse in barnyard of B&B near Nellysford, Virginia

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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ready for my Close-up" Bird sits in opening of cherry tree near the Tidal Basin where it is building its nest.

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Ionel Gordin Romania Nominee Wildlife Professional "TERRITORY" Nassau - Bahamas - Ardastra zoo

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Jack Hill UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Deer " Young male Red deer on a frosty morning.

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Jayne Silberman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Camargue Beauty"

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Joyce P. Lopez USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Water-Cormorant Christmas"

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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Young Zebra"

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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "On The Road Again." Shot in Tanzania.

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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Serengeti Pattern" From my series "Herds" open space and creatures creating natural patterns.

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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Baby Balinese Long-tailed macaque" Suckling in the Sacred Forest.

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Marti J. Rhea USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "All Aglow"

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Marti J. Rhea USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tenderness"

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Marti J. Rhea USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Five Star Lagoon"

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Melinda Hughes USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Endangered" Siberian tigers find refuge on a picturesque ridge

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Melinda Hughes USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Nesting" Moonrise finds many egrets creating their nests in Bolinas

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Melinda Hughes USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Prince" A male egret flutters his wings to attract a mate

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Melinda Hughes USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Purple Safari Sunset" A family of graffes head to a safe resting area at sunset

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Melinda Hughes USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Frolic in the Sunset" These freerunning horses are galloping at the top of a ridge in this multi image composite

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Michele Doucette USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Braids"

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Mohammed ALSULTAN Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Professional "New Born (1)" Crested Lark Chicks founded in Kuwait Desert.

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Mohammed ALSULTAN Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stingray" Underwater photo in Kuwait "umm almaradem" Island.

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Nayan Sthankiya Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Birds"

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Nicolas Lotsos Greece Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tree leopard" Masai Mara. Kenya

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Nicolas Lotsos Greece Nominee Wildlife Professional "Molon Labe" A lone wildebeest faces a herd of giraffes as they traverse the plains. “Molon labe” lit. “come and take”, is a classical expression of defiance spoken by King Leonidas in response to the Persians

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Oliver Klink USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Beauty Pageant" They are proud. After spending the summer in the Swiss Alps, the cows return to their villages ready for the pageantry.

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Oliver Klink USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Riding Jockey" The joy of seeing nature at its best with a caring grizzly sow and her two 4 month old cubs.

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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Madness"

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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Orange Devil"

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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephant"

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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Time Guardian"

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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Clouded Leopard "

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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Zebra Hug"

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Paul-Andre Larocque Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "ISTANBUL FOR MIXTE MAGAZINE" Photo taken by Paul-André Larocque, for an article i did about Istanbul for Mixte Magazine Canada

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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Staring"

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Rhona Wise USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Rain Shower" A Florida Burrowing Owl bathes in the rain in Davie, Florida USA

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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Damsel Fly" A damsel fly, Ishnura elegant, peeps out from behind a reed in the United Kingdom

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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Black-faced Impala" A herd of rare black-faced impala drinking at a waterhole in the Etosha National Park in Namibia.

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Rojo Sache Spain Nominee Wildlife Professional "The trip" Gooses flying under the rain in the highlands of Iceland. A magic moment in a magic place.

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "New Born (2)" Mother and Calf in the crystal clear waters of Tonga

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jellyfish" Jellyfish infestation in Neiafu Harbour Tonga. the translucent mebrane of the jellyfish allowed the light to accentuate the intricate details.

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fastest Fish in the ocean" Hunting Blue Marlin display their stripes as they stalk their prey

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Imitation" Free-diver imitates young Humpback calf as they dance underwater

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Heart of fire" The Clown fish and Anemone live a symbiotic life. the stinging tentacles of this living organism has no effect on its resident.

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Giant Cuttlefish" Giant Cuttlefish are found around the waters of the southern part of Australia and spend the winter in the shallows where they mate, only to die shortly after.

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Simon Bolzern Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "White Galloway Scotland"

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Stefan Zuerrer Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Alpine pasture " Muotathal Switzerland,

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Stefan Lehnen Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "fish catching "

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Stefan Lehnen Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fishing " the fish is my prey

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Stefan Lehnen Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flying fish"

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Steve Hoskins UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "GOLIATH FROG" GOLIATH FROG DIVING APRIL 2013

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Steve Hoskins UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bloodhounds" September 2012

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Steve Hoskins UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Barn Owl 1" January 2013

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Stuart Chape Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Japanese macaques 2"

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Theo Bosboom Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Together" Damselflies egg depositing in soft rush. I found it amazing how the colours of the damselflies correspond with the colours of the stems of the plant. Picture taken in Holland on a hot summer day.

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Theo Bosboom Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "The damselfly patrol" Common blue damselflies have the habit of patrolling the water on the look out for women to mate or pray. On a hot day it can get really crowded, especially on and near stems in the water.

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Vincent M France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snow and seagulls." Snow at the Mont Saint-Michel with seagulls. Early Morning picture.

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Vito Finocchiaro Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "pecorelle"

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Vito Finocchiaro Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "elle" underwater Sicily

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Zelko Nedic Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Life Cycle " The worst mistake that you could make is to think that you are alive when really you're asleep in life's waiting room.

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