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Allen Walker South Africa 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "A Perfect Sunset" Sometimes everything comes together at exactly the right moment!!! A Perfect Sunset is one of those images that optimises the beauty of our oceans and sharks! |
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Henk Pasman Netherlands 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "Attack" the attack of the polar bear |
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Karen Jordan USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Sea Lion, San Cristóbal, Equador" |
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Jeff Eden UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Richmond Park" Deer on a frosty morning in Richmond Park, UK |
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Jackson Carvalho Brazil Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "King of the Savannah" A photo safari in South Africa, in the city of Port Elizabeth, in the ADDO Elefant foortsprint Park |
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Al Bruton USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "It is Cold" baby Snow Monkey Trying to Stay Warm |
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Umon Taga Japan Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Biological Design - Poison Dart Frog" the image from photo series "biological design" |
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Steven Blandin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Flash Of Pink" It was a special day at the Tampa Bay (Florida) Spoonbill rookery as a very recent storm had washed a load of algae on the shores and we had an unusual green backdrop to enjoy. Positioning myself at the proper height to maximize the green background effect, I was delighted to have found this bathing Spoonbill during a group workshop I was leading at the rookery. As expected, the beautiful bird flapped its wings after bathing and I created this photograph at the full wing extension moment of one of the flaps. I am very proud of the result. |
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Remco Muntz Netherlands Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Owls" Portrait of a digitally reshaped owl. |
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Michael Tweddle Peru Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Seagulls Conference" These three seagulls are in conference. They are doing an analysis: Why do humans act so brainless? Contaminating the air, water, oceans, the whole environment in such a way. They wonder if that could be the result of eating so much junk food, and human beings are poisoning their brain, degenerating the inability to think correct. Still, its conference will last long, they don't get the explanation!!! |
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George Apostolidis Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Little Egrets" Little Egrets in flight shot in soft hazy light with muted colour creating an etherial scene. |
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Adam Plucinski Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Australian Barking Owl" Her eyes are so big that if human were to have proportionally as big eyes as a barking owl, we would have eyes the size of a softball. |
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Philip James UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Stag" Created for a new bar opening and for Shadowplay. This images uses shot backplates and was heavily retouched to bring a stock image of a Stag into the foreground. |
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Joan Davis USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Detour Through The Sage" Looking to avoid the traffic jam ahead, several horses in the herd take an early exit off the sage highway. |
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Bence Mate Hungary Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Face to Face" A Green-crowned Brilliant attacking this Green Pit Viper, which is a serious danger for its nestling. |
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Joan Davis USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Band Stallion" This wild horse stallion is protecting his band of mares from a challenging stallion in Sand Wash Basin, Colorado |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Kittiwakes" Svalbard, Norway |
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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Red Bellied Snake" Red-bellied black snake portrait. Although these venomous snakes are not aggressive and prefer to avoid humans, I was happy to be taking this image in a safe Taronga Zoo environment. |
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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Romantic Giant" So giant yet so gentle - female gorilla contemplating her plant. |
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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Possum" Have I chipped my nail? Australian bushtail possum. |
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Adam Plucinski Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Perfect Partners" Rainbow lorikeets helping each other to dry their feathers. |
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Adri Berger Laos Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Roaring Leopard" |
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Adri Berger Laos Nominee Wildlife Professional "Soriya Bathing" Three year old Soriya bathing with mother and auntie, Laos |
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Al Bruton USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Landing" Sea Eagle Landing on Ice |
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Al Bruton USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Protection" Mother snow monkey protecting baby during storm |
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Allen Walker South Africa Nominee Wildlife Professional "Turbo" Oceanic Black Tip Shark at full attack, a very difficult moment, press shutter button or get out the way, I guess it was press shutter button ;) |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "King of the Arctic" Svalbard, Norway |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Overwhelming Arctic Landscape with Inhabitant" Svalbard, Norway |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Polar Bear in Quiet Arctic Night" Svalbard, Norway |
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Baiju Patil India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Kill You" In India Kanha National Park They Lepard Was killing Position for Dear Suddenly I am Thear and I Am Quickly Capture Unbelievable Moment |
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Baiju Patil India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Back To Back" In India Bandhav gadh National Park Tiger was Sitting in The Water Suddenly Tiger was Alart and Stoking & Stoking Continuously I am Watting for Just a Backlight an I am Quickly Capture |
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Barb Young USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Geese in the Full Moon" |
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Bence Mate Hungary Nominee Wildlife Professional "Curiosity" The shy Dalmatian Pelicans are following Greek fishermen’s boats, to capture some fish with their huge beak. |
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Chieko Tanemura USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Social Grooming" Japanese snow monkeys in February 2014 |
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Chris Gordaneer Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Highland Cattle" Image shot while on a trip to Scotland |
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Chris Williams New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Birds in Sugar Cane" Birds hunt insects in burning sugar cane field, Labasa, Fiji. |
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David J. West USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Into the Wild" A moose in Wonder Lake creates ripples as he meanders by. Mount Mckinley looms in the distance. Denali National Park, Alaska |
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Debby Thomas USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Battle for Supremacy" Two stallions in mock battle. |
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Deborah Roffel Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Nina & Lucky" Tiger cubs Nina and Lucky , 11 month old. State Secretary Sharon Dijksma to ban wild animals in circuses in the Netherlands. Through this , I want to prove that the animals are well cared for. Possibl |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Waldrapp Ibis" |
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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Trio of Helmeted Guineafowl" |
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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "A Young Rat" 4 weeks old |
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Ellen Reus Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "In Your Face" a young rat - 4 weeks old |
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George Apostolidis Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Golden Pheasant Study 02" The Golden Pheasant with its distinctive yellow crest and piercing eyes. |
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Georgina Goodwin Kenya Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dust Herds" Dust flies as a herd of elephants attempt to cross the path of migrating wildebeest galloping from the edge of the northern banks of the Mara River in Kenya's Masai Mara Game Reserve. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hanging Around" Small spider hanging from the bottom of a Dandilon at the side of the towpath of the C&O Canal near Brunswick, Maryland. |
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Heather Swan Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Icelandic Mare and Foal" Icelandic Mare and Foal |
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Howard Koby USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Defying Gravity" A Pelican cruising over the Ocean in search of fish below ready to dive. |
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Ivan Joshua Loh Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Grace" |
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Jackson Carvalho Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "Walking on the Savannah" Photo Safari in the city of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. I was staying in a lodge at Elephant Footprint PArk, where we stayed for a few days and I could photograph the beauty of these animals in br |
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Jackson Carvalho Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Big Family of the Savannah" A special serie of photographs that i taken in South Africa savannah, in the cites of Durban and Porth Elizabeth |
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Jackson Carvalho Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Big King of Savannah" A special serie of photographs that i taken in South Africa savannah, in the cites of Durban and Porth Elizabeth |
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James Fox USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Solitary" A lone Bison greets the morning. |
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Joan Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Heard In The Buttercups" You can almost hear this group of Icelandic mares gossiping while their foals nap in this lush pasture in Iceland |
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Jonathan Banks UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Face Off" Two bull elephants in a face off on the shores of Lake Manyara in Tanzania |
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Karen Lunney Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dantes Inferno" From July to November, groups of thousands of wildebeest cross the Mara River. The crossing we witnessed occurred at a new part of the Mara River where fast currents and steep banks all but deny escap |
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Karen Lunney Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Migration Caper" In Eastern Australia the caper butterfly migrates in huge numbers. |
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Karen Lunney Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Best Foot Forward" These King penguins have been at sea all day feeding and have returned to the beach to feed their young who have been eagerly waiting in creches all day. Half a million breeding pairs cover the beach. |
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Karen Lunney Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Gravity" Bats are a much maligned creature these days. They are responsible for the spread of emerging diseases such as Ebola, Hendra virus and Lyssavirus. Scientists site habitat encroachment as a reason. |
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Karen Jordan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Crab, Floreana Island, Galápagos" |
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Karthikeyan Shanmugasundaram India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mr. Color" This is one of my most favourite picture,lucky to spot this incredible jumping spider it was very quick and easily disappear into the bushes after long chase & many missed moments finally it poses me and this was the most colorful and beautiful jumping spider i have ever seen,awesome time spent with this terrifc nature's lovely creature. |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lioness" Lioness in the light rain traveling across the serengeti. |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lone African Elephant" |
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Leora Eger-Dreyfuss Israel Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tough Love" Kapama game reserve South Africa |
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Lisa Cueman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "End of Day" Another day for the wild mustangs in the Outer Banks of NC. They live as they always have - wild and free and in an environment that protects and treasures their history and future. |
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Liyun Yu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dinner Time" |
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Logan Mock-Bunting USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Panama Rays" A school of Manta Rays feeds, gliding with open mouths through cloudy, plankton rich water off the coast of Panama. Such unexpected wonders are one of the main reasons free-diving is so appealing - wi |
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Luigi Barbano USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Pelicans" This image was entered in the wildlife category as ironic interpretation of the word “wildlife”. |
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Marcella Mirande-Ketcham USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tiger Love" The image I photographed was of two tigers who were raised together as cubs and loved one another their whole lives. They resided in Big Cat Rescue, a wonderful sanctuary for abused, abandoned and unwanted big cats. Shere Khan and China Doll inspired me when they were under the tree together wanting to be very close to one another showing their love by rubbing their heads together in the emotional gesture exhibited as only tigers do with each other. They were kept together because of the strong bond between them and lived very long and happy lives. Unfortunately, they both are gone now, but are together again forever spiritually in a better place. They were an inspiration to me and I had to capture the loving look in their eyes for one another which I hope everyone enjoyed seeing. Animals tell their story through their eyes if you take the time to really look into them. I am very honored that my photo was chosen and I was nominated along with so many wonderful photographs. Thank you to the judges and I am truly humbled by your appreciation of my work. I live to photograph animals of all kinds because they have no voice, and I try to be that voice to show the world that they are amazing creatures who have emotions and feelings just like humans. |
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Marie-Andree Armynot France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snails Meeting" |
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Marie-Andree Armynot France Nominee Wildlife Professional "His majesty El Toro" |
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Michael Heissner Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Birds" above the clouds |
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Miguel Angel Nalda Spain Nominee Wildlife Professional "White Horse" Hasselblat |
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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "African Encounters - Baboon" These photographs attempt to capture the strength and naive simplicity experienced within the eye contact between humans and wild nature. |
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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "African Encounters - Helmeted Guineafowl" These photographs attempt to capture the strength and naive simplicity experienced within the eye contact between humans and wild nature. |
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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "African Encounters - Kudu" These photographs attempt to capture the strength and naive simplicity experienced within the eye contact between humans and wild nature. |
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Olivier Staub Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "African Encounters - Rhinoceros" These photographs attempt to capture the strength and naive simplicity experienced within the eye contact between humans and wild nature. |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Didja See that" Whoa - Did'ja See That! |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hey Hey" |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cheetah Snack" Dinner with Mom |
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Pierre Perrault Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dragonfly and Lotus" |
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Preston Haskell Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Makin Bacon" A Familie Affair |
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Preston Haskell Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bellycan" The Fish Finder |
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Rajko Festival Boricic Croatia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Palace Guard" Looking through the lens is scary... |
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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cape Buffalo in Fog" Portrait of an African Cape Buffalo in morning fog in the Aberdares National Park, Kenya |
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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Great Crested Grebe" Great Crested Grebe with reflection, United Kingdom |
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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ishnura Elegans" Damselfly, Ishnura elegans, on Flag Iris leaf |
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Richard Garvey-Williams UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lion with Kill" Lion with Blue Wildebeest carcass in the Masai Mara reserve, Kenya |
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Saelon Renkes USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Barn Owl" |
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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Humpback Calf Over and Under" Humpback calf pieces the surface to take a breath, capturing both the sub marine and terestrial environments |
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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Whaleshark Mouth" Whalesharks are filter feeders skimming the water for miniscule prey to satirsfy their hunger. |
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Sergio Pessolano Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Zebras' Party" Namibia - Zebras in Etosha |
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Sharon Packer USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Romancing Vinho" Embracing the nature of the Lusitano |
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Steven Blandin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Smelling The Bugs" Not the typical Polar Bear photograph! I wanted to depict the awesome animal during a summer landscape and I find that this sunset photograph is very special. This male Polar Bear had been devouring wild berries on the ground for a while, when it decided to poke its nose up to smell for the direction of another summer meal. |
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Tomasz Gudzowaty Poland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bleeding Penguin" King penguin. South Georgia Island 2014 |
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Tomasz Gudzowaty Poland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Penguins at St Andrews Bay" King penguins. South Georgia Island 2014 |
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Tomasz Gudzowaty Poland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Emperor Penguins #3" Emperor penguin colony on the ice shelf of the Weddell Sea. West Antarctica 2008. |
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Tomasz Gudzowaty Poland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Emperor Penguins #4" Emperor penguin colony on the ice shelf of the Weddell Sea. West Antarctica 2008. |
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Tracy St John USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "No Place Like Home" "Really...building a Highway through the... Seringetti???" Stop-the-Seringetti-Highway |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Two Timer" |
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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Action" |