Linc Gasking New Zealand 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Amateur "A Mother's Courage" Shot in Antarctica, all seemed lost. The adelie penguin mother strode out courageously and faced off the rare all-white southern giant petrel that was cornering the cowering creche of screaming chicks

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Wolf Ademeit Germany 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Amateur "Hi Human" Mandrill Portrait

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Christian Meermann Germany 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Amateur "Thoughtful" An orang utan portrait on black background. It is fascinating to see how human their expressions become when frozen in a photograph like this.

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Marianna Armata Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Chinups" a tiny grey tree frog hangs onto a twig as if he's doing chinups

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Barbara Dall'Angelo Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Good Morning!"

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Squeezed" Four Blue Cheeked Bee Eaters Squeezed Together Trying To Warm Each Others Of The Chilly Weather .. They Were Looking At A Passing By Steppe Eagle Just Above Them

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Michael Pachis USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Shake It Off" Rescued Bald Eagle caught mid bath

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Hmoud Alshayji Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Whooper Swan " The famous swan in Japan , Taken in Hokkaido 2015

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Back Side"

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TL Khong Malaysia Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Breakfast"

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John Chaney USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Good Bye Old Friend" Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth today and have been known to live to over 70 years. Elephants are legendary for their memory and intelligence including attributes associated with grief

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Helen McFadden Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Spotlit Lion" A wild lion is not spooked by the spotlight in Thornybush Game Reserve, South Africa

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Eduardo Fujii USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Feathered Portrait N.2"

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Brian Jones Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Golden Orb Weaver"

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Jay Rhind USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Wolf" Forward motion

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Tom Sheckels USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Penguin Conference" African Penguins, also called "Jackass Penguins" deciding what to do next on a beach in South Africa.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Honorable Mention Wildlife Amateur "Bearded Seal" Bearded seals proudly displays his weapons from a small piece of ice in Svalbard

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Alexandra Nemeth USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Balancing Least Bittern" When we returned to one of our favorite birding spots around Shoveler Pond in Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, I was impressed with this balancing least bittern on a reed. I captured the moment.

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Alexandra Nemeth USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Blue Bird Dream" On a foggy early morning we photographed at Cades Cove of Great Smoky Mts NP, TN, USA. A blue bird flew to the one of the fence poles and it looked like a morning dream. I captured the moment

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Anh Ho Vietnam Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Platinum Crowntail Fighting Fish" the image from photo series "Great beauty from small creature"

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Anh Ho Vietnam Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Red Halfmoon Fighting Fish" the image from photo series "Great beauty from small creature"

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Antero Wallinus-Rinne Norway Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Colorado"

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Antonio Zarli Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Bullish" Tiber river delta - Italy

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Barbara Dall'Angelo Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Love Dance"

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Barbara Dall'Angelo Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Tenderness In The Bush"

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BD Richardson USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Hitchin' a Ride" I spied this loon and its baby late one afternoon on a lake in Maine.

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BD Richardson USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Brown and Whte" This piebald deer had been seen in the area, so one week I dedicated myself to catching a glimpse of this rare creature--patience paid off and the third day in a light snow, he suddenly appeared.

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Tusk Touch" Elephant Mother nudging her Baby

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Killed" Cheetah dragging kill

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Stare Down" Leopard eye contact

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Bernardino Venanzi Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Halloooo" nairobi national park……. animals say hallooooooooo

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Brad Carlile USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Love" In love at Savuti Botswana

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Brad Carlile USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Take Care of the Little Ones" Mother leopard taking the littlest twin to safety (Lion Camp, Zambia)

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Brad Carlile USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Night Cat" Friends at dinner can hurt

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Brad Carlile USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Leopard & Baboon" Leopard meal in Zambia

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Brad Carlile USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Leopard Cub " Everyone must eat Zambia

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Coexistence"

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Suspicious"

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Carlos Cabral Portugal Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Ballet"

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Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Attack" Sandhill cranes eat Redwing Blackbird eggs--this Redwing Blackbird too exception to that.

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Horses Eye" Reflection captured in a Horses Eye in Catania

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Chris Bidleman USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Hummingbird Blossoms" Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) feeding on cherry blossoms in the Spring with blue sky background

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Primal Yawn" A lioness on black background. She's doing what to me looks like the mother of all yawns... hence the title.

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Beau" An orang utan posing like the next top model.

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Claude Valon Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Red Bishop"

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Dalia Fichmann Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Snow Flurry" The American Paint Horse enjoys the free running in the deep snow.

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Dawn LeBlanc Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The Canola Field" A very fortunate capture of 6 young stags bounding through a beautiful canola field in full bloom outside Drumheller, Alberta.

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Debbie Rubin USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Koi Pond" These koi were transformed before my eyes. As they swam closer to the surface, they almost became neon in color. They were nature's exclamation point!

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Dillon Anderson New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Shadow Cat" The Margay is rarely seen as it hunts in the trees cloaked by the night.

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Dmitry Arkhipov Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Tango for Sweetheart"

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Dmitry Arkhipov Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Glance"

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Don Holman USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Wings a Beating"

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Gabriela Espana Uruguay Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Freedom"

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Helen McFadden Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Yawning Tiger" A free-roaming tiger in a South African conservation project

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Hendrik Kotze Namibia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Flight" A heron takes flight, etched by the sun and reflected in the water

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Hennie Kempen Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Mother and Swan" Not so wild, but life it is!

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Hmoud Alshayji Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Crane Style " The famous bird in Hokkaido Japan , Taken in Hokkaido 2015

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Hmoud Alshayji Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Desert Monitor" the Desert monitor , taken in Kuwait

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Aplomado Falcon" Reintroduction efforts are under way for the Aplomado. It began to reoccupy its former range in West Texas and southern New Mexico in the 1990s. Documentary evidence for these naturally occurring bird

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Eagle Landing" The waters of the Chilkat River Valley are a tranquil and vibrant blue in mid-November as this bald eagle makes a slow descent and lands. Barely visible – snowflakes begin to fill the air.

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Going Home" Three penguins are on their way back to the nesting area after feeding in the ocean. Penguins nest and live about ½ mile to a few miles from the ocean. This process is repeated twice daily travelin

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Great White" This great white has breached and rolled in its hunt for a seal of the coast of South Africa. The Great White Shark is an animal that inspires awe and fear: it is one of the world’s foremost predator

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Leopard in a Tree" The leopard is a shrewd and mysterious carnivore that is a legendary stealth predator. I found this leopard slumbering peacefully in a tree; content and full without a care in the world. After watchi

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Moon and Cranes" Sandhill cranes are fairly social birds that are usually encountered in pairs or family groups through the year. During migration and winter, non-related cranes come together to form "survival groups

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John Chaney USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Run to Safety" As several species of animals relax at a watering hole, a lion emerges and disrupts the peace and tranquility of the moment, as the roar of their hooves make haste to escape the impending wrath of the

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Juan Pablo Castillo Ecuador Nominee Wildlife Amateur "White's Tree Frog on Stem" Large adhesive discs at the end of its digits provide grip while climbing.

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Juan Pablo Castillo Ecuador Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Red Rat Snake Babys" The red rat snake is the best climbing species of snake in Florida, USA.

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Karin Charteris New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Monkey Food is Monkey Business"

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Kartik Rawal India Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Love Chicks" The younger chicks caught while in conversation, love or may be afraid of Phgr.

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Eye of the Dragon"

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "A Good Hunter"

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Kirill Dorofeev Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Bird of Paradise"

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Kwa Weiling Malaysia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The Moment"

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "King of Solitude" This majestic polar bear in the Barents Sea in Svalbard stands with confidence and fierce strength on the ice that is slowly disapearing before his eyes.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "King Penguins" On a very cold sunrise in Golden Harbour, South Georgia. King Penguins come out of the freezing water with very happy energy. So refreshing to see nature at it's best.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Svalbard Polar Bears" Svalbard breathless landscape with a polar bear mother and her 2 year old cub sharing a seal. A rare sighting.

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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Untitled" Crocodil-Farm in Singapore

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Manfred Schroeder Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Smiling" Crocodil-Farm in Singapore

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Maryellen Aoibhell Stewart Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "It's a Dangerous Beautiful World" Coming out to daylight is not easy but the larder is bare

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Angry Eagle" An eagle protects the nest near Fish Lake, Wisconsin, USA.

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Spring Snow" A Cardinal weathers a late Spring snowfall in Middleton, Wisconsin, USA.

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Busy Bee" A bee covered in pollen

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Hi! Im All Ears!" I found this Arabian Red fox cub outside a den just a side of a small hill, there were 3 cubs with their mom .. i got closer and put camouflage netting over me and waited their for two hours straight,

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Eye To Eye" Red Fox Looking Up To A Female Hen Harrier Which Looking Down Right Back At Him

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Wolf Eagle" A White Tailed Eagle acting like a wolf after finding food .. when the eagle dose that he either calling for other eagles or just making it clear to other eagles that this is his meal

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Successful Catch" I found this field filled with water with this Cattle Egret walking around searching for food .. then suddenly over 50 of Citrine Wagtail landed on the same field .. This egret knocked one of the wagt

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Me & Mini Me" Two Painted Stork Who Fought Each Other For More Than 3 Hours Over Territory , Then Finaly They Decided To Share The Place

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Glowing Nature" Field Fare On A Small Rock Looking At A Flying Insect Just Minutes Before The Sunset .. This Is A Very Rare Bird Here In The State Of Kuwait .. Two Birdwatchers Who Happened To Be Friends Of Mine Foun

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Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Tough Mother" A wounded but successful mother looking after 2 cubs. Taken in the Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The Dash" Wildebeest splashing across crocodile infested water in the Masai Mara, Kenya.

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Norman Robbins USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Big Eyes" An Anhinga with eyes that appear bigger than it's stomach

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Patricia Vazquez Bahamas Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Hiding " Lizard captured through a leaf

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Patricia Vazquez Bahamas Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Camouflage" Now you see me now you not...

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Patricia Vazquez Bahamas Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Swim Maya Swim!" Maya Moon swimming in the Bahamas

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Gobi Desert (1)" Mongolia

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Peter Voss Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Gobi Desert (2)" Mongolia

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Porus Khareghat India Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Peacock" Truly a colorful marvel .

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Roberto Alessandrini Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Little Deers" Gossolengo, Italy

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Are You One Of Us?" Capuchin baby monkey, Costa Rica

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Rolf M Germany Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Tundra Swans in Snowstorm" A heavy snowstorm hit the swans during a rest on their migration into the tundra

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Ron Harper Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Fierce Hunter" Alaskan bald eagle has earned his meal.

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Rupert Horst Portugaller Austria Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Wild Bees"

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Sergey Agapov Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "A Large Migration of Wildebeest" A large migration of Wildebeest

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Sergey Agapov Russia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Sparrow's Dance" Sparrow's dance

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Sheila P Morrison Canada Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Sun-bleached Turtle" Richardson Ocean Park, Maui, HI

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Shifra Levyathan Israel Nominee Wildlife Amateur "The City Horse"

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Silvia Lisotti Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Hyenas in the Bush" Hyenas resting after eating hippo carcass - Zambia South Luangwa

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Silvia Lisotti Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Marabou Stork" Zambia South Luangwa

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Stefano Coltelli Italy Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Spider" On the hills of Tuscany, On early morning, when the sun begin to rise and all you can feel is the breeze on your skin, you can find also a micro world made of little bugs waiting for the sun. And whil

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Steven Greenbaum USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Contemplation" Gorilla In Field

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Susan Perry USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Rumpled Pigskin" "Nosing" that camera!

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Susan Perry USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Veil of Innocence" Mother bird spreading her veil, protecting her young chick.

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Susan Perry USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Misty Morning Doe" Misty morning in the Smoky Mountains

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Tim Lucas Australia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Preying Mantis" This little critter came inside along with an armful of firewood. The macro lens came out and it became subject matter for the half an hour, before being taken back outside...

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TL Khong Malaysia Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Dragonfly 1"

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Tom Sheckels USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "One Happy Family" Ma, Pa and Babe Baboon in the Botswana wilderness.

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Tom Sheckels USA Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Red-billed Oxpecker" The Red-billed Oxpecker performs an important cleaning service for the large lumbering Rhino

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Chestnut" Chestnut Paso Fino

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Cebruno" Portrait Of a Pure PR Paso Fino Horse

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Seagulls" A couple of seagulls in full discussion.

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Jellyfish" A jellyfish near the shore.

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Ying Cai Japan Nominee Wildlife Amateur "Expeditious, Flying" Rapidly surprise on the swan of water

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