Wildlife - Professional

Ape Hands Rolf Walther
Germany

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Wildlife
Professional

"Ape Hands"



After Work Pal Hermansen
Norway

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Wildlife
Professional

"After Work"
Sledge dogs at afternoon, Eastern Greenland



Fate Sealed Anette Mossbacher
Switzerland

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Wildlife
Professional

"Fate Sealed"
Brown fur seal cub, Arctocephalus Pusillus. This seal cub has become entangled into a Fishnet.



A Polar Bear Silhouette Wilfred Berthelsen
Norway

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"A Polar Bear Silhouette"



King Penguins #3 Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"King Penguins #3"
King penguin rookery on South Georgia island



Baby Bonobo And Mother Rolf Walther
Germany

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Baby Bonobo And Mother"



Darter Bird Jacqui Dean
Australia

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Darter Bird"
Dora Creek NSW



Pegasus Christian Ammann
Switzerland

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Pegasus"
Elephant in Namibia showering in dust



Duel Sergey Gorshkov
Russia

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Duel"
Russia. Wrangel Island. Arctic fox and the snow goose.



Study #2 Ellen Seefeldt
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Study #2"
Cell phone capture



Dust explosion Laurent BAHEUX
France

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Dust explosion"
Kenya, 2013



Red Fox Annie Katz
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Red Fox"
A Red Fox sitting on a snowbank during a snow storm in Aspen, Co.



Untitled (2) Luca Kleve-Ruud
Norway

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Untitled (2)"
A lonely crab is walking on the bottom, while a shoal of salmon is passing over his head.



Near Miss David Rennie
Australia

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Near Miss"
Female Osprey coming out of a fishing dive, Spoombill coming into land. A near mid air crash.



Elephant Asie Hauwel Fabrice
Belgium

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant Asie"
canon AE1 dias



Lion approaching Arnfinn Johansen
Norway

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Lion approaching"
Maasai Mara, Kenya



The Wanderers Pal Hermansen
Norway

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"The Wanderers"
Wandering emperor penguins



Furious with humans Adam Plucinski
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Furious with humans"
What initially looks like fun, it may actually make a lot of harm to our flying friends.



Bonding Adam Plucinski
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bonding"
One of many bonding moments the gorilla mother devotes to her young child.



Similarities Adam Plucinski
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Similarities"
Like mother like child.



Winter Coat Al Bruton
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Winter Coat"
Bison feeding during blizzard



Walking with Elephants Alwyn Coates
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Walking with Elephants"
Shot in the foot hills of kilimanjaro Kenya.



Snow Monkeys in hot water Alwyn Coates
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Snow Monkeys in hot water"
Snow Monkeys relaxing in hot springs Japan



Wild Ass Amit Verma
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Wild Ass"
Wild Ass in Ladakh, India



Flinders Eagle #3 Andrew Wilson
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Flinders Eagle #3"
A Sea Eagle lands on the rusted mast of the Farsund Wreck, Flinders Island, Tasmania.



Spotted Horse Ann Elliott Cutting
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Spotted Horse"



Fisheye Annie Katz
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Fisheye"
A mother Grizzly Bear and her cub share a fish in Katmai, Alaska.



Landing Gull Annie Katz
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Landing Gull"
A gull landing in Norway, creating a perfect mirror of itself in the still waters.



Water Rings Annie Katz
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Water Rings"
A Herring Gull taking off from a fiord in Norway creating a beautiful surrounding with the splashing water & his mirrored image around him.



Bobcat Annie Katz
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bobcat"
A Bobcat, taking a minute out from hunting, stares right into the lens in Yellowstone Wy.



Polar Bear on drifting ice Arnfinn Johansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Polar Bear on drifting ice"
Svalbard, Norway



Great Grey Owl Arnfinn Johansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Great Grey Owl"
Great Grey Owl photographed in Norway



Wild Norwegian Lynx Arnfinn Johansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Wild Norwegian Lynx"
Wild Norewegian Lynx photographed in Norway.



Lion stretching out Arnfinn Johansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Lion stretching out"
Maasai Mara, Kenya



Twinkling Egrets Baiju Patil
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Twinkling Egrets"
This photo was been taken at Kagzipura in India, Aurangabad. These Egrets were sleeping on trees



Shadow Baiju Patil
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Shadow"
This Photo Taken by in India Runthambor National Park tiger Reflection in the water(Drinking water)



Geese in the Full Moon Barb Young
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Geese in the Full Moon"
Geese fly in the full moon over the West Rim of the Gunnison Gorge National Recreation Area.



Great White Egrets Bence Mate
Hungary

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Great White Egrets"
Showing this threatening position to each other is the sign of being ready for the fight.



Night Stars Bence Mate
Hungary

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Night Stars"
Very shy Grey Herons at the lake, photo made after years of preparation and weeks spent in a hide.



Sable Island Family Bev Pettit
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Sable Island Family"
Wild horse family, Sable Island, Nova Scotia



Spectators at the Feast charlotte boulton
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Spectators at the Feast"
The pecking order Naibosho, Kenya



Pelican Chieko Tanemura
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Pelican "



White Bears Can Jump Chris McLennan
New Zealand

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"White Bears Can Jump"
A polar bear jumps between icebergs far to the north of Svalbad.



Andean Wild Horse Clayton Hairs
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Andean Wild Horse"
Dusk in the Andeas, and wild horses descend the summits looking for respite from the ensuing cold



Majestic Danielle Austen
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Majestic"
Great Egret at the Everglades National Park, Florida.



Battle for Dominance Debby Thomas
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Battle for Dominance"
Two stallions in mock battle.



Reflected Run Debby Thomas
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Reflected Run"
Camargue horses galloping through the still water lake.



Nina & Lucky Deborah Roffel
Netherlands

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Nina & Lucky "
Tiger cubs Nina & Lucky, showing each other affection.



I Rule Eleszabeth McNeel
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"I Rule"
Young Stallions at Play



Kitty Frank Bevans
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Kitty"



Sixtus' Hands Frank P. Wartenberg
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Sixtus' Hands"
shot in berlin



Little Egrets In Flight George Apostolidis
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Little Egrets In Flight"



Lionheart Georgina Goodwin
Kenya

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Lionheart"
African lions are fast becoming endangered, an estimated 23,000- 39,000 remain in the wild.



Canine club of Kolhapur II Girish Menon
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Canine club of Kolhapur II"



Gazelle in the Thar Desert I Girish Menon
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gazelle in the Thar Desert I"



Canine club of Kolhapur III Girish Menon
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Canine club of Kolhapur III"



Lion King Gorazd Golob
Slovenia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Lion King"



Three Red-Crowned Crane Hiromichi Endo
Japan

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Three Red-Crowned Crane"



Clark Jack Standing on Thin Ice Jack Clark
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Clark Jack Standing on Thin Ice"
Canada geese arrive too early in the north to find there pond iced over.



Clark Jack Murder Roost Jack Clark
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Clark Jack Murder Roost"
January late day crows gather to roost for the night



Mass of Knot Jack Hill
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Mass of Knot"
A mass of Knot roost as a high tide pushed them off their feeding ground.



Equine Portrait Jayne Silberman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Equine Portrait"



Bird in Paradise Jenet Stewart
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bird in Paradise"
A common honeyeater, an ordinary bird in an extraordinary piece of nature.



Fur Farm Jim Hodson
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Fur Farm"
Silver Fox - now a coat.



Branding Day Joe Patronite
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Branding Day"
A young calf being dragged to branding during spring-time sessions at the Hoo Doo Rnach (WY.USA)



My Two Friends Jon Glaser
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"My Two Friends"
This photograph was taken in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado



Awesome Anemone Judith Orr
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Awesome Anemone"



Happy Fella Julie Ewing
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Happy Fella"
Images of Man's Best Friends



Ready Karen Cohen
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Ready"



Which Way Karen Lunney
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Which Way"
A giraffe crosses a road in the Masai Mara region of Kenya.



Tanzanian Zebra Karen Lunney
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Tanzanian Zebra"



Antarctic Symphony Karen Lunney
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Antarctic Symphony"



White on White Lance Carter
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"White on White"
A willow ptarmigan In its winter white plumage.



Lion in the grass Laurent BAHEUX
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Lion in the grass"
Kenya, 2013



One zebra Laurent BAHEUX
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"One zebra"
Namibia, 2004



Rhinos quartet Laurent BAHEUX
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Rhinos quartet"
Kenya, 2013



White Lion Cub Study 30 Lennette Newell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"White Lion Cub Study 30"
White Lion Cub



Gossip Leora Eger-Dreyfuss
Israel

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gossip"
Mholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Center South Africa



Seriously? Leora Eger-Dreyfuss
Israel

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Seriously?"
Mholoholo Wildlife Rehabilitation Center South Africa



Caspian Tern - Hiding Les Imgrund
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Caspian Tern - Hiding"
A Caspian Tern with wings outstretched in a perfect arc.



Snow Dance Lisa Cueman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Snow Dance"



Mom I am Hungry Liyun Yu
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Mom I am Hungry"



Gentoo Loo Malcolm Schuyl
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gentoo Loo"
Gentoo Penguin



Rare Cheetahs Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Rare Cheetahs"
Ndutu, Tanzania



Escape Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Escape"
Okavango Delta, Botswana



Scent of Wild Dog Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Scent of Wild Dog"
Okavango Delta, Botswana



Short Tailed Leopard Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Short Tailed Leopard"
Up in the Trees, Tanzania



Blast Off Mike Reyfman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Blast Off"
Black-legged Kittiwakes taking off from blue glacial iceberg. Svalbard, High Arctic



Let It Snow! Mike Reyfman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Let It Snow!"
Chinstrap penguins in the Astrolabe Island, Antarctica.



Zebra shadows Pal Hermansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Zebra shadows"
Zebras in early sun, aerial from balloon.



Cheetahs Pal Hermansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Cheetahs"
Cheetahs and savanna, Masai Mara



Bird Formation Pal Hermansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bird Formation"
Sandpipers in formation against strong wind



Guanaco's Song Patricia Jarvis
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Guanaco's Song"
Springtime in Torres del Paine



Long-Neck Dancers Paul Kennedy
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Long-Neck Dancers"
Three Giraffes prance across a plain in Namibia



Smilin' Douglas Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Smilin' Douglas"
Zambia



Hyena Profile Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Hyena Profile"
Goin' after it. Botswana



Wildebeast Jump Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Wildebeast Jump"
Jumping into the River



Walking Along Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Walking Along"
3 In a Row in Ngorongoro Crater



Eléphant-Dust Philippe-Alexandre Chevallier
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Eléphant-Dust"
Eléphant dust bathing in chobe river. Botswana



Snowy Wonder Phyllis Burchett
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Snowy Wonder"
Snowy Owl Female hunting



Party of Four Phyllis Burchett
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Party of Four"
Icelandic Horses, Iceland



wild monkey Rajesh Dhungana
Nepal

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"wild monkey"
wild monkey crying in Nepals Jungle



Heron returning to nest Reece Donihi
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Heron returning to nest"
Heron Roost at Devils Lake,WI



Waterfowl and Reeds at Sunrise, Merced National Wildlife Ref Rob Badger
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Waterfowl and Reeds at Sunrise, Merced National Wildlife Ref"
Waterfowl and reeds at sunrise, Merced National Wildlife Refuge, Merced County, California. Included



Gator Roberta McGowan
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gator"
Swamp creature from the Okefenokee



Curiosity Roberta McGowan
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Curiosity"
This image inside the image marks the foal's curves and shapes



Echoes Roberta McGowan
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Echoes"
The bull's longhorns tell a story that echoes of times past



Baby Ape Foot Rolf Walther
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Baby Ape Foot"



Bonobo Rolf Walther
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bonobo"



Orang Utan Rolf Walther
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Orang Utan"



Olive Grove And Mule Rolf Walther
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Olive Grove And Mule"



Love Sandy Young
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Love"
Two Elephants hold "hands" Sri Lanka



Turtle Leg Scott Fowler
New Zealand

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Turtle Leg"



The family of the bears Sergey Gorshkov
Russia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The family of the bears"
Russia. Kamchatka. Kuril Lake.



Hekla Stuart Vesty
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Hekla"



Reef shark and coral Stuart Chape
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Reef shark and coral"



Lost Highway Susan Kerr
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Lost Highway"
Mustang from a wild horse reserve on a walkabout.



The Discussion Susan Kordish
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The Discussion"
Horses behaving as nature dictates during meal time.



Got My Eye On You Suzy Cossman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Got My Eye On You"



Camouflage Tariq Zaidi
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Camouflage"



Hulik-Tomas_Chamois in cave Tomas Hulik
Slovak Republic

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Hulik-Tomas_Chamois in cave"
Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapre tatrica) time to time are visiting a cave in High Tatra National



Elephant seals fightng Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant seals fightng"
South Georgia island, St. Andrew's Bay



Elephant seals #3 Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant seals #3"
South Georgia island, St. Andrew's Bay



Birds' Paradise Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Birds' Paradise"
South Georgia island, St. Andrew's Bay



Albatrosses Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Albatrosses"
Albatrosses on Jason Steeple island



Elephant seals #8 Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant seals #8"
South Georgia island, St. Andrew's Bay



Elephant seals #12 Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant seals #12"
Young elephant seals. South Georgia island, St. Andrew's Bay



King Penguins #7 Tomasz Lewandowski
Poland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"King Penguins #7"
South Georgia island, St. Andrew's Bay



Gran Sasso Vincent O'Byrne
Ireland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gran Sasso "



Aligator Wayne Schoenfeld
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Aligator"
Animals by Wayne Schoenfeld



Egret, Reflected Wendi Schneider
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Egret, Reflected"
City Park, Denver, CO from "States of Grace: the Aviary"



Goshawk Wendi Schneider
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Goshawk"
From "States of Grace: the Aviary"



The Nomad (05) Werner Dursteler
Spain

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The Nomad (05)"
Leica Monochrome



The Nomad (06) Werner Dursteler
Spain

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The Nomad (06)"
Leica Monochrome



Adaptation Yoong Wah Alex Wong
Turkey

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Adaptation"
The wild ducks in northern China adapted to the daily city/industrial - concrete forest lifestyle.



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