![]() |
Joachim Meinich AndreassenNorway1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Uncommon Tern" One common tern flying over shallow water. Mulitexposure directly in camera. |
|
Dmitry ArkhipovRussia2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Who Are You?" There is a huge kings pinguin colony in South Georgia. |
![]() |
Porus KhareghatIndia3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Owl Camouflage" MOTTLED WOOD OWL |
![]() |
Louisa Paez MichelinColombiaHonorable Mention "Kings of Gold Harbour" Purveyors of happiness as they return from a chilled swim. |
![]() |
Jill SnyderUSAHonorable Mention "Apart" |
![]() |
Brian RopeAustraliaHonorable Mention "Geneva Swans" White swans glide before the famous Geneva water jet. |
![]() |
Petra TheilemannGermanyHonorable Mention "Snout Bite" part of canine communication: gentle snout bite between pack members |
![]() |
Mary AiuUSAHonorable Mention "Wind" |
![]() |
Sonal ShahUSAHonorable Mention "Forgive Him, He's still young" Nairobi National Park |
![]() |
Susan PerryUSAHonorable Mention "Safe In Mama's Arms" |
![]() |
Bernard WernerUSAHonorable Mention "Out For A Stroll" |
![]() |
Benjamin ZanderUSAHonorable Mention "Sleeping Beauty" Baby goat smiles while sleeping on her mother in Haifa, Israel. |
![]() |
Larry ColbyUSAHonorable Mention "Annoying Mom" Playful cub getting Mom's attention, South Africa |
![]() |
Bjorn BjornsonSwedenHonorable Mention "The King of the Forest is Down" Once a year in the autumn the big event for hunters is the elk hunting |
![]() |
Bill KlippUSAHonorable Mention "Killer Whale Beach Attack" Killer Whale intentionally stranding on beach in Patagonia to catch a Sea Lion Pup |
![]() |
Bencai GongUSAHonorable Mention "Big Meal" Taken in Peru |
![]() |
Porus KhareghatIndiaHonorable Mention "Death in the Mara" AN IMPALA CARCASS HANGS HIGH IN THE TREE |
![]() |
Jesse MechlingUSAHonorable Mention "Spinner Symmetry" Spinner Dolphins, Kona, Hawaii |
![]() |
Jose Javier Delgado EstebanSpainHonorable Mention "Hide and Seek" A Humpback whale calf hides below it's mother in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u |
![]() |
Chris StimsonAustraliaHonorable Mention "Pelican Light" So ungainly on land, so amazing in the air - neither evident all tucked up and resting |
![]() |
Sarah CorbinUSAHonorable Mention "Reflection of Herd" Camargue Horses, France |
![]() |
Alfonso de Cruz BarriosSpainNominee "Lovingly" |
![]() |
Amanda HarnerUSANominee "Caught Up" |
![]() |
Amardeep SinghIndiaNominee "Antlers Avenue" Mongolia |
![]() |
Amit Jung KCFranceNominee "Refreshing Myself" Picture taken in near Kathmandu in a holy pond. |
![]() |
Amy SiqvelandUSANominee "Colobus Monkey" |
![]() |
Annemarie JacquesUSANominee "hawk study #1" |
![]() |
Annette RuzickaAustraliaNominee "Vultures Await" On a remote beach in Costa Rica, vultures wait for eggs or old turtles, whichever comes first. |
![]() |
Beatrice Yoder-LeybaUSANominee "Hummingbird at Window" a visit observed and photographed through window |
![]() |
Beatrice Yoder-LeybaUSANominee "Snowy Owl " at lift off leaving a trail of snow behind |
![]() |
Bencai GongUSANominee "Travel Three" Taken in Kenya |
![]() |
Bencai GongUSANominee "Catch" Taken in Peru |
![]() |
Bencai GongUSANominee "Rest" taken in Venezuela |
![]() |
Bill KlippUSANominee "Wrinkles" Southern Elephant Seal Pup |
![]() |
Brad CarlileUSANominee "Love (2)" Love |
![]() |
Brian JonesAustraliaNominee "Walrus Gaze" |
![]() |
Carolyn KnorrUSANominee "Young Buck" Manx Ram adolescent-Isle of Man |
![]() |
Charles MifsudMaltaNominee "Flight of the Egret" Egret flying in Mexico |
![]() |
Christian MeermannGermanyNominee "Nosferatu" This flying fox looks as if it hat inspired Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau. |
![]() |
Chyoung SengHyunRep. of KoreaNominee "Retired Racehorse" I love the sun, and I love the wind |
![]() |
Colleen SternbergerUSANominee "Xanto" Xanto is a Lusitano stallion from Italy |
![]() |
Colmar WockeSwitzerlandNominee "Striped Reflections" A goose, sitting in shallow water on a stone - a gate's reflection mirroring the bird's stripes. |
![]() |
Corina MunteanuRomaniaNominee "Not Alone" |
![]() |
Dalia FichmannSwitzerlandNominee "Screaming" Screaming bald eagle. |
![]() |
David ReillyUSANominee "Ali Su Roma (Wings Over Rome)" I wanted to capture the unusual pose and eye contact with this gull at Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome. |
![]() |
Dimuthu JayawickramaUSANominee "Dew Covered Insect" Photo taken early in the morning in the backyard in late summer as temperature starts going down. |
![]() |
Don HolmanUSANominee "Spoonbill" |
![]() |
Donna RosserUSANominee "Serendipity" |
![]() |
Dvir BarkayUSANominee "Clask of the Titans " Two immense male bison clash in a heated battle over a female. |
![]() |
Dvir BarkayUSANominee "A Provocative Lot " Two White Faced Capuchin Monkey's let their feelings be known. |
![]() |
Eduardo FujiiUSANominee "Marabou Storks" |
![]() |
Edwin SorianoUSANominee "Face Off" My first encounter with an alligator. |
![]() |
Gerald McDowellUSANominee "Jelly Fish" Aquarium in Newport KY |
![]() |
Gerald McDowellUSANominee "Shark#10" Aquarium in Newport KY |
|
Gian Luigi Fornari LanzettiItalyNominee "Great Migration" A creative perspective of thousands of crowded gnus and zebras during the Great Migration (Tanzania) |
|
Gian Luigi Fornari LanzettiItalyNominee "Piercing the Veils of Indifference" Dramatic portrait of a magnificent white rhino taken into the wild (Lake Nakuru NP - Kenya). |
![]() |
Henry JagerSwitzerlandNominee "Green Turtle" Green Turtle at Apo Island, Philippines |
![]() |
Jeff MooreUSANominee "Goose Drag" Labrador Retreiver carries giant goose in snow |
![]() |
Jeff MooreUSANominee "Flying Beartrap" Canada goose flies directly at you. |
![]() |
Jerry WhittyUSANominee "Hawk" Contemplating hawk |
![]() |
Jill SnyderUSANominee "Trunk and Toe" |
![]() |
Jill SnyderUSANominee "Guardians" |
![]() |
Jill SnyderUSANominee "Standout" |
![]() |
Jim WelninskiUSANominee "The Mind Of A Horse" |
![]() |
Joachim Meinich AndreassenNorwayNominee "Swan Mirror" Mute swan. Photo taken from a bridge. |
![]() |
Joachim Meinich AndreassenNorwayNominee "Flight Over Calm Waters" |
![]() |
Jose Javier Delgado EstebanSpainNominee "Eye to Eye Contact" A Humpback whale calf watches me carefully in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u |
![]() |
Joseph AnthonyUKNominee "The Look of Intent" The most elusive yet beautiful of big cats this is a male known locally as Mahlathini. While it is possible to see big cats in Sabi Sabi relatively frequently in the day time, they are usually more ac |
![]() |
Juan Pablo CastilloEcuadorNominee " San Gabriel Mountain Big Horn Sheep" |
![]() |
Karen Hanley ColbertUSANominee "Tired and Defeated" |
![]() |
Kathleen FischerUSANominee "Cozumel" |
![]() |
Kathleen FischerUSANominee "Sand Hills " |
![]() |
Kos KarathanasisNetherlandsNominee "Fighting Hippos" Fighting Hippos in St Lucia, South Africa |
![]() |
Kristen Victoria HarnerUSANominee "Isolation" |
![]() |
Kwa WeilingMalaysiaNominee "Black and White" |
![]() |
Larry ColbyUSANominee "Baby Blues Bickering" Great blue heron chicks fighting for position in the nest |
![]() |
Larry ColbyUSANominee "A Little Advice" African penguins, Cape Town, South Africa |
![]() |
Linda CutcheNew ZealandNominee "Attacus Atlas" |
![]() |
Louisa Paez MichelinColombiaNominee "Shared Endangerment" Mother Polar Bear passes down surival skills in the Northern Arctic to her young male cub. |
![]() |
Louisa Paez MichelinColombiaNominee "Survival in Solitude" They are kings of survival and warriors to endangerment. |
![]() |
Louisa Paez MichelinColombiaNominee "Love (1)" In a timeless sancturary like Antarctica- love finds itself year after year. |
![]() |
Luke GordonCanadaNominee "Crosseyed" This seahorse couldn't take his eyes off the lens, lucky for me! |
![]() |
Luke GordonCanadaNominee "Head On" A male ribbon eel searching for prey on amongst the darkness |
![]() |
Manny FajutagPhilippinesNominee "ZebrAbstract" A close up shot of a Zebra |
![]() |
Marshall GouldUSANominee "A Missing Head Count" |
![]() |
Marshall GouldUSANominee "Clearing Out" |
![]() |
Marshall GouldUSANominee "Nuzzling In" |
![]() |
Marshall GouldUSANominee "Waiting For Her Foal" |
![]() |
Mohammad MuradKuwaitNominee "Astonished Owl Chick" Pharaoh Eagle Owl Chick Posing Inside Its Nest Which Was Under A Big Rock |
![]() |
Mohammad MuradKuwaitNominee "Thorns Of The Sea" Grey Heron & Little Egret Found These Iron Poles In The Sea Just 30 meters From Shore |
![]() |
Morden O'HareAustraliaNominee "The Stare" A curious baboon stares back at me in an almost human-like way. Namibia. |
![]() |
Morden O'HareAustraliaNominee "Tough Mother" An injured but coping mother of two cubs. Taken in Kenya. |
![]() |
Patrick EmsSwitzerlandNominee "L'Instant Du Silence 1" A moment full of pureness and beauty ... |
![]() |
Patrick EmsSwitzerlandNominee "L'Instant Du Silence 4" A moment full of pureness and beauty ... |
![]() |
pekka JärventausFinlandNominee "Sisters" Sisters, Masai Mara 2016 |
![]() |
pekka JärventausFinlandNominee "Lion Couple" Lion couple, Masai Mara |
![]() |
Petra TheilemannGermanyNominee "Wolfdog Sisters" four month old female wolfdog puppy in submissive conversation with her two year old sister |
![]() |
Petra TheilemannGermanyNominee "Cheetah Overlooking Hunting Grounds" female cheetah overlooking her hunting grounds in a private reserve |
![]() |
PJ FugatzeUSANominee "Into the Depths" Sea Nettle 01 |
![]() |
Porus KhareghatIndiaNominee "Ballet" POETRY IN MOTION , GRACE THY NAME IS LEOPARD . |
![]() |
Porus KhareghatIndiaNominee "Family" MALIKA & HER CUBS BLEND INTO THE GRASS . |
![]() |
Richard ArmstrongUSANominee "Common Loon" Common Loon Wing Stretch with Reflection |
![]() |
Robi ChakrabortyUSANominee "Seagulls" Seagulls, South Carolina, USA |
![]() |
Robin L HensonUSANominee "Longbeak" California Pelican Posing like a showoff |
![]() |
Roland WeberGermanyNominee "Bos Primigenius" Young Aurochs. Mannheim, Germany. Feb.2016 |
![]() |
Sandy ScottUSANominee "Osprey with a Fish" This osprey had just captured its sushi breakfast and was getting ready to dine |
![]() |
Sandy ScottUSANominee "Direct Eye Contact with a Cormorant" Focusing in on the eyes and chest plumage of a double-crested cormorant |
![]() |
Sarah CorbinUSANominee "One Week Old" Camargue Horses, France |
![]() |
Sarah CorbinUSANominee "The Chase #1" Camargue Horses, France |
![]() |
Sonal ShahUSANominee "Four Wildebeest of the Apocalypse" |
![]() |
Stefano ColtelliItalyNominee "Butterfly" |
![]() |
Steven GreenbaumUSANominee "Concerned" Concerned |
![]() |
Sue RatcliffeCanadaNominee "Cougar" |
![]() |
Susan PerryUSANominee "Veil of Innocence" |
![]() |
Susan GreeffSouth AfricaNominee "African Wildlife" Elephant Herd |
![]() |
Susan PerryUSANominee "Nice Camera!" |
![]() |
Thomas KoktaUSANominee "Mother and Baby Monkey" A cold winter day makes a mother and her baby stay in a warm pool |
![]() |
Thomas KoktaUSANominee "Emperor Penguins in Conference" Adult emperor penguins and a group of chicks |
![]() |
Thomas De SterckBelgiumNominee "Big Cat In The Wild Up Close 2" Old fellow, Namibia - Sleeping with one eye open, always alert! |
![]() |
Tom O ScottUSANominee "A Ledge For One" La Jolla Cove, California |
![]() |
Tom O ScottUSANominee "Synchronized Sun Bathing" La Jolla Cove, California |
![]() |
Vanda RalevskaUKNominee "A Quiet Moment" |
![]() |
Veronica de BruynSouth AfricaNominee "Chameleon" Resting time. |
![]() |
Viveca VenegasPuerto RicoNominee "Moon Light Flight" |
![]() |
Volker BirkeGermanyNominee "Wild Geese Morning" A fantastic foggy sunrise in fall, wild geese flying over the lake / "cheering" the upcoming day... |
![]() |
Xavier Mas FerraSpainNominee "Jellyfish" Ibiza |
![]() |
Xavier Mas FerraSpainNominee "Kiss" Kaikoura, New Zealand |
< back