Wildlife - Amateur

Joachim Meinich Andreassen Norway 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Uncommon Tern" One common tern flying over shallow water. Mulitexposure directly in camera.

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Dmitry Arkhipov Russia 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Who Are You?" There is a huge kings pinguin colony in South Georgia.

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Porus Khareghat India 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Owl Camouflage" MOTTLED WOOD OWL

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Honorable Mention "Kings of Gold Harbour" Purveyors of happiness as they return from a chilled swim.

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Jill Snyder USA Honorable Mention "Apart"

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Brian Rope Australia Honorable Mention "Geneva Swans" White swans glide before the famous Geneva water jet.

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Petra Theilemann Germany Honorable Mention "Snout Bite" part of canine communication: gentle snout bite between pack members

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Mary Aiu USA Honorable Mention "Wind"

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Sonal Shah USA Honorable Mention "Forgive Him, He's still young" Nairobi National Park

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Susan Perry USA Honorable Mention "Safe In Mama's Arms"

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Bernard Werner USA Honorable Mention "Out For A Stroll"

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Benjamin Zander USA Honorable Mention "Sleeping Beauty" Baby goat smiles while sleeping on her mother in Haifa, Israel.

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Larry Colby USA Honorable Mention "Annoying Mom" Playful cub getting Mom's attention, South Africa

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Bjorn Bjornson Sweden Honorable Mention "The King of the Forest is Down" Once a year in the autumn the big event for hunters is the elk hunting

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Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention "Killer Whale Beach Attack" Killer Whale intentionally stranding on beach in Patagonia to catch a Sea Lion Pup

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Bencai Gong USA Honorable Mention "Big Meal" Taken in Peru

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Porus Khareghat India Honorable Mention "Death in the Mara" AN IMPALA CARCASS HANGS HIGH IN THE TREE

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Jesse Mechling USA Honorable Mention "Spinner Symmetry" Spinner Dolphins, Kona, Hawaii

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Jose Javier Delgado Esteban Spain Honorable Mention "Hide and Seek" A Humpback whale calf hides below it's mother in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u

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Chris Stimson Australia Honorable Mention "Pelican Light" So ungainly on land, so amazing in the air - neither evident all tucked up and resting

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Sarah Corbin USA Honorable Mention "Reflection of Herd" Camargue Horses, France

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Alfonso de Cruz Barrios Spain Nominee "Lovingly"

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Amanda Harner USA Nominee "Caught Up"

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Amardeep Singh India Nominee "Antlers Avenue" Mongolia

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Amit Jung KC France Nominee "Refreshing Myself" Picture taken in near Kathmandu in a holy pond.

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Amy Siqveland USA Nominee "Colobus Monkey"

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Annemarie Jacques USA Nominee "hawk study #1"

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Annette Ruzicka Australia Nominee "Vultures Await" On a remote beach in Costa Rica, vultures wait for eggs or old turtles, whichever comes first.

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee "Hummingbird at Window" a visit observed and photographed through window

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Beatrice Yoder-Leyba USA Nominee "Snowy Owl " at lift off leaving a trail of snow behind

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Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Travel Three" Taken in Kenya

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Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Catch" Taken in Peru

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Bencai Gong USA Nominee "Rest" taken in Venezuela

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Wrinkles" Southern Elephant Seal Pup

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Brad Carlile USA Nominee "Love (2)" Love

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Walrus Gaze"

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Carolyn Knorr USA Nominee "Young Buck" Manx Ram adolescent-Isle of Man

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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee "Flight of the Egret" Egret flying in Mexico

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee "Nosferatu" This flying fox looks as if it hat inspired Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau.

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Chyoung SengHyun Rep. of Korea Nominee "Retired Racehorse" I love the sun, and I love the wind

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Colleen Sternberger USA Nominee "Xanto" Xanto is a Lusitano stallion from Italy

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Colmar Wocke Switzerland Nominee "Striped Reflections" A goose, sitting in shallow water on a stone - a gate's reflection mirroring the bird's stripes.

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Corina Munteanu Romania Nominee "Not Alone"

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Dalia Fichmann Switzerland Nominee "Screaming" Screaming bald eagle.

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David Reilly USA Nominee "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.

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Dimuthu Jayawickrama USA Nominee "Dew Covered Insect" Photo taken early in the morning in the backyard in late summer as temperature starts going down.

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Don Holman USA Nominee "Spoonbill"

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Donna Rosser USA Nominee "Serendipity"

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Dvir Barkay USA Nominee "Clask of the Titans " Two immense male bison clash in a heated battle over a female.

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Dvir Barkay USA Nominee "A Provocative Lot " Two White Faced Capuchin Monkey's let their feelings be known.

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Eduardo Fujii USA Nominee "Marabou Storks"

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Edwin Soriano USA Nominee "Face Off" My first encounter with an alligator.

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Gerald McDowell USA Nominee "Jelly Fish" Aquarium in Newport KY

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Gerald McDowell USA Nominee "Shark#10" Aquarium in Newport KY

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Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee "Great Migration" A creative perspective of thousands of crowded gnus and zebras during the Great Migration (Tanzania)

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Gian Luigi Fornari Lanzetti Italy Nominee "Piercing the Veils of Indifference" Dramatic portrait of a magnificent white rhino taken into the wild (Lake Nakuru NP - Kenya).

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Henry Jager Switzerland Nominee "Green Turtle" Green Turtle at Apo Island, Philippines

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Jeff Moore USA Nominee "Goose Drag" Labrador Retreiver carries giant goose in snow

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Jeff Moore USA Nominee "Flying Beartrap" Canada goose flies directly at you.

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Jerry Whitty USA Nominee "Hawk" Contemplating hawk

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Trunk and Toe"

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Guardians"

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Standout"

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Jim Welninski USA Nominee "The Mind Of A Horse"

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Joachim Meinich Andreassen Norway Nominee "Swan Mirror" Mute swan. Photo taken from a bridge.

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Joachim Meinich Andreassen Norway Nominee "Flight Over Calm Waters"

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Jose Javier Delgado Esteban Spain Nominee "Eye to Eye Contact" A Humpback whale calf watches me carefully in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u

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Joseph Anthony UK Nominee "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

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Juan Pablo Castillo Ecuador Nominee " San Gabriel Mountain Big Horn Sheep"

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Karen Hanley Colbert USA Nominee "Tired and Defeated"

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Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Cozumel"

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Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Sand Hills "

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Kos Karathanasis Netherlands Nominee "Fighting Hippos" Fighting Hippos in St Lucia, South Africa

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Kristen Victoria Harner USA Nominee "Isolation"

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Kwa Weiling Malaysia Nominee "Black and White"

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Larry Colby USA Nominee "Baby Blues Bickering" Great blue heron chicks fighting for position in the nest

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Larry Colby USA Nominee "A Little Advice" African penguins, Cape Town, South Africa

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Linda Cutche New Zealand Nominee "Attacus Atlas"

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee "Shared Endangerment" Mother Polar Bear passes down surival skills in the Northern Arctic to her young male cub.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee "Survival in Solitude" They are kings of survival and warriors to endangerment.

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Louisa Paez Michelin Colombia Nominee "Love (1)" In a timeless sancturary like Antarctica- love finds itself year after year.

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Luke Gordon Canada Nominee "Crosseyed" This seahorse couldn't take his eyes off the lens, lucky for me!

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Luke Gordon Canada Nominee "Head On" A male ribbon eel searching for prey on amongst the darkness

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Manny Fajutag Philippines Nominee "ZebrAbstract" A close up shot of a Zebra

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "A Missing Head Count"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Clearing Out"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Nuzzling In"

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Marshall Gould USA Nominee "Waiting For Her Foal"

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee "Astonished Owl Chick" Pharaoh Eagle Owl Chick Posing Inside Its Nest Which Was Under A Big Rock

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Mohammad Murad Kuwait Nominee "Thorns Of The Sea" Grey Heron & Little Egret Found These Iron Poles In The Sea Just 30 meters From Shore

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Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee "The Stare" A curious baboon stares back at me in an almost human-like way. Namibia.

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Morden O'Hare Australia Nominee "Tough Mother" An injured but coping mother of two cubs. Taken in Kenya.

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Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "L'Instant Du Silence 1" A moment full of pureness and beauty ...

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Patrick Ems Switzerland Nominee "L'Instant Du Silence 4" A moment full of pureness and beauty ...

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pekka Järventaus Finland Nominee "Sisters" Sisters, Masai Mara 2016

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pekka Järventaus Finland Nominee "Lion Couple" Lion couple, Masai Mara

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Petra Theilemann Germany Nominee "Wolfdog Sisters" four month old female wolfdog puppy in submissive conversation with her two year old sister

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Petra Theilemann Germany Nominee "Cheetah Overlooking Hunting Grounds" female cheetah overlooking her hunting grounds in a private reserve

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PJ Fugatze USA Nominee "Into the Depths" Sea Nettle 01

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Porus Khareghat India Nominee "Ballet" POETRY IN MOTION , GRACE THY NAME IS LEOPARD .

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Porus Khareghat India Nominee "Family" MALIKA & HER CUBS BLEND INTO THE GRASS .

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Richard Armstrong USA Nominee "Common Loon" Common Loon Wing Stretch with Reflection

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Robi Chakraborty USA Nominee "Seagulls" Seagulls, South Carolina, USA

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Robin L Henson USA Nominee "Longbeak" California Pelican Posing like a showoff

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Roland Weber Germany Nominee "Bos Primigenius" Young Aurochs. Mannheim, Germany. Feb.2016

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Sandy Scott USA Nominee "Osprey with a Fish" This osprey had just captured its sushi breakfast and was getting ready to dine

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Sandy Scott USA Nominee "Direct Eye Contact with a Cormorant" Focusing in on the eyes and chest plumage of a double-crested cormorant

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Sarah Corbin USA Nominee "One Week Old" Camargue Horses, France

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Sarah Corbin USA Nominee "The Chase #1" Camargue Horses, France

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Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Four Wildebeest of the Apocalypse"

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Stefano Coltelli Italy Nominee "Butterfly"

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Steven Greenbaum USA Nominee "Concerned" Concerned

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Sue Ratcliffe Canada Nominee "Cougar"

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Susan Perry USA Nominee "Veil of Innocence"

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Susan Greeff South Africa Nominee "African Wildlife" Elephant Herd

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Susan Perry USA Nominee "Nice Camera!"

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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Mother and Baby Monkey" A cold winter day makes a mother and her baby stay in a warm pool

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Thomas Kokta USA Nominee "Emperor Penguins in Conference" Adult emperor penguins and a group of chicks

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Thomas De Sterck Belgium Nominee "Big Cat In The Wild Up Close 2" Old fellow, Namibia - Sleeping with one eye open, always alert!

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Tom O Scott USA Nominee "A Ledge For One" La Jolla Cove, California

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Tom O Scott USA Nominee "Synchronized Sun Bathing" La Jolla Cove, California

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Vanda Ralevska UK Nominee "A Quiet Moment"

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Veronica de Bruyn South Africa Nominee "Chameleon" Resting time.

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee "Moon Light Flight"

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Volker Birke Germany Nominee "Wild Geese Morning" A fantastic foggy sunrise in fall, wild geese flying over the lake / "cheering" the upcoming day...

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Jellyfish" Ibiza

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Xavier Mas Ferra Spain Nominee "Kiss" Kaikoura, New Zealand

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