Rolf Walther Germany 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "Bonobo Feet"

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Julia Cumes USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "Orphaned Elephant" A recently orphaned elephant calf looks out of his temporary home in Assam, India.

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David Yeo UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Fireflies" An unexpected captured magic moment where the fireflies danced in front my lens.

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Rolf Walther Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Baby Ape"

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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Common Guillemots" Hornøya, Norway

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Laurent BAHEUX France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Face to Face" 5217-Face to Face, Lion Tanzania 2007 © Laurent Baheux

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Annie Katz USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Hunting Male Snowy Owl" Male Snowy Owl in a field outside of Toronto, Canada hunting for food during a snow storm.

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Adam Plucinski Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Holding Tight" There's is no safer place to nap than on mum's back.

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Hauwel Fabrice Belgium Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Oreo" canon 5d mark 3

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Marilyn Maxwell USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Forest Giraffe"

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Wendi Schneider USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Hover, Snowy Owl " Photographed in Canada in January, the lack of snow was an alarming reminder of climate change.From "States of Grace: Fauna: the Aviary" Pigment ink on vellum over silver leaf.

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christopher mcleod UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "A Foggy Roar" Deer roars out to warn off rivals during the annual rutt.

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Scott Portelli Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Re-Entry" Humpback whale calf hitting the surface after breaching

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Scott Portelli Australia Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Weddell Seal" Weddell Seal on Ice

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Alexandre Manuel Portugal Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Flamingos in the Mist"

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Jan Wieczorek Poland Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Nostalgia"

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Gary Latham UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Reindeer Migration" Reindeer Migration, Heading into a snowstorm on Sacred Mountain, Lapland.

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Hartmut Ahlers Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Peace"

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Rolf Walther Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Bonobo Kiss"

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Heather Swan Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Outcast" Outcast - Wolves

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Dilip Bhatia India Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Horses" One With Landscape

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Alexander Varvarin Russia Nominee Wildlife Professional "True Love" Seychelles giant tortoises

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Anette Mossbacher Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Long March" Three Giraffes on the search for a waterhole along the Etosha Salt Pan in Namibia

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Anette Mossbacher Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Good Night Sleep Tight" Polar bear sleeping between rocks on a cliff in Svalbard, Norway

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Anna Wloch Poland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Seal" Antarctica

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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Icy Stare" A Red Fox flashes an icy stare as he runs along the top of a snowbank in Colorado.

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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Low Rider" Snowy Owl outside of Toronto, Canada skimming the ground.

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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sparring Red Foxes" Two Red Foxes sparring with each other in Colorado.

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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Explosive" Female Snowy Owl explodes on take off out of a field in Canada.

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Annie Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Radiance" A gorgeous` Red Fox in Colorado.

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Anthony Nex USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Africa 3"

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Aram Hovsepian USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ibis and Mangrove"

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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephants under Thunder Skies" Maasai Mara, Kenya

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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Arctic Fox II" Dovrefjell, Norway

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Barb Young USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Winter Geese" Geese fly toward me against the east rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison River.

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Barb Young USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Into the Light" Horses moving together in the dust toward the light.

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Beate Walden USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Love (3)" Love is to provide and keep safe.

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Brian Adams USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Pensive Silverback"

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Cathrin Schulz South Africa Nominee Wildlife Professional "[Un]Domesticated, Silent Scream" A project with animal handler Luke Cornell and his wild animal sanctuary. South Africa, 2014.

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Chieko Tanemura USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snow Monkey's Mealtime"

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Craig Moodie Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flock of the Year" Study of the best Victoria Sheep farmers for 2016

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Deborah Roffel Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Seal Hospital, Pieterburen II" Zeehonden Creche Pieterburen (NL), a hospital for seals.

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Deborah Roffel Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Nina and Lucky"

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Des Harris Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Pigeon Voyageur"

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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Australian Bearded Dragon"

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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ball Python"

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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Canadian Goose"

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Dianne Yudelson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hold On"

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Fethi Karaduman Turkey Nominee Wildlife Professional "Vulnerable" Kenya 2015

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Georgina Goodwin Kenya Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flying Quail" Flying quail, farmed for quail hunting in south west Georgia, USA.

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Girish Menon India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Demoiselle Cranes"

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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "In Silence We Met"

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Gorazd Golob Slovenia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Caravan"

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Guy Offerman Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Highlanders" Vlieland

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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Are You Following Me" 2 turtles sitting on a partially submerged log on a warm and sunny fall afternoon.

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Heather Swan Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stormin Stallion" Stormin Stallion

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Jack Kenner USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Rhino Extinct" There is a rhino slaughtered every three hours. Stop the demand for keratin with education

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Jano Stovka Slovak Republic Nominee Wildlife Professional "Pteropus-vampyrus"

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Jano Stovka Slovak Republic Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hunting"

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Jeff Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Feel Of Black & White"

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Jeff Katz USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "See Level "

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Joan Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Remuda Crossing" This group of horses weave across the landscape as they trek from their winter to summer homes.

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John Wiseman Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Brown Violetear"

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John Wiseman Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Executionerfrog 2"

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John Wiseman Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Steenbok"

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Lance Carter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Moments Rest" Monkey in India pauses for a moment.

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Lance Carter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Resting Place" Monkeys in India rest and prune each other.

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Laurent BAHEUX France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephants Crossing the Plain I" 473-Elephants crossing the plain I, Kenya 2013 © Laurent Baheux

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Laurent BAHEUX France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Body Guards" 7580-Elephant-Body guards, Kenya 2013 © Laurent Baheux

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Laurent BAHEUX France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cheetah Cub with Mother" 2091-Cheetah cub with mother, Tanzania 2015 © Laurent Baheux

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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Slow Loris" Live slow loris shot from top. Educational primate.

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Liyun Yu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "For Your Eyes Only"

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Lynn Clayton New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Where is Mama Bear?" Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

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Lynn Clayton New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Should I Be Scared?" Grizzly Bear looking at me in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

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Lynn Clayton New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bear Lunch" Grizzly Bears love the spawning Salmon in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska

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Marco Crupi USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Splendor" Courtship in full effect

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Marilyn Maxwell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Domain"

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Marilyn Maxwell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional " Wildebeest"

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Marilyn Maxwell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dawn Patrol"

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Marilyn Maxwell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Two Vultures"

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Matthew James Smith USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wild Faroese Horse" Wild Horse native to the Faroe Islands

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ND CHOW Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Path of Friendship"

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Oliver Klink USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Old Timers" The World as it should be.

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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Big Belly" Okavango Delta, Botswana

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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Buffalo, Bird & Bush" Got my fan and cleaner with me - I'm ready to go!

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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cheetah On The Runway" Botswana - Runway Cheetah

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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lion " Okavango Delta, Botswana - He caught two piglets for a snack

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Peter Svoboda Slovak Republic Nominee Wildlife Professional "All Together" Herd of sheeps feeding on Tuscan fields

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Philip Lee Harvey UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Giant Tortoise, Galapagos Islands" A Giant Tortoise can live to well over 100 years old.

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Philip Lee Harvey UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Marine Iguanas, Galapagos Islands" These marine reptiles are only found in the Galapagos Islands.

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Philip Lee Harvey UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sally Lightfoot Crab, Galapagos Islands" Sally Lightfoot crag, Galapagos Islands.

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Pierre Perrault Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Dancing Heron" A dancing heron moving through branches in my city Montreal

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R.D.Wayne Holloway Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Loxodonta Africana"

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Rajesh Dhungana Nepal Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tiger " Tiger male and female

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Roberto Soares-Gomes Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wildlife" Instituto Vital Brazil, Niterói, Brazil.

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Rolf Walther Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Baby Orang Utan"

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Rolf Walther Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bonobo"

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Samuel Feron France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Opposite" I worked around the opposition: black vs. white, up vs. down, left vs. right, sharp vs blurred

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Scott Portelli Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ocean Ripples" Adult Humpback whales on a sandy ocean floor

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Sharon Packer USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "That Look" the look given to those who invade a sanctuary

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Stefanos Kouratzis Cyprus Nominee Wildlife Professional "Flamingos" At Larnaca salt lace, flamingos resting before migrating to warmer places.

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Sue Foll UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Peacock"

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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "GO4" The word game has its origin in colonial times when wild game was being hunted. Hunting was consider

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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "GO6" The word game has its origin in colonial times when wild game was being hunted. Hunting was consider

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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "GO7" The word game has its origin in colonial times when wild game was being hunted. Hunting was consider

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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "GO11" The word game has its origin in colonial times when wild game was being hunted. Hunting was consider

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Tom D. Jones Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "GO12" The word game has its origin in colonial times when wild game was being hunted. Hunting was consider

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Tommaso Rada Brazil Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Seal Smile" A detail of the mouth of a stuffed a stuffed seal exposed in the Natural History Museum of Porto (Portugal)

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Victoria Hillman UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Metallic Beauty" Beautiful Demoiselle (Calopteryx virgo), Transylvania, Romania, Canon 7D & Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro. Male beautiful demoiselles are fiercely territorial in the summer months making the small streams ru

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Wolf Ademeit Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fightclub"

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Wolf Ademeit Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Vortex"

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Yingting Shih Taiwan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Horned Helmet" A duck and its reflection.

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