Wildlife - Amateur
Huntress

Kit Snider

USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Huntress"


Battle

Stefan Maier

Switzerland

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Battle"
Tansania, 2016


Elephant Seal Ripples

Brian Jones

Australia

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Elephant Seal Ripples"
South Georgia


best friends

Sandra Hotrum

Canada

Honorable Mention

"best friends"


PHANTOM-END

Beatrice Yoder-Leyba

USA

Honorable Mention

"PHANTOM-END"
A BACK SIDE ATTRACTIVELY PRESENTED


dangerous jumps

Kirill Dorofeev

Russia

Honorable Mention

"dangerous jumps"
Kenya, Masai Mara National Park


Elephant Trunk Call

David Cayless

UK

Honorable Mention

"Elephant Trunk Call"
The elephant was curious and came right over to my vehicle to check me out by smelling


Hard Landing

Paul Mordheweyk

Indonesia

Honorable Mention

"Hard Landing"
when the geese fly over to his friend to get food from the handler


Gliders

Nola Sumner

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Gliders"


Fighting

Luciano Leuzzi

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Fighting"


Portrait of a Chimpanzee

Gregoris Mentzas

Greece

Honorable Mention

"Portrait of a Chimpanzee"
"Portrait of a Chimpanzee" is an image from my “Animal Kingdom” series.


Dancing Koi

Mary Anne Chilton

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dancing Koi"
Japanese Koi


On the Run

Bill Klipp

USA

Honorable Mention

"On the Run"
Lion running, Maasai Mara, Kenya


Stink Eye

Michael Pachis

USA

Honorable Mention

"Stink Eye"


WHAT TO DO

Beatrice Yoder-Leyba

USA

Honorable Mention

"WHAT TO DO "
WHAT TO DO WITH DRIFT WOOD IS THE QUESTION


Dolled-up

Seta Karabadjian

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Dolled-up"
Sheep near Hoorn, Netherlands, 2016


Owl (2)

Rebecca Shellhamer

USA

Honorable Mention

"Owl (2)"
Wise Owl


Swoosh

Susan Hillyard

USA

Honorable Mention

"Swoosh"
Wild Mustangs: Mare and Foal


Butt!

Bill Klipp

USA

Honorable Mention

"Butt!"
Zebras at watering hole, Tarangire Ntl Park, Tanzania


Unlikely Friends

Abigail Roberts

USA

Nominee

"Unlikely Friends"
Taken on an ice shelf in Antarctica


Monkey

Ake Alm

Germany

Nominee

"Monkey"
Emperor Tamarin, Frankfurt Zoo, Germany


Tornado

Aleksandr Romanov

Russia

Nominee

"Tornado"
The Yamalonensky Autonomous Okrug, Russia, the Tazovsky Peninsula, March 24, 2018. Nentsy catch reindeer that would be vaccinated against an "anthrax".


Twist in the tail

Amardeep Singh

India

Nominee

"Twist in the tail"
Gobi Desert, Mongolia


Whale of a time

Andrew Dickman

Australia

Nominee

"Whale of a time"


BW Blue Heron Reflections

Anna Barber

USA

Nominee

"BW Blue Heron Reflections"


untitled

Annemarie Jacques

USA

Nominee

"untitled"


Snuggling Siblings in the Sunshine

Bernard Werner

USA

Nominee

"Snuggling Siblings in the Sunshine"
Gimmelwald, CH


Baby Gray Whale

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"Baby Gray Whale"
Baby Gray Whale coming to check us out


Iceberg & Whale Greenland 7683

Bob Neiman

USA

Nominee

"Iceberg & Whale Greenland 7683"
Iceberg & Whale Greenland 7683


Two of a Kind

Bragi J. Ingibergsson

Iceland

Nominee

"Two of a Kind"
Two Icelandic horses - one as the main subject and another in the distance framed by the horse in th


Frosty Bison

Carol Rusinek

Canada

Nominee

"Frosty Bison"


Hi, My Name is Burt.

Carolyn Knorr

USA

Nominee

"Hi, My Name is Burt."
Meet Burt the Alpaca.


Buffaloes in the Morning Mist

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"Buffaloes in the Morning Mist "
Buffaloes in Romania


Silvery-cheeked Hornbill

Christian Meermann

Germany

Nominee

"Silvery-cheeked Hornbill"
The elegant pose creates nice juxtaposition with the rather crude bill of the bird.


Zebras at Night

Debbie Hartley

Australia

Nominee

"Zebras at Night"


Honolua Manta

Don Whitebread

USA

Nominee

"Honolua Manta"
A huge Manta Ray and I surprised each other while I was free diving in Honolua Bay, Maui.


Beak to Beak

Don Holman

USA

Nominee

"Beak to Beak"


Me and My Shadow

Don Holman

USA

Nominee

"Me and My Shadow"


Bighorn Ram on Snowy Slope

Earl Hirtz

Canada

Nominee

"Bighorn Ram on Snowy Slope"
I spotted this Bighorn Ram while hiking in the interior of British Columbia, Canada.


Grey Angur

Ellin Pollachek

USA

Nominee

"Grey Angur"
I met him in India and we've been friends ever since.


migration

Erika Tanzer

Austria

Nominee

"migration"
the bird fly to south


Stalker

Ernesto Rodriguez

USA

Nominee

"Stalker"
Florida gator paciently waiting for pray in the swampy waters of the Everglades National Park.


The Big Fish

Evangelia Athanasopoulou

Greece

Nominee

"The Big Fish"
Doha,Qatar


We are coming

Frederick van Heerden

South Africa

Nominee

"We are coming"
Photographed in teh Kgaligadi South Africa June 2017


Monkey portrait

Giovanni Sonsini

Italy

Nominee

"Monkey portrait"
Photo taken in the Galtaji Temple (temple of monkeys) in Jaipur (India).


Gentoo Penguin

Hugh Conacher

Canada

Nominee

"Gentoo Penguin "
Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula 64˚41’ S, 62˚38’ W


Black Swan

Ian Shand

New Zealand

Nominee

"Black Swan"
Foraging in the early morning, Lake Okareke, Rotorua, New Zealand 2018


YingYang ducks

Jeff Moore

USA

Nominee

"YingYang ducks"
Two opposing ducks on a city pond


Morning Squawk

Jerry Whitty

USA

Nominee

"Morning Squawk"
Delray Beach Fl 2018


Confrontation

Jill Snyder

USA

Nominee

"Confrontation"


Icarus

Joshua Sarinana

USA

Nominee

"Icarus"


Angels, Animals

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Angels, Animals"
All is new


Flamingos

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Flamingos"
Mexico


Big Island Horse

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Big Island Horse"
At the southern most point in North America.


Facing The Dawn

Kimara Wilhite

USA

Nominee

"Facing The Dawn"
A wild horse in the early morning light at Carrot Island, NC


the four

Klaus Lenzen

Germany

Nominee

"the four"
pigeons seen at Duesseldorf (Germany) main station (2017)


Hula Hippo

Lara Dziurdzy

Canada

Nominee

"Hula Hippo"


Resting

Leonardo Regoli

USA

Nominee

"Resting"
Wild bison resting in the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge


Come and get it!

Lezanne Gibbs

New Zealand

Nominee

"Come and get it!"


Tokay Gecko

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Nominee

"Tokay Gecko"


Antarctic "X" Factor

Louisa Paez Michelin

Colombia

Nominee

"Antarctic "X" Factor"
Kelp Gull in Cuverville, Antarctica displays its version of the Antarctic " X" Factor.


Portrait of Pony

Lynn Tait

Canada

Nominee

"Portrait of Pony"
Pony is galloping full-tilt towards me.


tête-à-tête

Madhavi Swarup

India

Nominee

"tête-à-tête"


Close to the sky

Marianne Lang

Switzerland

Nominee

"Close to the sky"


Nippers

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Nippers"


Scratch Patch

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Scratch Patch"


Texture

Michael Rausch

USA

Nominee

"Texture"


Buffalo Roams Alone

Michael Gard

USA

Nominee

"Buffalo Roams Alone"
Yellowstone National Park


Contemplation

Norman Robbins

USA

Nominee

"Contemplation"
Miami Zoo


Friendship

Partha Roy

Singapore

Nominee

"Friendship"
Friendship


Blackie

Porus Khareghat

India

Nominee

"Blackie"
blackie


Now You See Me

Praveen Pai

India

Nominee

"Now You See Me"
When wildlife is totally unexpected and there is a hidden avatar watching your space from the hideouts.


Owl (1)

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Owl (1)"
Costa Rica


Swan attack

Romain Tornay

Switzerland

Nominee

"Swan attack"
Reykjavik, Iceland, March 2018


Chao Praya river, Bangkok

Rudolf Koenig

Switzerland

Nominee

"Chao Praya river, Bangkok"
river fish near landing on Chao Praya


Headstudy

Sabine Peters

Germany

Nominee

"Headstudy"


Eyes

Sajeesh R

India

Nominee

"Eyes"
Tigress watching the visitors through the gaps of bushes, Bandhavgarg tiger reserve.


The fragile traveller

Salvo Bombara

Italy

Nominee

"The fragile traveller"
Underwater photography, a nice specimen of Pelagia Noctiluca, Sicily.


Great Horned Owl in Flight

Sandy Scott

USA

Nominee

"Great Horned Owl in Flight"
A great horned owl in flight just as it takes off


ALONE

Santosh Mitra

Australia

Nominee

"ALONE"
A cormorant perched alone on a twig, Richmond, Australia


Pagliaccio

Stephan Brauchli

Switzerland

Nominee

"Pagliaccio"
Atlantic puffin posing - Iceland - reminiscent of Pagliaccio on stage


Feeding

Steven Shaw

Australia

Nominee

"Feeding"
Mountain Gorillas of the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda


Peregrine Falcon

Susan Hillyard

USA

Nominee

"Peregrine Falcon"


Hunter

Ted Lau

Hong Kong

Nominee

"Hunter"
A cheetah looks for its next victim in Tanzania.


Battle Below Kilimanjaro

Teri McNevin

Canada

Nominee

"Battle Below Kilimanjaro"


Bee is for Breakfast

TL Khong

Malaysia

Nominee

"Bee is for Breakfast"


Spent

Toby Trueman

UK

Nominee

"Spent"
After centuries of work, time to rest, overtaken, replaced, Spent. East Lothian


Over the Hill

Tom Sliter

USA

Nominee

"Over the Hill"
Gentoo Penguins, Booth Island, Antarctic Peninsula


Dilemma for gulls

Trevor Kerry

UK

Nominee

"Dilemma for gulls"
I was photographing a Christmas swim in Hyde Park when these gulls perched on the railing


Tenderness

Valentin Denyset

France

Nominee

"Tenderness"
Crouched in the reeds during a long winter day in the South of France, I could see this herons couple sharing a privileged moment. A tremendous instant captured!


La Negra

Viveca Venegas

Puerto Rico

Nominee

"La Negra"
Portrait of Paso Fino mare.


Tenants

Vladimir Soltys

Czech Republic

Nominee

"Tenants"
Nesting collony of guillemots on Cliff of Moher in Ireland


Silky Sunset

Wai Hoe Mok

Singapore

Nominee

"Silky Sunset"
Silky shark portrait with an evening sunburst backdrop, taken in Jardines de la Reina, Cuba


A Secret Place

Willa Davis

USA

Nominee

"A Secret Place"
An imagined place where swans can be safe at night.


désolé

Wladia Drummond

Brazil

Nominee

"désolé"
Endangered African penguins. Boulders Beach is a reserve of protect these pengui


Cicada Song

Yejin Yoo

USA

Nominee

"Cicada Song"
A visual articulation of cicada songs. Shot in an apartment near the Han River, Seoul, South Korea.


CloseUpHorse

Zoi Kostantin

Turkey

Nominee

"CloseUpHorse"
Eye of the Horse


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