Wildlife - Amateur

Huntress Kit Snider
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Wildlife
Professional

"Huntress"



Battle Stefan Maier
Switzerland

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Wildlife
Professional

"Battle"
Tansania, 2016



Elephant Seal Ripples Brian Jones
Australia

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant Seal Ripples"
South Georgia



best friends Sandra Hotrum
Canada

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"best friends"



PHANTOM-END Beatrice Yoder-Leyba
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"PHANTOM-END"
A BACK SIDE ATTRACTIVELY PRESENTED



dangerous jumps Kirill Dorofeev
Russia

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"dangerous jumps"
Kenya, Masai Mara National Park



Elephant Trunk Call David Cayless
UK

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

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



Gliders Nola Sumner
Australia

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Gliders"



Fighting Luciano Leuzzi
Italy

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Fighting"



Portrait of a Chimpanzee Gregoris Mentzas
Greece

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

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



Dancing Koi Mary Anne Chilton
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Dancing Koi"
Japanese Koi



On the Run Bill Klipp
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

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



Stink Eye Michael Pachis
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Stink Eye"



WHAT TO DO Beatrice Yoder-Leyba
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

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



Dolled-up Seta Karabadjian
Canada

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

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



Owl (2) Rebecca Shellhamer
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Owl (2)"
Wise Owl



Swoosh Susan Hillyard
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Swoosh"
Wild Mustangs: Mare and Foal



Butt! Bill Klipp
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

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



Unlikely Friends Abigail Roberts
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Unlikely Friends"
Taken on an ice shelf in Antarctica



Monkey Ake Alm
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Monkey"
Emperor Tamarin, Frankfurt Zoo, Germany



Tornado Aleksandr Romanov
Russia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

"Twist in the tail"
Gobi Desert, Mongolia



Whale of a time Andrew Dickman
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Whale of a time"



BW Blue Heron Reflections Anna Barber
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"BW Blue Heron Reflections"



untitled Annemarie Jacques
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"untitled"



Snuggling Siblings in the Sunshine Bernard Werner
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Snuggling Siblings in the Sunshine"
Gimmelwald, CH



Baby Gray Whale Bill Klipp
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Iceberg & Whale Greenland 7683 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Two of a Kind Bragi J. Ingibergsson
Iceland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

"Frosty Bison"



Hi, My Name is Burt. Carolyn Knorr
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Buffaloes in the Morning Mist Charles Mifsud
Malta

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Buffaloes in the Morning Mist "
Buffaloes in Romania



Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Christian Meermann
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Zebras at Night Debbie Hartley
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Zebras at Night"



Honolua Manta Don Whitebread
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

"Beak to Beak"



Me and My Shadow Don Holman
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Me and My Shadow"



Bighorn Ram on Snowy Slope Earl Hirtz
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

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



migration Erika Tanzer
Austria

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"migration"
the bird fly to south



Stalker Ernesto Rodriguez
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



The Big Fish Evangelia Athanasopoulou
Greece

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The Big Fish"
Doha,Qatar



We are coming Frederick van Heerden
South Africa

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Monkey portrait Giovanni Sonsini
Italy

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Gentoo Penguin Hugh Conacher
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Black Swan Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



YingYang ducks Jeff Moore
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"YingYang ducks"
Two opposing ducks on a city pond



Morning Squawk Jerry Whitty
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Morning Squawk"
Delray Beach Fl 2018



Confrontation Jill Snyder
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Confrontation"



Icarus Joshua Sarinana
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Icarus"



Angels, Animals Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Angels, Animals"
All is new



Flamingos Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Flamingos"
Mexico



Big Island Horse Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Facing The Dawn Kimara Wilhite
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



the four Klaus Lenzen
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Hula Hippo Lara Dziurdzy
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Hula Hippo"



Resting Leonardo Regoli
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Come and get it! Lezanne Gibbs
New Zealand

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Come and get it!"



Tokay Gecko Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Tokay Gecko"



Antarctic "X" Factor Louisa Paez Michelin
Colombia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Portrait of Pony Lynn Tait
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



tête-à-tête Madhavi Swarup
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"tête-à-tête"



Close to the sky Marianne Lang
Switzerland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Close to the sky"



Nippers Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Nippers"



Scratch Patch Marshall Gould
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Scratch Patch"



Texture Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Texture"



Buffalo Roams Alone Michael Gard
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Buffalo Roams Alone"
Yellowstone National Park



Contemplation Norman Robbins
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Contemplation"
Miami Zoo



Friendship Partha Roy
Singapore

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Friendship"
Friendship



Blackie Porus Khareghat
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Blackie"
blackie



Now You See Me Praveen Pai
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

"Owl (1)"
Costa Rica



Swan attack Romain Tornay
Switzerland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Swan attack"
Reykjavik, Iceland, March 2018



Chao Praya river, Bangkok Rudolf Koenig
Switzerland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Headstudy Sabine Peters
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Headstudy"



Eyes Sajeesh R
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



The fragile traveller Salvo Bombara
Italy

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Great Horned Owl in Flight Sandy Scott
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



ALONE Santosh Mitra
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Pagliaccio Stephan Brauchli
Switzerland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Feeding Steven Shaw
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Feeding"
Mountain Gorillas of the Virunga Mountains, Rwanda



Peregrine Falcon Susan Hillyard
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Peregrine Falcon"



Hunter Ted Lau
Hong Kong

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Battle Below Kilimanjaro Teri McNevin
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Battle Below Kilimanjaro"



Bee is for Breakfast TL Khong
Malaysia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bee is for Breakfast"



Spent Toby Trueman
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Over the Hill Tom Sliter
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Dilemma for gulls Trevor Kerry
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Tenderness Valentin Denyset
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"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
Wildlife
Professional

"La Negra"
Portrait of Paso Fino mare.



Tenants Vladimir Soltys
Czech Republic

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Silky Sunset Wai Hoe Mok
Singapore

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



A Secret Place Willa Davis
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



désolé Wladia Drummond
Brazil

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



Cicada Song Yejin Yoo
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

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



CloseUpHorse Zoi Kostantin
Turkey

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"CloseUpHorse"
Eye of the Horse



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