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Devotion

Patrick Ems

Switzerland

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Devotion"
Sledgedog race in Ilulissat, Western Greenland



Bad Attitude

Christian Meermann

Germany

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Bad Attitude"
This photo is a part of my ongoing series of monochrome animal portraits on black background.



Deer bellow

Javier Herranz Casellas

Spain

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Deer bellow"
A huge European deer bellows in the English countryside.



Goat in argan tree

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Goat in argan tree"



angry bird

Tilly Meijer

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"angry bird"
pelican



eye

Erika Tanzer

Austria

Honorable Mention

"eye"
a detail of a horse



Above and Below - Shake

Holger Buecker

Germany

Honorable Mention

"Above and Below - Shake"
Only a small part of the polar bear is above the water. Just like an iceberg.



Black Goat

Michael Gard

USA

Honorable Mention

"Black Goat"



Gazemu

Ernesto Rodriguez

USA

Honorable Mention

"Gazemu"
Staring contest game with an emu... Bad idea!



The Great Escape

Arup Bhattacharjee

India

Honorable Mention

"The Great Escape"
THE GREAT ESCAPE



Flamingos at Night

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Honorable Mention

"Flamingos at Night"
A midnight snack in Cozumel, Mexico



Mimicry

Wai Hoe Mok

Singapore

Honorable Mention

"Mimicry"
A mimic octopus impersonating the movements of a venomous jellyfish to ward off predators



Sportive Lemur in a Tree Hole

Robert Vogt

USA

Honorable Mention

"Sportive Lemur in a Tree Hole"
Sportive lemurs sleep with their eyes wide open during the day.



Gannet Colony

Michael de Guzman

Philippines

Honorable Mention

"Gannet Colony"
Murawai Regional Park New Zealand taken Nov 21, 2019



Over the wave

Zuzana Kamel

Slovakia

Honorable Mention

"Over the wave"
From the cliffs above the wave.Photo taken in the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa.



fighting starlings

Tilly Meijer

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"fighting starlings"



A Mare Shadow

Marshall Gould

USA

Honorable Mention

"A Mare Shadow"



Night Birds

Volker Kesting

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"Night Birds"
Birds and greenhouse at night



Catpath

Nikolai Endegor

France

Honorable Mention

"Catpath"



Afternoon Nap

Marshall Gould

USA

Honorable Mention

"Afternoon Nap"



The Curve

Sue Ratcliffe

Canada

Honorable Mention

"The Curve"



Three Swans

Michael Rausch

USA

Honorable Mention

"Three Swans"
The tight flying formation reminded me of the movements of the ballet, Swan Lake.



Lion King

Erich Studhalter

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Lion King"



Refuge Watussy

Alfonso de Cruz Barrios

Spain

Honorable Mention

"Refuge Watussy"



Stare

Pascal Dorothee

France

Honorable Mention

"Stare"
Tonkean macaques communicate through a large number of facial expressions and vocalizations. But at that moment, he does not look away, he stares his opponent in the eyes, the expression is silent.



Puffin with Flower

Lynn Tait

Canada

Honorable Mention

"Puffin with Flower"
Taken in Newfoundland Canada



mother and child

Tilly Meijer

Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"mother and child"
orangutan with her child



King Penguins

Bill Klipp

USA

Honorable Mention

"King Penguins"
I was sitting on the beach at Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island when a group of King Penguins wandered by.



Dazzle of zebras

Syed Rizvi

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dazzle of zebras"
Masai Mara , sunrise taken from a hot air balloon.



A Friendly Visit

Bernice Fargus

Australia

Honorable Mention

"A Friendly Visit"



Visitor

Aurelio Bormioli

Italy

Honorable Mention

"Visitor"
Altare (SV) – Italy 2019



Against

Ahmed Mohamed Hassan

Qatar

Nominee

"Against"
I capture this image in Mongolia using my Nikon D750 camera to give the viewer the feeling of the pure nature away from the city life



Looking Up

Alexandra Morris

Canada

Nominee

"Looking Up"



Lunch time

Alfonso de Cruz Barrios

Spain

Nominee

"Lunch time"
Photo taken in the Natural Reserve of Cabárceno, Cantabria (Spain)



Close Call

Amardeep Singh

India

Nominee

"Close Call"



Ursus horribilis

Arthur Veitch

Canada

Nominee

"Ursus horribilis"
A wild grizzly bear steps through some old willow trees in Alberta's Rocky Mountains.



Sunset Cougar

Arthur Veitch

Canada

Nominee

"Sunset Cougar"
A wild cougar pauses in front of the Smoky River valley at sunset.



Dolphin

Barry Mills

New Zealand

Nominee

"Dolphin"
Swim together, hunt together, and look like they love to have fun



Tusker on Move

Barun Chatterjee

India

Nominee

"Tusker on Move "
Tusker enjoying early monsoon shower in Nilgiri Biosphere, Kabini Forest, India



Grazie

Beatrice Yoder-Leyba

USA

Nominee

"Grazie"
THANKS FOR A DEAD SALMON BY BEAR CUB



Underwater Ballet

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"Underwater Ballet"
Two California Sea Lions performing a Sea Lion Ballet



Southern Elephant Seal Pup

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"Southern Elephant Seal Pup"



Jaguar Hunting

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"Jaguar Hunting"



Elephant Rainbow

Bill Klipp

USA

Nominee

"Elephant Rainbow"
Elephants headed back to the forest for the evening



Elephant seal yawn

Brian Jones

Australia

Nominee

"Elephant seal yawn"
Elephant seal yawn, South Georgia



Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen).

Catherine Clifford

Australia

Nominee

"Australian Magpie (Cracticus tibicen)."
A baby magpie momentarily confounded by a big confusing world.



Flight of the Pigeon

Charles Mifsud

Malta

Nominee

"Flight of the Pigeon "
The Flight of the pigeon in Valletta



Gliding off the Sand

Don Whitebread

USA

Nominee

"Gliding off the Sand"
A green Sea Turtle, or Honu, coming up through the mesmerizing light in the water of Olowalu, Maui



Take off

Erich Studhalter

Switzerland

Nominee

"Take off"



Born to be wild

Fabio Rossi

Italy

Nominee

"Born to be wild"
Born to be wild



fringes

Francesco Biagini

Italy

Nominee

"fringes"



look at me now

Franck Rouzes

France

Nominee

"look at me now"
Sometimes we don't know who the observer is...



Go!

Franck Rouzes

France

Nominee

"Go!"
Seagulls of Noirmoutier island



Winter fight

Gaute Froystein

Norway

Nominee

"Winter fight"
Golden eagles fighting for food.



Koala Love

Gerry Ligon

Australia

Nominee

"Koala Love"
Bushfire Survivor



I see you

Ghassan El-Moussa

UK

Nominee

"I see you"
you have to be watchful in Brazos Bend as you are always being watched



Manta

Jesse Mechling

USA

Nominee

"Manta"
Manta, Dhigurah, South Ari Atoll, Maldives



Reachers

Jill Snyder

USA

Nominee

"Reachers"



Out of Darkness

Katherine Young

UK

Nominee

"Out of Darkness"
Lipizzaner head



On the Bayou

Katherine Carlson

USA

Nominee

"On the Bayou "
Great Egret on majestic water covered with white cotton from cottonwood trees.



Four Flamingos

Kathleen Fischer

USA

Nominee

"Four Flamingos"
enjoying their lunch in Cozumel, Mexico



Building The Nest

Les Bentley

USA

Nominee

"Building The Nest"
A Great White Egret lands with stick for the building of its nest to the delight of its partner.



Moroccan Stork

Liz Hardley

New Zealand

Nominee

"Moroccan Stork "
Stork nesting at the El Badi Palace, Morocco



The Stare

Lynne Wilde

UK

Nominee

"The Stare"
South African Leopard in Kruger National Park



Three Stripes

Maggie Machinsky

USA

Nominee

"Three Stripes"
An exceptionally windy day in Etosha National Park.



gigants

Marco Enderli

Switzerland

Nominee

"gigants"



Late afternoon fun

Mark Walker

Denmark

Nominee

"Late afternoon fun"
A curious young lion cub stares at the camera. I wonder what he is thinking?



Contemplation

Mark Walker

Denmark

Nominee

"Contemplation"
A mother leopard takes a break in the dense bushes of the Maasai Mara.



Nursing Nudge

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Nursing Nudge"



Belly And A Braid II

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Belly And A Braid II"



Friends For Life

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Friends For Life"



First Kiss II

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"First Kiss II"



Vanishing Fence Line

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Vanishing Fence Line"



Nurture

Marshall Gould

USA

Nominee

"Nurture"



alone

Merten Riesner

Germany

Nominee

"alone"
"alone" is a flamingo in Lake Chiemsee, which I photographed in 2016. He was all alone in the water,



Dolphins in Clouds

Michael McKinney

USA

Nominee

"Dolphins in Clouds"
Dolphins and reflected clouds on a windless day off Redondo Beach, Calif.



No Man's Land (Dark Deliverance)

Narcis Mursa

Romania

Nominee

"No Man's Land (Dark Deliverance)"
Taken near Danube River-Mehedinti County-Romania



Portrait with Flowers

Natalia Groza

Poland

Nominee

"Portrait with Flowers"
This summer I spent almost 6 weeks with these incredible birds. I miss them already.



A Real Sleeper

Neil Williams

USA

Nominee

"A Real Sleeper"
A sleeping Flamingo seems to be in a perfect state of rest.



Leopard moving kill

Nicola Bolton

UK

Nominee

"Leopard moving kill"
Masai Mara, Kenya



Cormorants

Olav-Inge Alfheim

Norway

Nominee

"Cormorants"
Lofoten in realy bad weather



Leopard stare

Oyvind Pedersen

Norway

Nominee

"Leopard stare"
Leopard at Masai Mara, Kenya



Calm before the storm

Patrick Sanford

USA

Nominee

"Calm before the storm"
Icelandic horses grazing as winter storm set in



Monkey Jump Sequence

Ramesh Letchmanan

Singapore

Nominee

"Monkey Jump Sequence"
Motion capture of juvenile snow monkey jumping into hot spring onsen.



Nestbuilder in flight

Robert Davis

USA

Nominee

"Nestbuilder in flight"
This is a great white egret in breeding season carrying a branch for the nest



Attentive

Ruth Ball

Canada

Nominee

"Attentive"
Silently waiting in the sun



Humming bird

Ryn Clarke

USA

Nominee

"Humming bird"



Lights & Dark

Sajeesh R

India

Nominee

"Lights & Dark"
the bright white against the bark back ground



Hide and Seek

Sergey Krasnikov

Germany

Nominee

"Hide and Seek"
2019, Poing, One of the biggest wild parks in Germany, Wolf ringleader



Love, Care & Protection of Mother

Shajin Nambiar

India

Nominee

"Love, Care & Protection of Mother"
mothers love isn’t expensive, its priceless.



Llamas at Licancabur

Sidney Gaspar

Brazil

Nominee

"Llamas at Licancabur"
Image captured from a group of Llamas created in front of the Licancabur volcano



Peekaboo I See You

Sunita Mandal

USA

Nominee

"Peekaboo I See You"
Standing on a branch high up in a tree, this juvenile bear seems to be playing peekaboo.



Spoonbill Preening

Susan Perry

USA

Nominee

"Spoonbill Preening"



Nursemaid

TL Khong

Malaysia

Nominee

"Nursemaid"
An ant tends to what appears to be a nursery of baby ants.



Dust Bath

Veronica de Bruyn

South Africa

Nominee

"Dust Bath"
Etosha National Park, Namibia during late afternoon



Pisces

Wai Hoe Mok

Singapore

Nominee

"Pisces"
A pair of white tip reef sharks hunting at night in Cocos Island, Costa Rica



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