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Hiding Arctic Fox

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Hiding Arctic Fox"
Svalbard, Norway



Jellyfish #1

Stone Peng

USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Jellyfish #1"
Jellyfish



As One

Drew Doggett

USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"As One"
The pattern of these two zebras together created an entirely new design.



Blackhead Sheep

Sacha Ineichen

Switzerland

Honorable Mention

"Blackhead Sheep"



Dolphin

Lee Gordon

USA

Honorable Mention

"Dolphin"
Dolphin swimming past fast



Pangolin

Andrey Gudkov

Russia

Honorable Mention

"Pangolin "
Tanzania. Serengeti National Park.



Mother love

Tomoki Yamaya

Japan

Honorable Mention

"Mother love"
Surrounded by the love of her mother, the baby monkey becomes an adult.



Leopard Tree

Paula Durbin

USA

Honorable Mention

"Leopard Tree"



The Silent Approach

Graham Eaton

UK

Honorable Mention

"The Silent Approach"
A Barn Owl hunting along a driveway at night



Arctic Fox in the stream

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Honorable Mention

"Arctic Fox in the stream"
Dovrefjell, Norway



Comtemplation Saki

Jennifere Thompson

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Comtemplation Saki"
The Saki monkey is a rain forest primate from South America



Sneaky

Ruth Yates

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Sneaky"
Sneaky Croc



Small anxiety

Tomoki Yamaya

Japan

Honorable Mention

"Small anxiety"
The mother monkey left the place. The little monkey makes an anxious cry and stands on the spot.



At Arms

Drew Doggett

USA

Honorable Mention

"At Arms"
Rhinos are one of the handful of animals left on this Earth that feel as if time forgot about them.



Family Affair

Drew Doggett

USA

Honorable Mention

"Family Affair"
This image features members of the Ilkisisusiu pride, one of the biggest in the Maasai Mara.



In the zoo

Uwe Ditz

Germany

Honorable Mention

"In the zoo"
Snapshot in the gorilla house (Wilhelma Stuttgart)



Face to face

Serge Melesan

France

Honorable Mention

"Face to face"
A face to face with a great hammerhead shark



Wild hares fighting

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Honorable Mention

"Wild hares fighting"
Røros, Norway



A little squirrel

Claude Ka Kit Tsang

Hong Kong

Honorable Mention

"A little squirrel"
A squirrel asks for food while encountering a big foot.



Giant fight

Alain Ernoult

France

Honorable Mention

"Giant fight "
POLAR BEARS (URSUS MARITIMUS). WRESTLING AND FIGHTING ALONG THE SHORES, MANITOBA, C



Dynamic Duo

Jennifere Thompson

Australia

Honorable Mention

"Dynamic Duo"
The Dynamic Duo are Siamangs, (Symphalangus syndactylus.) They are arboreal black furred lesser apes that are native to the forests of Indonesia..



Borneo Orangutan

Dave Monk

USA

Honorable Mention

"Borneo Orangutan"
A wild male orangutan daydreams in his threatened Borneo habitat



A Class Photo

Magnus Laupa

Sweden

Honorable Mention

"A Class Photo"
There is always a student in class that makes a funny face, blinks or looksout of the blue.



hunting ant

Wei Fu

Thailand

Honorable Mention

"hunting ant"
two ants hunting a wasp in sun



Sleepy Leopard

Adri Berger

Laos

Honorable Mention

"Sleepy Leopard"



Alone

Harry Donenfeld

USA

Honorable Mention

"Alone"
Fur seals playing about as a lone SCUBA diver walks back to basecamp



Matriarch

Pedro Jarque

Spain

Honorable Mention

"Matriarch"



In the Mind's Eye

Eleszabeth McNeel

USA

Honorable Mention

"In the Mind's Eye"



The Missing Trees

Sreekumar Krishnan

India

Honorable Mention

"The Missing Trees"
The Missing Trees



Bow down

Sreeroop KT

India

Honorable Mention

"Bow down"
Caterpillars playing on tree leaf



Guineafowls along the Mountain Road

Chieko Tanemura

USA

Honorable Mention

"Guineafowls along the Mountain Road"



Freedom

Abhisar Gupta

USA

Nominee

"Freedom"
Snow Geese in flight at Bosque Del Apache national wildlife refuge



Building in the Mist

Adam Regan

UK

Nominee

"Building in the Mist"
A building of rooks disturbed, early morning on Romney Marsh



Paradise Valley

Adam Crews

Australia

Nominee

"Paradise Valley"
Braidwood ~ AUSTRALIA



Look

Alain Ernoult

France

Nominee

"Look "
LION , KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, SOUTH AFRICA. VULNERABLE (IUCN)



Svalbard reindeer

Aleksander Myklebust

Norway

Nominee

"Svalbard reindeer"
This picture was taken on Svalbard, Norway, and shows a wild svalbard reindeer in backlight.



Walking penguins

Aleksander Myklebust

Norway

Nominee

"Walking penguins"
This picture was taken in Antarctica, and shows a group of gentoo penguins walking to their nests.



Night Flight - London - UK

Anna F

UK

Nominee

"Night Flight - London - UK"
Flight In The Night - Inverted Realities



La rencontre

Annabelle Art Gallery

France

Nominee

"La rencontre"
Encounter with a herd of elephants crossing a dry river in Ruaha National Park (Tanzania)



Enchanted world

Annabelle Art Gallery

France

Nominee

"Enchanted world"
A MasaĂ¯ giraffe in Ruaha National Park (Tanzania)



Namibian Feral Horses

Antti Viitala

Finland

Nominee

"Namibian Feral Horses"
Namibian feral horses. Shot on Ilford HP-5 film. Lithium print on Oriental Seagull paper. The Namib Desert horse is a feral horse found in the Namib Desert of Namibia.



Male lion in the night

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Nominee

"Male lion in the night"
Oltepesi, Maasai Mara, Kenya



Half-grown Long-Eared Owl

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Nominee

"Half-grown Long-Eared Owl"
Ă˜sterdalen, Norway



Arctic Fox in the winter fur

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Nominee

"Arctic Fox in the winter fur"
Svalbard, Norway



Stalking Arctic Fox

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Nominee

"Stalking Arctic Fox"
Dovrefjell, Norway



Wild hare in the night #2

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Nominee

"Wild hare in the night #2"
Røros, Norway



Great Grey Owl in the night

Arnfinn Johansen

Norway

Nominee

"Great Grey Owl in the night"
Innlandet, Norway



Pelicans

Axel Breutigam

Canada

Nominee

"Pelicans"



Elephant drinking at early morning fogy light.

Baroness Danute Federas

USA

Nominee

"Elephant drinking at early morning fogy light."
Elephant comes early morning to the river to drink all family. This morning was very fogy but we were on the boat so we got clode to den to take pictures



Arctic Fox

Bjorn H Stuedal

Norway

Nominee

"Arctic Fox"
Arctic fox, Dovre, Norway



Fox fight

Bjorn H Stuedal

Norway

Nominee

"Fox fight"
Arctic fox cubs playing, Dovre, Norway



Nesting time

Carol Taylor

UK

Nominee

"Nesting time"
Imperial Cormorant bringing home nesting materials



Zebra Herd

Caroline Guinan

Ireland

Nominee

"Zebra Herd"
Photograph taken in the Serengeti National after a stampede of Zebra



Angel

Charlotte Gibb

USA

Nominee

"Angel"
A hawk spooked a dove, who hit our window hard then became a fast meal.



Black Bear, Minnesota

David Skernick

USA

Nominee

"Black Bear, Minnesota"
Sometimes you get to spend a special moment with an animal.



Mysteries

Debby Thomas

USA

Nominee

"Mysteries"
Full moon beach horse



Have a banana

Deborah Welsh

USA

Nominee

"Have a banana"
Elephant Nature Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand



Portrait of Arabian stallion YanourHayati

Deborah Roffel

Netherlands

Nominee

"Portrait of Arabian stallion YanourHayati"



Wild Ones

Debra Marshall

Canada

Nominee

"Wild Ones"
Tender moment between wild horses in the Pryor Mountains.



Mandrillus Sphinx

Dianne Yudelson

USA

Nominee

"Mandrillus Sphinx"



Unyielding Giant

Drew Doggett

USA

Nominee

"Unyielding Giant"
A silverback in the Sabyinyo group of mountain gorillas in Rwanda waits for the rain to pass.



Bison Rush

Emmanuel Panagiotakis

USA

Nominee

"Bison Rush "
The relocation of the herd



Hitchcock vibe

Fabrizia Costa

UK

Nominee

"Hitchcock vibe"
Ominous birds biding their time



Oblivious

Ghaneshwaran Balachandran

Malaysia

Nominee

"Oblivious"
This is Tony the milky stork and how he bends time. Oblivious yet self aware. Composed yet chaotic. Time stands still, when we share the same space.



Pottwalfluke und Mond

Heinz Effner

Germany

Nominee

"Pottwalfluke und Mond"
A sperm whale bull in northern Norway dives towards the moon



Silberreiher

Heinz Effner

Germany

Nominee

"Silberreiher"
A great egret on a foggy day in Upper Bavaria



The Sentinels Breakfast

Ian E Anderson

New Zealand

Nominee

"The Sentinels Breakfast"
The New Zealand Kokako forest bird on Tiritiri Island eating breakfast and heralding his mate



Lift Off

Jacqueline Da Costa

UK

Nominee

"Lift Off"
Seagull suddenly flying after something seen. You realise how long their legs are.



Team.

Jan Wieczorek

Poland

Nominee

"Team."
Warmia. Poland.



Lethal Stare

Jasmine Rossi

Argentina

Nominee

"Lethal Stare"
Baby alligators in muddy waters, northern Argentina



Roots

Jasmine Rossi

Argentina

Nominee

"Roots"
Elephant skin and tree bark in Namibia



Waking Dream

Jean-Charles Folliet

France

Nominee

"Waking Dream"



Staring Competition

Jeff Eden

UK

Nominee

"Staring Competition"
Deer staring competition in Richmond Park, Greater London, United Kingdom



Silent Siamang

Jennifere Thompson

Australia

Nominee

"Silent Siamang"
Siamang are large Gibbon found in the rain forest of South East Asia



No title

Jonas Kroyer

Denmark

Nominee

"No title"
One of the goats living outside the town. Fredericia - Denmark



Innocent Look

Jonathan Chua

Singapore

Nominee

"Innocent Look"
4 little baboons having fun at the cliff . One of them look back like telling me: I'm not the chief .



Bats, bugs and the moon

Joseph Anthony

UK

Nominee

"Bats, bugs and the moon"
A 10 image in camera multiple exposure of bats hunting insects by moonlight on the River Stour U.K.



Country Monkey

Karen Hirsch

USA

Nominee

"Country Monkey"



Red Tail Hawk

Kerry Sharkey-Miller

USA

Nominee

"Red Tail Hawk"
Wild Things Series: Archival pigment transfer to hand polished and oxidized aluminum



Deers

Ko van Leeuwen

Netherlands

Nominee

"Deers"
Deers in the dunes of IJmuiden/Netherlands wondering where the snow is gone



Herd Immunity

Lance Carter

USA

Nominee

"Herd Immunity"
Infant Elphant being pretected by its family as they walk to the swamp lands for feeding.



Who's Watching

Lance Carter

USA

Nominee

"Who's Watching"
Hippo pauses in mide run as it finishes it grazing in the grass lands and heads for the waters.



Hammerhead shark

Lee Gordon

USA

Nominee

"Hammerhead shark"
Hammerhead shark hovering



Contemplative crows

Lee Gordon

USA

Nominee

"Contemplative crows"
Contemplative crows on wires



Murder of crows

Lee Gordon

USA

Nominee

"Murder of crows"
Murder of crows in motion



Cremello Dust

Maria Marriott

USA

Nominee

"Cremello Dust"
A Cremello wild stallion from the Onaqui Mountains of the Great Basin Utah Desert shakes off the dust. Ruggedness and scars are a testimony of a life of survival in the desert plains.



Serene

Maria Marriott

USA

Nominee

"Serene"
A lone old wild stallion makes his way down the mountainside to drink. Solitude is the salve for a lifetime of battle wounds; serenity the reward for lessons learned and wisdom gained.



Lion Cub

Marilyn Maxwell

USA

Nominee

"Lion Cub"
Long communication at twilight in Zambia, 2019.



parental care

Michael Koch

Germany

Nominee

"parental care"
taken from the series "eternal collection"



Gannets

Mike Brown

Ireland

Nominee

"Gannets"
Using over exposure, I managed to isolate just the darker tones of the birds on an overcast day.



Ready for take off

Oyvind Pedersen

Norway

Nominee

"Ready for take off"
A pine Marten ready to jump



Wings

Pal Hermansen

Norway

Nominee

"Wings"
Nuthatch flight



Family of Stripes

Patty Hosmer

USA

Nominee

"Family of Stripes"



Lion

Patty Hosmer

USA

Nominee

"Lion"



Breezy

Paula Durbin

USA

Nominee

"Breezy"
Enjoying the day looking at his territory



Cheetah Lookout

Paula Durbin

USA

Nominee

"Cheetah Lookout"
Looking for some snack!



Courting

Paula Durbin

USA

Nominee

"Courting"
Giraffes Courting



Her Majesty

Paula Durbin

USA

Nominee

"Her Majesty"
Surveying her territory



Their Majesties

Paula Durbin

USA

Nominee

"Their Majesties"



Zebra

Paula Durbin

USA

Nominee

"Zebra"



A single horned Rhino on City

Rajesh Dhungana

Nepal

Nominee

"A single horned Rhino on City"
Jungle Rhino on walking city but he can not do anything to people. A car girl watching to Rhino.



Tyke

Robert Borel

USA

Nominee

"Tyke"



Capuchin monkey family

Robi Chakraborty

USA

Nominee

"Capuchin monkey family"
Costa Rica



Spirit of the Forest

Roie Galitz

Israel

Nominee

"Spirit of the Forest"
Spirit Bear feeding on berries in the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada



Polar Bear Family in a Melting World

Roie Galitz

Israel

Nominee

"Polar Bear Family in a Melting World"
Mother Polar Bear and two young cubs are facing a melting world as their sea ice disappears



Elephant's Last Embrace

Roie Galitz

Israel

Nominee

"Elephant's Last Embrace"
Elephant and a young lion. the elephant had died and the young lion is enjoying the opportunity



Minke Lines

Scott Portelli

Australia

Nominee

"Minke Lines"
Minke Whales migrate to the warm waters of the Great Barrier reef each winter between June and July.



From the deep

Serge Melesan

France

Nominee

"From the deep"
A dolphin need to take some fresh air at the surface



Alien first contact

Serge Melesan

France

Nominee

"Alien first contact "
A squid looking at me like an alien at first contact



Tursiops pod

Serge Melesan

France

Nominee

"Tursiops pod "
A group of tursiops dolphins in the deep of the lagoon



Into the deep

Serge Melesan

France

Nominee

"Into the deep"
A green turtle swimming in the lagoon of Mayotte



1,2,3,4 Once I caught a fish alive

Sreekumar Krishnan

India

Nominee

"1,2,3,4 Once I caught a fish alive"
To be part of all the action I shot with a 56mm prime to catch egrets in action in Thrissur, Kerala



Being in the Limelight

Sreekumar Krishnan

India

Nominee

"Being in the Limelight"
One pigeon caught the light while the others played in th background



Desert Horse

Stefan Csaky

Austria

Nominee

"Desert Horse"
A wild horse in the Namibian desert



Family Hug

Steve Gosling

UK

Nominee

"Family Hug"
A family of Elephants taken on a photo trip to Botswana



Shark, Maldives

Steve Sorensen

USA

Nominee

"Shark, Maldives"
A Black Tip Reef Shark cleves the school



Desert Freedom

Stuart Vesty

USA

Nominee

"Desert Freedom"
Arabian Mare in the desert near Sharjah



A Mother's Love

Stuart Vesty

USA

Nominee

"A Mother's Love"
A bond so peaceful, yet so strong.



Aquaverse

Sudhanshu Mehta

Malaysia

Nominee

"Aquaverse"
It was a conservation mechanism to breed fishes in the open water by nomadic settlers in one of the islands of Philippines. I photographed this from above water while looking down with an aerial persp



daydream.

Tim Sudbroker

Germany

Nominee

"daydream."
A daydreaming merkat.



All Knowing

Tina Thuell

Bermuda

Nominee

"All Knowing"
There is no hiding the truth from a horse.



Sandstorm

Tom Svensson

Sweden

Nominee

"Sandstorm"
Penguin in sandstorm from Falklands



Grooming

Tomoki Yamaya

Japan

Nominee

"Grooming"
Monkeys grooming each other. I spend my time luxuriously. Let's emulate humans.



Capriccio II

Tori Gagne

USA

Nominee

"Capriccio II"
Mexican Ranch Horse



Les Amis

Tori Gagne

USA

Nominee

"Les Amis"
Horses of the Rhone Delta in France



the boss

Wolf Ademeit

Germany

Nominee

"the boss"
In memory of Massa who burnt to death in a fire on New Year's Eve 2019/2020



Ryukyu Fruit Bat

Yosuke Tsuchida

Japan

Nominee

"Ryukyu Fruit Bat"
Okinawa Fruit Bat



Northern Boobook

Yosuke Tsuchida

Japan

Nominee

"Northern Boobook"
Northern Boobook



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