Wildlife - Professional

Body and soul Kyriakos Kaziras
France

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement
Wildlife
Professional

"Body and soul"
Polar Bears at sunrise over Barter Island, Alaska



Lion Couple Paula Durbin
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence
Wildlife
Professional

"Lion Couple"
Taking a break



Cubs in Tree Marilyn Maxwell
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction
Wildlife
Professional

"Cubs in Tree"
I.U.C.N. redlist: Leopards are Vulnerable.



true love Wolf Ademeit
Germany

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"true love"
Empathy between two young elephants



Le temps suspendu Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Le temps suspendu"
Elephant in the Maasai Mara plains,Kenya.



Wild Dog Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Wild Dog"
Wild dogs are considered Critically Endanged @IUCN redlist.



Beyond Dark Jennifere Thompson
Australia

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Beyond Dark"
Sometimes there is more than beyond dark, we still have time to step into the light.



Bullet Charlotte Gibb
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Bullet"
This little Black Phoebe is an aerodynamic machine, and as quick as a hummingbird.



Contemplation Seth Mayer
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Contemplation"
Taking a moment to ponder the universe.



The Bull Pieter Clicteur
Belgium

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"The Bull"
Highland Bull, shot in Germany during a long walk



Band Of Mothers David Winegar
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Band Of Mothers"
A Band of Mother Mule Deer Mothers pose in the Wind River Range of Wyoming - USA



Shallow Serge Melesan
France

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Shallow "
Sharks below the surface



Mister Croccodille Massimo Giorgetta
Italy

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Mister Croccodille"
Cuba - Gardens of the queen



Hello Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Hello"
Bear with her cub on the Beaufort Sea, Alaska.



Wings of Confidence Fenqiang Liu
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Wings of Confidence"
This photograph attempted to capture Great Egret's decisive quality at the moment of takeoff.



Be kind Javier Bohorquez
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Be kind"



Mountain Hare Fight Aleksander Myklebust
Norway

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Mountain Hare Fight"
Røros, Norway. This photo shows two wild mountain hares fighting in the Norwegian mountains.



Schooling Japanese Barracuda Yosuke Tsuchida
Japan

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Schooling Japanese Barracuda"
schooling, Japan, barracuda, fish, eatable, sea, ocean



Ode a la joie Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Ode a la joie"
Elephant family going to the waterhole at sunset in Hwange, Zimbabwe



Midnight melody Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Midnight melody"
Polar bear family in Svalbard.



Dancing in the Wind Valerie G Henry
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Dancing in the Wind"
Wild mustangs of Utah running with the wind.



Harris's Hawk Steve Burns
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Harris's Hawk"
Taking Off!



Black Rhino Coby Cooper
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Black Rhino"
Endangered Black Rhino on the Serengeti, Tanzania



Nocturne Cheraine Collette
Netherlands

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Nocturne"



Chevron Manta Ray Matthew Meier
USA

Honorable Mention
Wildlife
Professional

"Chevron Manta Ray"
a chevron manta ray in front of a massive rock formation



Dark Flight Alexandra Cearns
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Dark Flight"
A white tern flies against a darkened sky on Cocos (Keeling) Island.



Snake portrait Andrea Kornfeld
Hungary

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Snake portrait"
Ball python



'The bull' Andrew Lever
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"'The bull'"
A large majestic Bull stands on a beach in Spain in a stare off with me the photographer.



Seychelles Antti Viitala
Finland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Seychelles"
On the reef outside Mahe Island.



Pixelle Arnaud Gras
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Pixelle"



Male lions Arnfinn Johansen
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Male lions"
Maasai Mara, Kenya



A Wave of Egrets Ben Pulletz
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"A Wave of Egrets"
I saw a mass group of cattle egrets feeding in a field. I stopped and waited for them to take off. I took the shot at a really slow shutter to get the motion in their wings.



Drinking hawk Bjorn H Stuedal
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Drinking hawk"



Puffin Bjorn H Stuedal
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Puffin"



Goshawk Bjorn H Stuedal
Norway

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Goshawk"



Genetic Mutation to Scratch an Itch Brian Clopp
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Genetic Mutation to Scratch an Itch"
A moose locally known as Hoback scratches an itch with his rare downward facing antler point.



Osprey Charles Bush
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Osprey"
Osprey Landing



White Rhino Christopher Hall
Singapore

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"White Rhino"
Majesty on the African Plains



Untitled (Koi) Clarence Lin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Untitled (Koi)"



Waiting Daniel Holmes
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Waiting"
Morning light finds this Falcon sitting in a Namibian Mopani tree.



Great American Horse Drive Debby Thomas
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Great American Horse Drive"
Horse Drive in Colorado USA



Mandrill Dianne Yudelson
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Mandrill"



Gatekeeper Drew Doggett
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gatekeeper"
An ephemeral capture of a truly enduring animal, “Gatekeeper” is an ode to the American bison. ⁠



Tiger's Retreat Drew Doggett
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Tiger's Retreat"
Capturing this Royal Bengal tiger in a minimalist setting was one of my hardest earned images.



No exit Eduardo Loria
Costa Rica

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"No exit"
Nikon d80 convert to Infrared Iso 200, f11, 1/90 20 mm



Tesoro's Charge Eleszabeth McNeel
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Tesoro's Charge"



Secret Garden Fenqiang Liu
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Secret Garden"
I captured this exquisite moment of the Great Egret in Central Florida in the spring of 2020.



Invitation Fenqiang Liu
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Invitation"
Courtship's display of a Great Egret in Florida during their breeding season in the spring.



Love Language Fenqiang Liu
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Love Language"
I captured this beautiful moment of a mother Egret and a baby Egret on a spring morning in Florida.



egret takes flight Frank Bevans
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"egret takes flight"



Single Horse County Mayo Ireland Glen McClure
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Single Horse County Mayo Ireland"
From the contuning series, the West of Ireland



Touch The Sky Graham Eaton
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Touch The Sky"
A Manta Ray with its wing breaking the surface, 'Touching The Sky' Maldives, Indian Ocean.



Taking Shelter #2 Harvey Duze
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Taking Shelter #2"
Horse in shed on farm off of Tuscarora Road in Frederick County, Maryland.



On the Rocks #1 Harvey Duze
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"On the Rocks #1"
Brown Pelicans and Pelagic Cormorants resting on cliff face at Point Lobos State Preserve, Carmel, C



The loner Helga Salwe
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The loner"
Lone sheep in the Atlas mountains, Morocco



Perfection Hilda Champion
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Perfection"
A sandhill crane performing her beauty routine.



Condor Dolly - Broken Wing Janice Tieken
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Condor Dolly - Broken Wing"
Dolly is the ambassadress for the California Condor Conservation efforts. Beautiful, inquisitive A marvel of nature. Near extinction.



Winning Grin Jennifere Thompson
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Winning Grin"
The Mandril is a large monkey with an even bigger winning grin.



Zebras in Sync Johan Siggesson
Malta

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Zebras in Sync"
Dashing stripes evolved to confuse and conceal, yet so satisfying to look at.



Time Forgotten John Marshall
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Time Forgotten"
Florida Swamps Are Primordial Places



Elephant and Mt. Kilimanjaro John W. McDermott
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Elephant and Mt. Kilimanjaro"
The majesty and elegance of an elephant against the background of Mt. Kilimanjaro.



Preening Praying Mantis Judy Stokes
New Zealand

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Preening Praying Mantis"



Waiting to be Shot Karel Mus
Belgium

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Waiting to be Shot"
Nature in Belgium is so fragmented that animals can no longer migrate and just wait to be shot



Rest Area Ken Loyst
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Rest Area"
Gulls finding a spot to rest after a long day of foraging



Goliath Kisa Kavass
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Goliath"



Snowing Softly Kristen Warning
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Snowing Softly"
Ever so soft, slowly falling snowflakes that rest on a horse.



In the clouds Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"In the clouds"
Reflection of a polar bear on the arctic ocean in Svalbard.



Le curieux Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Le curieux"
Polar bear cub on the Beaufort Sea, Alaska.



Belle epoque Kyriakos Kaziras
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Belle epoque"
Cheetah in Olare Motorogi, Kenya



Standing Out Lance Carter
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Standing Out"
Silverback gorilla taking a quiet moment of solitude.



Mouthful Lance Carter
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Mouthful"
Giraffe chewing on fresh leaves after a long reach. Pays to be tall!



Serenity Lance Carter
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Serenity "
Silverback gorilla taking a quiet moment of solitude.



Return To Freedom Landry Major
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Return To Freedom"
Wild Horses from The Red Desert Complex, Wyoming rescued from the BLM returned to freedom



Gliding Pelicans Lee Gordon
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Gliding Pelicans"
Pelicans gliding atop the ocean



Kinkajou Lennette Newell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Kinkajou"
Kinkajou portrait



Tails of feeding Lisa F. Fleischmann
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Tails of feeding"
Perimeter pigeons keep a watchful eye as their urban flock assemble to feed in protective concentric circles, tails pivoting.



My turn to leave Marcia Loor
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"My turn to leave"
Caught this beautiful bird in fly against a cast sky



Equine landscape Maria Errico
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Equine landscape"
Paint horse as part of the landscape. Wyoming USA



Battle Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Battle"
I.U.C.N. red list: elephants are Crically Endangered



AlphaFemale Marilyn Maxwell
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"AlphaFemale"
IUCN red list: Crically endangered



Wild Lynx on the Prowl Mark Duffy
Canada

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Wild Lynx on the Prowl"
Wild Lynx in Riding Mountain Manitoba Canada



Moonlight Dear Martin Steenhaut
Belgium

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Moonlight Dear"
A male dear walks in front of a full moon



Aspic Michael Koch
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Aspic"
aspic, snake, eternal collection



Fuzzy Wuzzy Waylon Michelle Everette
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Fuzzy Wuzzy Waylon"
Waylon is a sweet Clydesdale photographed on New Year's Eve.



A Time for Flight and Reflection Mike Drazdzinski
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"A Time for Flight and Reflection"



Run Run Run Nancy Ney
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Run Run Run"
Horses running in the Camargue



Watching Nigel Charman
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Watching"
Galapagos, Ecuador



Fight Paul Coghlin
UK

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Fight"



Peek A Boo Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Peek A Boo"
Watching his brohers on the other side of the log



LBR2 Paula Durbin
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"LBR2"
Lilac Breasted Roller



Priceless Pedro Jarque
Spain

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Priceless"



Wild Horses Pedro Noel da Luz Guerreiro
Portugal

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Wild Horses"
Horses are freely on the loose in a field in Alentejo, Portugal.



W 54 St flights Petra Senn
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"W 54 St flights"



I was able to feed my baby_Greater Adjutant. Rajesh Dhungana
Nepal

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"I was able to feed my baby_Greater Adjutant."
I was able to feed my baby_Greater Adjutant. It is a bird of the Greater Adjutant species. This bir



Calm Before The Storm Robin Wadhams
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Calm Before The Storm"
Wild Horses Sand Wash Basin Colorado



Strong Character Sacha Ineichen
Switzerland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Strong Character"
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silenzio Salvatore Valente
Italy

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"silenzio"
Cina nella regione dello Yunan risaie allagate



Highland Steer Isle of Skye Scott Lanza
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Highland Steer Isle of Skye"



Vatten Ram Isle of Skye Scott Lanza
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Vatten Ram Isle of Skye"



Symetry of the deep Serge Melesan
France

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Symetry of the deep"
A green turtle flying in the deep of Mayotte lagoon Indian Ocean



Egret Shankar Subramanian
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Egret"
Egret



Running Horse Sharon Packer
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Running Horse"
Lusitano Stallion in Freedom



Zebra Talk Sheena Jolley
Ireland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Zebra Talk"
The Zebra stripes come in different patterns unique to each individual. They are vertical on the neck and horizontal on the rump and legs.



Power and Beauty Shelley Paulson
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Power and Beauty"
KD Taking Care of Business enjoys a winter gallop and showing off for the camera.



Looking Mamma  'Human being' Sreekumar Krishnan
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Looking Mamma 'Human being'"
Look Mamma human being - Greater flamingos at Navi Mumbai



Stare Sreeroop KT
India

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Stare"
Mantis stare



Window to the Soul Steve Sorensen
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Window to the Soul"
A window to the soul, a beautiful Icelandic horse.



Bird In Sky Steve Turner
Australia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Bird In Sky"
Composit of 2 images shot 2022.



Wings Steven Begleiter
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Wings"
Wings



Stallion Portrait Stuart Vesty
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Stallion Portrait"
National Champion Arabian Stallion Pyro Thyme SA



Love Todor Tilev
Ireland

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Love"
I went to Portlick Forest in Ireland, where I took this picture.



Green iguana Reptilia Tom Krausz
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Green iguana Reptilia"
krausz-tom_green iguana.jpg



green tree python Tom Krausz
Germany

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"green tree python"
krausz-tom_green tree python.jpg



Cute Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Cute"
She makes cute gestures very occasionally. It's like a cat. She has a big body and is very cute.



Straight eyes Tomoki Yamaya
Japan

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Straight eyes"
Wait until the mother monkey comes. I stare at you with pure eyes.



Unbridled Spirit Valerie G Henry
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Unbridled Spirit"
Wild stallion watching the cowboys in the distance, rounding their cows.



Peace and Serenity William King
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Peace and Serenity"
Foraging Great White Egret with sleeping Mute Swan



The Challenge Series #3 Ximena Echeverria
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"The Challenge Series #3"
In the midst of the great desert a challenge ensued. A wildhorse protects his herd



look Ziesook You
USA

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"look"
20 X 30 INCH



Together everywhere Zuzana Kamel
Slovakia

Nominee
Wildlife
Professional

"Together everywhere"
Beautiful flock of birds flying together everywhere, forever. Cape of Good Hope , South Africa



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