Wildlife - Amateur

Hope two Suzanne Anton
USA

1st Place - Outstanding Achievement

"Hope two"
Tranquility



Skyscrapers of Masai Mara Yaron Schmid
USA

2nd Place - Merit of Excellence

"Skyscrapers of Masai Mara"
A tower of giraffes all looking in the direction of a leopard that was walking by.



Cliff Diving Bill Klipp
USA

3rd Place - Honor of Distinction

"Cliff Diving"
Chinstrap Penguins in a snow storm diving into the sea



Follow the guide Michel Groleau
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Follow the guide"
Penguins often follow the same path to go to the sea in Antarctica.



Grinning Lions Karen Bilgrai Cohen
USA

Honorable Mention

"Grinning Lions"
Lion and Lioness grin in unison side by side



Emu Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Honorable Mention

"Emu"



Amorous Argument Vicki Santello
USA

Honorable Mention

"Amorous Argument"
A pair of mating lions confront each other during a romantic moment



Gorilla maternity Alfonso de Cruz Barrios
Spain

Honorable Mention

"Gorilla maternity"



the happy polarbear Tilly Meijer
Netherlands

Honorable Mention

"the happy polarbear"



Night Dancing Esperanza Gomez
USA

Honorable Mention

"Night Dancing"



Five O'Clock Shadow Gary Levy
USA

Honorable Mention

"Five O'Clock Shadow"
Miami Zoo Giraffe



Surprise Vitaliy Plyaka
Ukraine

Honorable Mention

"Surprise"
DR Congo



Waiting for the Storm Preeti and Prashant Chacko
United Arab Emirates

Honorable Mention

"Waiting for the Storm"
2 Cheetah brothers contemplate an approaching storm



Red-eyed tree frog Robert Vogt
USA

Honorable Mention

"Red-eyed tree frog"
A red-eyed tree frog just before it hopped.



Sleeping Beauty Tailai OBrien
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Sleeping Beauty"
The donkey foal rests by mum



A Cuddle with Mom Lynette Jonson
Canada

Honorable Mention

"A Cuddle with Mom"
Sweet Baby Hippo Sleeping against his Mom



Comforting Touch Donald Wilson
USA

Honorable Mention

"Comforting Touch"
Zebra family groups often appear to find comfort resting their heads across each other.



Flamingos Stephen Allworth
Australia

Honorable Mention

"Flamingos"
Flamingos on the lake



Eagle in Flight Cindy Poulin
Canada

Honorable Mention

"Eagle in Flight"



Flying Free Anne Dignam
USA

Honorable Mention

"Flying Free"



Camouflaged Deb Tatonetti
USA

Honorable Mention

"Camouflaged"



Dusty catch Cecilie Bergan Stuedal
Norway

Honorable Mention

"Dusty catch"
A Northern Hawk-owl catches a mouse in -31 degrees celcius



Western Union Amardeep Singh
India

Nominee

"Western Union"



the window Ann Quinn
USA

Nominee

"the window"



On The Move Anne Dignam
USA

Nominee

"On The Move"
A Gypsy Vanner enjoying some freedom.



Help Arijit Goswami
India

Nominee

"Help"
Though torture in wildlife animals nearly closed but in some parts of India it still can be seen.



Coming Home Arthur Jacoby
USA

Nominee

"Coming Home"
Wood stork Wakodahatechee, Delray Beach, Florida



Our Neighbor the Great Blue Heron Ashley & Zachary Vemwell
USA

Nominee

"Our Neighbor the Great Blue Heron"
Morning rituals with our elegant friend. Puget Sound, WA, USA



Hippo Spa Bill Klipp
USA

Nominee

"Hippo Spa"
Hippo in a mud bath to cool down while also protecting skin from parasites and act as a sunscreen



Lower Monument Canyon 0599 Bob Neiman
USA

Nominee

"Lower Monument Canyon 0599"
Lower Monument Canyon 0599



Smoked Ducks Brian Jones
Australia

Nominee

"Smoked Ducks"
Wood Ducks in thick smoke from bushfires, over Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra



Orangutans Brian Jones
Australia

Nominee

"Orangutans"
Mother and baby Orangutans



Elephant Seal Pup #2 Brian Jones
Australia

Nominee

"Elephant Seal Pup #2"
Elephant Seal Pup at Macquarie Island



Mom and Baby Gorilla Brittany Comunale
USA

Nominee

"Mom and Baby Gorilla"



Jellyfish Nebula Can Gurkan
USA

Nominee

"Jellyfish Nebula"
Jellyfish in the Bosphorus, Istanbul, 2018



Horse Play Carol Rusinek
Canada

Nominee

"Horse Play"
Wild horses of the Rockies frolicking



Brown Pelican Carol Smokler
USA

Nominee

"Brown Pelican"
ready to fly



Elephants Amour Caroline Guinan
Ireland

Nominee

"Elephants Amour"
Elephants Amour taken in Kenya



The Hunter Catherine Clifford
Australia

Nominee

"The Hunter"
Purplewinged Mantid (Tenodera australasiae)



Kick the can Cecilie Bergan Stuedal
Norway

Nominee

"Kick the can"
A Eurasian sparrowhawk hunting a Eurasian jay



Running monkey Chihiro Funasoko
Japan

Nominee

"Running monkey"
Monkeys that have invaded human settlements can move on the roof.



Peacock #6 Christian Meermann
Germany

Nominee

"Peacock #6"
This image is from my ongoing series of monochrome animal portraits.



Lone Gallop Christina Maiorano
USA

Nominee

"Lone Gallop"



Elusive Christine Akar
USA

Nominee

"Elusive"



Underbelly Christine Goerner
Australia

Nominee

"Underbelly"
The underside of this turtle reveals an intricate structure that fits together like a jigsaw.



The Hidden Danger Chuck LaChance
USA

Nominee

"The Hidden Danger"
Danger lurks within the Florida reeds.



Gracie Chuck Nakell
USA

Nominee

"Gracie"
A sensitive soul, now gone



Lurking Curtis Fedder
USA

Nominee

"Lurking"



The great white egret Daniel Dencescu
Germany

Nominee

"The great white egret"



I Know You Dave Cohen
USA

Nominee

"I Know You"



El Rey de la montana David Mediavilla
Spain

Nominee

"El Rey de la montana"



Dressy Dressage Debi Bradway
USA

Nominee

"Dressy Dressage"
All dressed up for the show.



Venice Demetrio Jereissati
Brazil

Nominee

"Venice"
The boat and the sky in a geometric composition seem to frame the flying bird.



Lunch Denis Ryan
USA

Nominee

"Lunch"
Humpback Whale Lunge Feeding and a Heermann's Gull



Mom, What's Over There? Denise Silva
USA

Nominee

"Mom, What's Over There?"
Kambaku, South Africa May 2022



Above It All Donald Wilson
USA

Nominee

"Above It All"
A Giraffe stands above it all as he surveys the African savannah.



Learning Its Trade Donald Wilson
USA

Nominee

"Learning Its Trade"
A leopard cub practices its stalking skill.



Long Drink Edward Mann
USA

Nominee

"Long Drink"
Longer to the water for this old fella



Seagul Eric von Schulthess
Switzerland

Nominee

"Seagul"
the Seagul sitting on a pole - Switzerland



Lunch Franck Rouzes
France

Nominee

"Lunch"
The bee and the flower meet for lunch



Landing Gail Foster
Canada

Nominee

"Landing"
A red-tailed hawk landing on tree branch



Two Feet Taller Gary Levy
USA

Nominee

"Two Feet Taller"
Egret On a Post



Elite Alit Gary Levy
USA

Nominee

"Elite Alit"
Butterflies



Leopard Geffrard Bourke
USA

Nominee

"Leopard"
A young leopard lit by sunlight in the bush near the Chobe River



Reindeer herd in autum Gerd Kufner
Germany

Nominee

"Reindeer herd in autum"



Montauk Beach Part 2 Giorgio Suighi
USA

Nominee

"Montauk Beach Part 2"
Bird Standing Alone In Montauk Beach



Wilderness Alone in Wyoming Giorgio Suighi
USA

Nominee

"Wilderness Alone in Wyoming "
Early Morning Wilderness Encounter with Moose in Grand Teton National Park



Who is there? Guenther Reissner
Austria

Nominee

"Who is there?"
deer, sky,clouds



Pelican Stretch Guy Llewellyn
USA

Nominee

"Pelican Stretch"
Pelicans at Dauphin Island, Alabama



Light Footed Harvey Silber
USA

Nominee

"Light Footed"



Opened Wide T-junction Hendrik Kotze
Namibia

Nominee

"Opened Wide T-junction"
Two white backed vultures recovering from a rainy night, one spreading out its wings to better dry with two branches seemingly helping keeping them opened.



The King Henk Langerak
Netherlands

Nominee

"The King"
I'm the king of the jungle



Following I-Fan Chen
Taiwan

Nominee

"Following"



The eyes miss nothing Ian Shand
New Zealand

Nominee

"The eyes miss nothing"
Chanting Goshawk, waiting for prey. Etosha Game Reserve, Namibia 2015



Abundance James Hyde
USA

Nominee

"Abundance"
Succesfull conservation leads to resource abundance as seen in Cabo Pulmo National Park, BCS Mexico.



Intimidation Jamie Johnston
USA

Nominee

"Intimidation"
Female Colorado black bear



Zebra Jamie Johnston
USA

Nominee

"Zebra "
Zebra



Common Dolphin Jan Bellamy
New Zealand

Nominee

"Common Dolphin"



On the ice Jan Gyllensten
Sweden

Nominee

"On the ice"
Polarbear on the ice on Svalbard, looking for possible food...



Bald Eagle Boundary Bay Jeff Lucas
Canada

Nominee

"Bald Eagle Boundary Bay "
Boundary Bay, BC has a large number of Bald Eagles in the area.



Harbour Seal Trio Jeff Lucas
Canada

Nominee

"Harbour Seal Trio"
Three harbour seals on log jam in Tobas Inlet, BC.



Hunter & Prey Jeff Bullied
Canada

Nominee

"Hunter & Prey"



Lunch is Served Jennifer Julian-Breig
USA

Nominee

"Lunch is Served"
A Florida sandhill crane colt gets a wiggly meal with a dash of dirt



Bird Do It Jill Snyder
USA

Nominee

"Bird Do It"
Yellow-billed Storks in breeding season



Tender Moment Jill Snyder
USA

Nominee

"Tender Moment"
Mama and yearling sharing tender moment. Churchill Manitoba Canada



Wolf John Doyle
USA

Nominee

"Wolf"
Dominant Male



Rest & Relax Joseph Ng
Singapore

Nominee

"Rest & Relax"
An Orangutan did a posed for the photographer.



Snowy egret ascending Karen Bilgrai Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Snowy egret ascending"
A snowy egret emerges after hunting



Peaking leopard Karen Bilgrai Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Peaking leopard"
A female leopard peaks out from her favorite limb



Brio aroused Karen Bilgrai Cohen
USA

Nominee

"Brio aroused"
Andalusion stallion shows his excitement



Clash of the Titans Karin De Winter
Belgium

Nominee

"Clash of the Titans"
Two male elephant seals fighting in the water next to a shipwreck, Grytviken harbour, South Georgia.



Seven Flamingos Kathleen Fischer
USA

Nominee

"Seven Flamingos"
A study in grace and balance.



Scanning for Prey Kathryn McGarvey
Canada

Nominee

"Scanning for Prey"



Zebras at water hole Kathy Sergio
USA

Nominee

"Zebras at water hole"
Zebras drinking at water hole



Elephants entwined trunks Kathy Sergio
USA

Nominee

"Elephants entwined trunks"
African elephants entwined trunks



Painted Dogs Kerry Maxwell
USA

Nominee

"Painted Dogs"



House Finch on a Sunflower Kevin Lohman
USA

Nominee

"House Finch on a Sunflower"
A house finch eating a seed from a drying sunflower in a garden



Lonesome Drink and a Mudbath Kim McAvoy
Australia

Nominee

"Lonesome Drink and a Mudbath"
A Graphic treatment of a young bull elephant having a drink and a mudbath



Family Chat Kurt Westbrook
USA

Nominee

"Family Chat"
Bluebird parent teaching its young the facts of self feeding.



Mama Kylo-Patrick Hart
USA

Nominee

"Mama"
Portrait of a devoted mother taking a break from caring for her offspring.



Dancing in the rain Lee Chee Wai
Malaysia

Nominee

"Dancing in the rain"
Pair of Grey Heron chasing around the river edge while raining



Mother and daughter? Leif Sohlman
Sweden

Nominee

"Mother and daughter?"
Mother and daughter? BW The mother mallard duck took her little baby daughter to the water of creek of city Enkoeping Enkoping, for the first time. The little duckling first was a bit afraid of the wa



Black Bear 2727 Les Bentley
USA

Nominee

"Black Bear 2727"
Black Bear cub posing for a portrait in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, USA.



Panda-monium. Leslie Goldman
USA

Nominee

"Panda-monium."
Panda Sanctuary. Chengdu, China 2018



Praying Mantis Liz Hardley
New Zealand

Nominee

"Praying Mantis"



Thirst for life Lori S
USA

Nominee

"Thirst for life"



Messy Faced Monkey Lynn Tait
Canada

Nominee

"Messy Faced Monkey"



Give Peace a Chance Melinda Goodall
USA

Nominee

"Give Peace a Chance"
The lone white pigeon remains calm while others create an encircling frenzy on the Santa Monica Pier



Puma Michael Rausch
USA

Nominee

"Puma"
Top predator of the mountains of the southwest.



The Lineup Mitchell Anolik
USA

Nominee

"The Lineup"



The Sextuplets Mitchell Anolik
USA

Nominee

"The Sextuplets"



The cow Nathalie At
France

Nominee

"The cow"
a curious cow



Ready for My Close Up Neil Hunter
USA

Nominee

"Ready for My Close Up"



Free Thinker Norman Robbins
USA

Nominee

"Free Thinker"
Birds in formation



Pine Marten Oyvind Pedersen
Norway

Nominee

"Pine Marten"
Pine Marten by the water. Taken with a PIR motion sensor and 2 flashes.



Flying Owl Partha Roy
Singapore

Nominee

"Flying Owl"
Buffy Fish Owl in Flight



Serenity Patrick Ems
Switzerland

Nominee

"Serenity"
Ibex (Capricorn) - King of the alps



From the Road Side Paulo Mittelman
Brazil

Nominee

"From the Road Side"
When I realized that seeing the scenery was more important to me than paying attention to the steeri



Fluctuation Pen-Yuan Hsu
Japan

Nominee

"Fluctuation"
On the shimmering surface of the water.



Vogelflug im Morgennebel Peter Marxer
Liechtenstein

Nominee

"Vogelflug im Morgennebel"
flock of birds above the ground fog in the "Maurer Riet" in Liechtenstein



Hallelujah Preeti and Prashant Chacko
United Arab Emirates

Nominee

"Hallelujah"
3 ox-peckers fly in celebration as the baby giraffe is reunited with its mother.



Lord of Toxic Lake Radek von Hirschberg
Poland

Nominee

"Lord of Toxic Lake "
23-11-2021 / Warsaw



Howling At The Wind Richard Burdon
UK

Nominee

"Howling At The Wind"
The howling of the sled dogs is such an evocative soud from my trip to Greenland



Stock Decomposition Richard Collens
Canada

Nominee

"Stock Decomposition"
Panamanian fauna in mid decomposition



Into the Great Unknown Robert Vogt
USA

Nominee

"Into the Great Unknown"
Baby green sea turtle makes its way to the ocean for the first time



Unlikely friends Robert Ruble
USA

Nominee

"Unlikely friends"
A wild polar bear gently played with sled dog for half an hour, gave him a hug, and walked off.



Mindfulness Robin Zygelman
USA

Nominee

"Mindfulness"
Mindfulness



Hello Robin Downs
USA

Nominee

"Hello"



Mountain Hares fighting Rolf Kjodnes
Norway

Nominee

"Mountain Hares fighting"
Photographed in Vauldalen,Norway in April 2022.



Head Shot Roy Wiesner
Israel

Nominee

"Head Shot"
Steenbok Antelope, Namibia



Meet The Starlings Roy Wiesner
Israel

Nominee

"Meet The Starlings"
Starlings gather on wires



Protected byMom Ruth Ball
Canada

Nominee

"Protected byMom"



Silken Web Ruth Ball
Canada

Nominee

"Silken Web"



The Majestic Buck Sajeesh R
India

Nominee

"The Majestic Buck"
An adult black buck at jayamangali back buck reserve, karnataka



Deep Thought Sheryl Falkos
USA

Nominee

"Deep Thought"
Sometimes they act so humanlike. Metro Richmond Zoo. Mosley, VA, USA



I Got You, My Pretty!!! Sheryl Falkos
USA

Nominee

"I Got You, My Pretty!!!"
Successful hunting. Cooper hawk. Mobile, AL, USA



The Great Blue Times Two Shlomo Nezer
USA

Nominee

"The Great Blue Times Two"
The Great Blue Heron cleans up before going to sleep



charm Shoichi Toki
Japan

Nominee

"charm"



Aligator #1 Slobodan Blagojevic
USA

Nominee

"Aligator #1"
Florida aligator.



Female Purpose Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"Female Purpose"
Masai Mara, Kenya



2.4 Children Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"2.4 Children"
Masai Mara



Lifetime Together Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"Lifetime Together"
Masai Mara, Kenya



Smile, You're on Candid Camera Sonal Shah
USA

Nominee

"Smile, You're on Candid Camera"
Masai Mara, Kenya



Visual cacophony Steve Ricketts
Canada

Nominee

"Visual cacophony"
taken in Minburn County, AB. migrating Snow geese taking flight, alarmed by my presence



Three Gaters Steve Majsak
USA

Nominee

"Three Gaters"
Three Gaters



Crossing The Road Steven Greenbaum
USA

Nominee

"Crossing The Road"
Croosing The Road



Eagle Sue Ratcliffe
Canada

Nominee

"Eagle"



Hope Suzanne Anton
USA

Nominee

"Hope"
Hope is the bravest bird in the sky



Mushroom Season Tailai OBrien
Australia

Nominee

"Mushroom Season"
Red Eyed Tree frog featuring dead cricket leg on a mushroom



Monarch Butterfly Terry Self
Canada

Nominee

"Monarch Butterfly"
A monarch butterfly on a butterfly bush in late summer



Dive To Gain BW The Eng Djatinegoro
Indonesia

Nominee

"Dive To Gain BW"
Moment when wild Crane dive its head to catch a fish



Gippsland Skyline Thomas Kane
Australia

Nominee

"Gippsland Skyline"
I watched this horse paddock for years waiting to see them on top of the ridge



polar bear Tilly Meijer
Netherlands

Nominee

"polar bear"



Floating Along Tim Lucas
Australia

Nominee

"Floating Along"
Antarctic Travel Penguin Style



Pas du Deux Tom Sliter
USA

Nominee

"Pas du Deux"



Art in Wildlife Veronica de Bruyn
South Africa

Nominee

"Art in Wildlife"
Hunting Cheetah



striking look Wolfgang Autexier
France

Nominee

"striking look"
Straight in the eye: the look of the lion is striking



Shark Xavier Mas Ferra
Spain

Nominee

"Shark"
A blue shark photographed in the Bay of Biscay.



homing Xin Wang
USA

Nominee

"homing"
Time for the birds to go home



Striped 'Eye' Yaron Schmid
USA

Nominee

"Striped 'Eye'"
The endangered Grevy's zebra's unique stripe pattern.



flight yeom dongsam
Korea (South)

Nominee

"flight"
It is a beautiful flight of about 300,000 ducks coming Korea every year.



Portrait of A Racoon Yuan Zhang
China (PRC)

Nominee

"Portrait of A Racoon"
A racoon sitting on a tree in the Central Park, New York, June 17, 2018.



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