Wildlife - Amateur

Kanji Imai Japan 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "bump into the Ｗhale" She gazes at a sperm was a wonderful time.

---

Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Devnagiri Roar" A lion yawns, punctuated by a cloud reminiscent of a shirorekha from the the Devanagari script.

---

Kathleen Fischer USA 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Frog at Rest"

---

Karen Bilgrai Cohen USA Honorable Mention "Corona" A great white egret surrounded by his plumage

---

Javier Herranz Casellas Spain Honorable Mention "Bird meeting" Gathering of birds under the shade of a tree.

---

Zita Quentin USA Honorable Mention "Agility and Speed" Young cheetah is practicing her hunting skills

---

Valerie Laney USA Honorable Mention "The Egret in The Swamp" The elegance of the Egret was not lost in the dark depths of the Swamp.

---

Johan Willems Belgium Honorable Mention "Cheetah with cubs" This photo was taken during our safari in December 2019 in the Masai Mara NP. We were lucky that the cheetah with its cubs was close to the road.

---

Kathy Sergio USA Honorable Mention "Alaska Eagle" Alaska eagle soaring over frozen waterfall

---

Wolfgang Moeller Germany Honorable Mention "Elephant in the mist" Male elephant in the mist after a rainy night

---

Kanji Imai Japan Honorable Mention "The Monster appears" Bulgyhead wrasse is closing in.

---

Brittany Comunale USA Honorable Mention "Gorilla Stare"

---

Steve Burkett USA Honorable Mention "Bison Eyes" American bison stays alert as it forages in the snow

---

Ruth Ball Canada Honorable Mention "Novice Photographer"

---

Michel Groleau Canada Honorable Mention "Antarctic storm" A feeling of Christmas sets in when the snow begins to fall over the penguins of Antarctica.

---

Nancy Mitchell USA Honorable Mention "Defiant" Andalusian stallion dancing in the morning sun

---

Nic van Oudtshoorn Australia Honorable Mention "Topsy turvy" Perfect reflection of a crocodile glideing across a waterhole

---

Donald Wilson USA Honorable Mention "Bison and a Snowy Stream" A Yellowstone bison drinks from a snowy stream.

---

Oyvind Pedersen Norway Honorable Mention "Mirror mirror" A picture from my pine marten project. The camera is triggered with a PIR motion sensor.

---

Mary Ann Tardif USA Honorable Mention "Taking Flight" Sea Birds Taking Flight, Florida

---

Sheryl Falkos USA Honorable Mention "Howler Monkey Resting" This howler monkey was resting in the tree. Cano Negro Wildlife refuge. Costa Rica

---

Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Honorable Mention "Eyes Left, Eyes Right" Two lionesses emerge from wind swept grass, eyes constantly alert for the sight of potential prey.

---

David Kelly UK Honorable Mention "Twilight"

---

Bingjie Hao China (PRC) Honorable Mention "The Dancing Seal"

---

Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention "Hippo Mud Bath" Hippo in a mud bath to cool down while also protecting skin from parasites and act as a sunscreen

---

Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Honorable Mention "Flugshow" Millions of starlings flock to Rome every evening in autumn. Undeterred, a seagull crosses their tra

---

Lee Levine USA Honorable Mention "Jackson" Cat napping

---

Brenda Mitchell USA Honorable Mention "The gangs all here" An Alligator pile up enjoying the morning sun on a cold florida morning

---

Kathleen Fischer USA Honorable Mention "a Flamboyance of Flamingos 4"

---

Jeff Lucas Canada Honorable Mention "European Starling" European starling playing with other starlings above a power line just before landing.

---

Patrick Ems Switzerland Honorable Mention "Proud" A Capricorn stands proud in front of the majestic Aiguille du Grépon.

---

Anne Dignam USA Honorable Mention "On The Move"

---

Zita Quentin USA Honorable Mention "Kiss for the King" A beautiful moment between the lioness and the lion

---

Denis Ryan USA Honorable Mention "Circle of Life" Humpback whales feasting on anchovies in Monterey Bay, California, USA

---

Arthur Jacoby USA Nominee "Homeward Bound" Osprey with fish

---

Barbara Maker USA Nominee "Nesting" Feathers in the Wind

---

Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Muddy Yawn" Hippo in a mud bath to cool down while also protecting skin from parasites and act as a sunscreen

---

Bob Neiman USA Nominee "Scoresby Sound 3696" Scoresby Sound 3696

---

Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Buller's Albatross"

---

Carol Smokler USA Nominee "Squawking gull"

---

Cecilie Stuedal Norway Nominee "Ballerina" A Razorbill showing off its wings

---

Chuck Campbell USA Nominee "Hello Old Friend" Swan's daily greeting

---

Cindy Poulin Canada Nominee "Finding Salt"

---

Daniel Christie USA Nominee "Sleeping Monkey"

---

Debbie Rubin USA Nominee "Bear With Me" I named him Bernard William III. He was having birdseed hors d'oeuves on my back patio

---

Denise Silva USA Nominee "Hiding from Hunters" The King of the Jungle, a species at risk.

---

Donald Wilson USA Nominee "Lookout" In the Massai Mara, Keyna, the stare of a Cape Buffalo warns us not to get any closer.

---

Dr.Samarendranath Mandal India Nominee "Goats" Two goats are eating leaves a sack

---

Elizabeth Storms Canada Nominee "First Instincts" Newborn elephant reaching up to suckle.

---

Elizabeth Storms Canada Nominee "You Should See The Other Guys" Two scrappy males from a coalition of four.

---

Geffrard Bourke USA Nominee "Coyote Hunting 2" Coyote hunting for small rodents in Yellowstone NP

---

Giovanni Sonsini Italy Nominee "The mom's kiss" Photo taken in Masai Mara National Park - Kenya

---

Gregory Hom USA Nominee "Follow the Leader"

---

Guy Llewellyn USA Nominee "Pelican" Early morning in Mobile-Tensaw Delta, Alabama, U.S.A.

---

I-Fan Chen Taiwan Nominee "Shadow and its shadow"

---

Jason Mullins USA Nominee "Shell's Birds (On the Beach)" Captured on film. Processed & printed in my home wet darkroom; selenium toned, silver gelatin print.

---

Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Monday Morning"

---

Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Secret Lap"

---

Jitendra Chaturvedi India Nominee "The kill" A lion and a lioness sit by their kill

---

Kanji Imai Japan Nominee "Moby-Dick" I met a sperm whale.

---

Karen Bilgrai Cohen USA Nominee "Display" Great egret in hopeful mating display

---

Karin Furter Switzerland Nominee "easy to fall in love with"

---

Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee "Dragonfly Summer"

---

Kylo-Patrick Hart USA Nominee "Perch" A Hitchcockian overseer on duty.

---

Larry Bean USA Nominee "Icon" Rockport, Texas, 2022

---

Leslie Goldman USA Nominee "Butterfly Duet" Pollinator Heaven Gardens, Greenspring Valley, MD 2022

---

Lynn Tait Canada Nominee "Sand Hill Crane Couple" On St Joseph Island Canada

---

majed ali Kuwait Nominee "meditation" 5 hours walking trip go and back to face those beautiful animals and it is first time for me to visi

---

Michael Rausch USA Nominee "Bobcat" Looking for birds in the Sweetwater Wetland, I was approached by a male bobcat looking for a bird.

---

Michel Groleau Canada Nominee "Immensity" An impression of immensity seizes us when we contemplate Antarctica and its fauna for the first time

---

Min Li USA Nominee "Huddled family Antarctic" Gentoo Family

---

Nancy Mitchell USA Nominee "Midnight Warrior" Friesian stallion prancing in the sun

---

Neil Hunter USA Nominee "Flying Triplets"

---

Nic van Oudtshoorn Australia Nominee "Backlit Beauty" An impala cow in the early morning light in South Africa's Kruger National Park

---

Nic van Oudtshoorn Australia Nominee "Old silverback" A mature gorilla male sizing up the photographer

---

Nicole Horvath USA Nominee "The Gullls" A Pair of Seagulls Blending in with their Environment

---

Norman Robbins USA Nominee "Curious" Curious

---

Oyvind Pedersen Norway Nominee "The flying marten" A picture from my pine marten project. The camera is triggered with a PIR motion sensor.

---

Pamela Steege USA Nominee "Blanc De Blanc" White on White

---

Pamela Steege USA Nominee "The Dark Horse" Tall, Dark, and Handsome

---

Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Nominee "Migration 02 SW" Thousands of wildebeest cross the Mara River in the northern Serengeti in Tanzania.

---

Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee "W.G. Grace" This bearded lion was to us a spitting image of the great cricketer W. G. Grace!

---

Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee "Younger Sibling Blues" ‘Younger siblings eat last’ is a lesson that this forlorn semi-adult lion learned the hard way.

---

Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee "Some Rain Must Fall" A mother and cub take a seemingly philosophical view about rain, in choosing to stay exposed.

---

Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee "The Female" The Female of the species is more dangerous than the Male!

---

Ruth Ball Canada Nominee "Alert"

---

Sara Blumberg USA Nominee "A mother’s love" A face only a mother could love!

---

Sonal Shah USA Nominee "Call of the Wild Geese" Lake Tahoe

---

Sue Ratcliffe Canada Nominee "What is that?"

---

Tailai OBrien Australia Nominee "Rabbit In Grain" With fur like velvet, the rabbit can not resist the grain

---

Wai Hoe Mok Singapore Nominee "Raja Ampat Rays" Manta rays with afternoon sunburst. Photo taken in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

---

Wolfgang Autexier France Nominee "Cordulia Aenea" Cordulia Aenea is a dragonfly that enjoys the brightness of the day.

---

Wolfgang Moeller Germany Nominee "Rhino at waterhole"

---

Wolfgang Moeller Germany Nominee "Buffalos at waterhole"

---

Yudai Yoshikawa Japan Nominee "Snow 6" This crow cawed as if it had sorrowed

---

Zita Quentin USA Nominee "Bison in the Winter" Bison searching for food under the snow in Yellowstone

---

< back