John TaylorUSA1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Zebra" leading lines |
Steve BurkettUSA2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Afternoon Rush Hour" Egret Husbands Returning Home with Nesting Construction Materials |
Christian MeermannGermany3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Female Gorilla" This image is a part of my extensive series of monochrome animal portraits. |
Nancy MitchellUSAHonorable Mention "Freedom Dancer" |
Sven SvensonGermanyHonorable Mention "Hidding" Black Cat |
Javier Herranz CasellasSpainHonorable Mention "My garden neighbor" Squirrel in a garden of Orlando, Florida. |
Patrick EmsSwitzerlandHonorable Mention "Reigning" A personal encounter with a lion passing by. |
Francesco LepreCanadaHonorable Mention "New York Pigeon" Photo bombed by a Pigeon. |
Lezanne GibbsNew ZealandHonorable Mention "Appearing out of shadows" |
Will Weitong MuUSAHonorable Mention "The Guardian" The female rhino approached to the remote-triggered camera on the ground to ensure that her family is safe |
Elizabeth StormsCanadaHonorable Mention "Ascension" A lioness is positioned to enjoy the breezes and observe her surroundings. |
Emma GoughNew ZealandHonorable Mention "Finding the Light" |
Liz HardleyNew ZealandHonorable Mention "Two Lizards" |
Nadja PerezUSAHonorable Mention "Confortable" |
Zita QuentinUSAHonorable Mention "Clash of the Titans" Two Galapagos Giant Tortoises battle it out for a strategic spot close to a guava tree. |
Jeff BulliedCanadaHonorable Mention "Friends in High Places" Some penguins face a long climb from the ocean where they feed to the high rocky cliffs where they n |
Kanji ImaiJapanHonorable Mention "Floating in Space" A member of the octopus family that travels on jellyfish. |
Chrissie StillinUSAHonorable Mention "Beauty in a Flood" Finding the beauty in a Nashville Flood. |
Doug ChukaUSAHonorable Mention "Do We A-Moos You?" Taken from hot-air balloon over Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
Karen SaferUSAHonorable Mention "Magellanic Penguin Migration" Penguins Migrating to South America |
Jeff BulliedCanadaHonorable Mention "Porpoising Penguins" The three amigos in Antarctica. |
Brenda MitchellUSAHonorable Mention "Hold tight" She had been asleep when she suddenly woke and made her descent for her evening hunt. |
Marina OnkenUSAHonorable Mention "Synched" |
Olav-Inge AlfheimNorwayHonorable Mention "Bird Couple II" Ngoro Ngoro, Tanzania 2024 |
Adam FeldeUSANominee "Two skimmers fishing" Two Black Skimmers foraging for fish |
Adam FeldeUSANominee "Hovering Terns" Three Terns hovering over school of fish |
Amy TinlingNew ZealandNominee "Meerkat" Pleading eyes |
Anne DignamUSANominee "Dancing on Water" |
Anne DignamUSANominee "Showing Off" |
Anne SchlueterUSANominee "White Peacock Butterfly" I captured this fella before he continued on his flight. I was attracted by his bright colors, but I love the image in black and white because it highlights his body and wings almost like an Xray. |
Barbara MakerUSANominee "Brown Beauty" Who"s the Prettiest One of All? |
Bill KlippUSANominee "Elephant Crossing River" As we were boating on Botswana's Linyanti River we spotted some Elephants in the distance gathering |
Bob ShorUSANominee "Mother and Child" Botswana Africa |
Brian JonesAustraliaNominee "Snow Monkey in the Mist" Snow Monkey in the Mist |
Charles MifsudMaltaNominee "Spider at Sunset" A spider glowing in the rays of the sun |
Christian MeermannGermanyNominee "Eurasian Griffon #8" This image is a part of my extensive series of monochrome animal portraits. |
Cindy PoulinCanadaNominee "Young Eagle" |
Claudia ZeienUSANominee "Family Portrait" Emperor penguins line up on the edge of an iceberg in Antarctica |
Clayton ReitzelCanadaNominee "A Great Grey Day" A Great Grey Owl diving to catch its prey |
Denis RyanUSANominee "King of the Land " The gaze of a Bull Moose in his own territory after the rutting season. |
Donald WilsonUSANominee "Mom and Cub in White" On the polar tundra a polar bear cub seeks the protection and comfort from its mom. |
Donald WilsonUSANominee "A Challenge Behind the Willows" An open mouthed challenge is common when polar bears confront each other. |
Donald WilsonUSANominee "Startled Ibis" A group of common Ibis take wing in the light of a setting sun when startled. |
Elena AlbergatiItalyNominee "The union of opposites" Black and white horses blend together under the rain |
Elizabeth StormsCanadaNominee "Reconnaissance" Atop a kopje. To see, hear and smell for kilometres in all directions. |
Eric FederUSANominee "Forlorn" |
Frumi CohenUSANominee "Cohen Frumi DeerLove " Even the wild have the capacity to show tenderness. |
Frumi CohenUSANominee "Cohen Frumi, And Ewe Are..." The sheep of Iceland run wild 11 months out of the year. |
Geir Oe LabergNorwayNominee "Bad weather crossing" A deer stag is crossing a river in heavy rain and bad weather |
Geir Oe LabergNorwayNominee "Peace of the night" An antelope grazes peacefully under a tree on the savannah |
Georg KowallekGermanyNominee "Gannet 2" A gannet with some nest building stuff |
Giancarlo BaliscianoUSANominee "Mad Lion" Capturing a moment in wildlife mirroring humans emotions. |
Glenn WilliamsUSANominee "Silver Leaf" A Place of Rest |
Harvey SilberUSANominee "Thru a Frosted Window" |
Jacqueline BurkeUSANominee "Lady in Waiting" What better subject for the Black and White Spider Awards than a black and white spider? |
Jacqueline BurkeUSANominee "White in Flight" Two red-crowned cranes fly over a dull winter sky in northern Japan |
Jacqueline BurkeUSANominee "Owl Texture" A rain-drenched screech owlet sits on a poison-ivy root on a tree. |
Jacqueline SchletterUSANominee "My Little Chickadee" Carolina chickadee sitting in a bit of sun under magnolia tree leaves. |
Jacqueline SchletterUSANominee "Those Beautiful Aigrettes" White egret during breeding season showing off their fantastic plumage. |
James WoodwardUSANominee "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Small snail climbing on back of large snail |
Jeff LucasCanadaNominee "Ruby Throated Hummingbird" Ruby Throated Hummingbird frozen in flight |
Jill SnyderUSANominee "Announcement" |
Kanji ImaiJapanNominee "Reflection" A juvenile deep-sea fish, Manefish. It is drifting around the surface of the water with jellyfish. |
Karen Bilgrai CohenUSANominee "The Last Barn Owlet" Of four small barn owls hidden in a cavity, this is the last to fledge |
Karen Bilgrai CohenUSANominee "Hidden Screech" A screech owl hides in safe, dark cavity |
Kathleen FischerUSANominee "Crows and Buzzards, Caddo Lake" |
Lezanne GibbsNew ZealandNominee "Whoa" Connecting with seagulls over French Fries |
Lezanne GibbsNew ZealandNominee "One perfect horn" |
Linda Trummer NapolitanoUSANominee "Giraffes in B & W" Friends |
Liz HardleyNew ZealandNominee "Monitor Lizards Fighting" |
Liz HardleyNew ZealandNominee "Two Monitor Lizards" |
Mary HughesCanadaNominee "Gentle Reflection" Common loon swimming at a still mountain lake |
Masaru TakagiJapanNominee "Parent and child lemurs" I took this photo at Ichikawa Zoological & Botanical Garden, Chiba, Japan. |
Masaru TakagiJapanNominee "Monkeys" I took this photo on a cold winter day at Ichikawa Zoological & Botanical Garden, Chiba, Japan. |
Masaru TakagiJapanNominee "Parent and child monkeys" I took this photo at Ichikawa Zoological & Botanical Garden, Chiba, Japan. |
Mia DepaolaUSANominee "Swans way " Swans in their natural environment |
Nancy ChadwickUSANominee "Dust of Amboseli" Looking through my viewfinder in Amboseli at sunset, all I repeatedly said was "Wow". That's all. |
Nancy ChadwickUSANominee "Onward" Led by the herd's wise matriach, they head toward the cooling marsh in the afternoon sun of Amboseli |
Nora MilliganUSANominee "Peace with Momma" A baby Western Lowland gorilla rests peacefully on momma's back in the jungle of Loango National Park, Gabon. |
Nora MilliganUSANominee "Liongrass" A well hidden male lion looks out from his grassy spot to keep an eye on his surroundings. Madikwe South Africa |
Olav-Inge AlfheimNorwayNominee "Youngster" Ngoro Ngoro, Tanzania 2024 |
Olena TarnovskaItalyNominee "Humility" |
Oyvind PedersenNorwayNominee "Stormy Shag" European Shag in snowy weather |
Oyvind PedersenNorwayNominee "Winter Puffin" Atlantic Puffin flying in snowy weather |
Peter RivelliUSANominee "Confidence" A Snow leopard stands confidently amongst the shadows overlooking his kingdom |
Peter RivelliUSANominee "Perched" A Snow leopard sits high in a tree stalking its prey, claws drawn, and ready to pounce |
Poul HeltDenmarkNominee "I love Life" |
Pratibha ReddyUSANominee "Mates" |
Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "Tiananmen" Facing a white rhino bearing down on us, reminded us of the man facing tanks in Tiananmen Square |
Robert DavisUSANominee "Grasshopper" Haunting the garden |
Robert RubleUSANominee "Got it!" |
Romy KleinUSANominee "Trapped" |
Romy KleinUSANominee "Hope Beyond Bars" |
Sajeesh RIndiaNominee "Light" Nilgai on misty morning walk |
Sheila RubleUSANominee "Nevermore" |
Steve BurkettUSANominee "Making a Home No 2" Great White Egrets constructing their home |
Steve BurkettUSANominee "Making a Home No 3" Building a nest to call home |
Steve BurkettUSANominee "Making a Home No 4" Great White Egrets constructiing their home |
Steve BurkettUSANominee "Yikes!" Two male Egrets with nest building materials have a close call...all was well |
Thomas NicholsonUSANominee "Look back" A large male lion patrols the Maasai Mara, looking to remove any competitors from the area. |
Wai Hoe MokSingaporeNominee "Whaleshark Congregation " A pair of whalesharks coming very close to my lens while looking to feed |
Will Weitong MuUSANominee "The Savanna Trio" Amidst the Savannah, three young rhinos gaze curiously at the camera, revealing their sense of wonder |
Will Weitong MuUSANominee "Face-off" Two male caracals showdown: face to face confrontation to show dominance |
Wolfgang AutexierFranceNominee "Sadness?" Large mammals arouse anthropomorphic projections as they can seem expressive. Is this bear really ? |
Wolfgang AutexierFranceNominee "Naval line" When the young swans are very small, the family forms a unit around the siblings |
Zita QuentinUSANominee "Our Toy" Two lion cubs found the best toy: a wildebeest horn. Both cubs really liked this treasure. |
Zita QuentinUSANominee "Hope for the Future" Mating rhinos in the wild gives us hope for this endangered species |
Zita QuentinUSANominee "Fierce Cheetah Cubs" The cheetah cubs at this age have the cutest mohawk. They looked like members of a punk rock band |
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