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John Taylor USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "Zebra" leading lines |
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Steve Burkett USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "Afternoon Rush Hour" Egret Husbands Returning Home with Nesting Construction Materials |
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Christian Meermann Germany 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Female Gorilla" This image is a part of my extensive series of monochrome animal portraits. |
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Nancy Mitchell USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Freedom Dancer" |
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Sven Svenson Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Hidding" Black Cat |
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Javier Herranz Casellas Spain Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "My garden neighbor" Squirrel in a garden of Orlando, Florida. |
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Patrick Ems Switzerland Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Reigning" A personal encounter with a lion passing by. |
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Francesco Lepre Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "New York Pigeon" Photo bombed by a Pigeon. |
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Lezanne Gibbs New Zealand Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Appearing out of shadows" |
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Will Weitong Mu USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "The Guardian" The female rhino approached to the remote-triggered camera on the ground to ensure that her family is safe |
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Anne Grosse-Leege Germany Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Marshmallows of the Sea" |
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Elizabeth Storms Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Ascension" A lioness is positioned to enjoy the breezes and observe her surroundings. |
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Emma Gough New Zealand Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Finding the Light" |
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Liz Hardley New Zealand Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Two Lizards" |
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Nadja Perez USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Confortable" |
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Zita Quentin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Clash of the Titans" Two Galapagos Giant Tortoises battle it out for a strategic spot close to a guava tree. |
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Jeff Bullied Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Friends in High Places" Some penguins face a long climb from the ocean where they feed to the high rocky cliffs where they n |
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Kanji Imai Japan Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Floating in Space" A member of the octopus family that travels on jellyfish. |
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Chrissie Stillin USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Beauty in a Flood" Finding the beauty in a Nashville Flood. |
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Doug Chuka USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Do We A-Moos You?" Taken from hot-air balloon over Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya |
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Karen Safer USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Magellanic Penguin Migration" Penguins Migrating to South America |
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Jeff Bullied Canada Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Porpoising Penguins" The three amigos in Antarctica. |
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Brenda Mitchell USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Hold tight" She had been asleep when she suddenly woke and made her descent for her evening hunt. |
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Marina Onken USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Synched" |
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Olav-Inge Alfheim Norway Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Bird Couple II" Ngoro Ngoro, Tanzania 2024 |
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Adam Felde USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Two skimmers fishing" Two Black Skimmers foraging for fish |
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Adam Felde USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hovering Terns" Three Terns hovering over school of fish |
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Amy Tinling New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Meerkat" Pleading eyes |
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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dancing on Water" |
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Anne Dignam USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Showing Off" |
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Anne Schlueter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "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. |
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Barbara Maker USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Brown Beauty" Who"s the Prettiest One of All? |
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Bill Klipp USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephant Crossing River" As we were boating on Botswana's Linyanti River we spotted some Elephants in the distance gathering |
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Bob Shor USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mother and Child" Botswana Africa |
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Brian Jones Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Snow Monkey in the Mist" Snow Monkey in the Mist |
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Charles Mifsud Malta Nominee Wildlife Professional "Spider at Sunset" A spider glowing in the rays of the sun |
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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Eurasian Griffon #8" This image is a part of my extensive series of monochrome animal portraits. |
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Cindy Poulin Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Young Eagle" |
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Claudia Zeien USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Family Portrait" Emperor penguins line up on the edge of an iceberg in Antarctica |
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Clayton Reitzel Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "A Great Grey Day" A Great Grey Owl diving to catch its prey |
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Denis Ryan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "King of the Land " The gaze of a Bull Moose in his own territory after the rutting season. |
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Donald Wilson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mom and Cub in White" On the polar tundra a polar bear cub seeks the protection and comfort from its mom. |
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Donald Wilson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "A Challenge Behind the Willows" An open mouthed challenge is common when polar bears confront each other. |
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Donald Wilson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Startled Ibis" A group of common Ibis take wing in the light of a setting sun when startled. |
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Elena Albergati Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "The union of opposites" Black and white horses blend together under the rain |
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Elizabeth Storms Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Reconnaissance" Atop a kopje. To see, hear and smell for kilometres in all directions. |
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Eric Feder USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Forlorn" |
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Frumi Cohen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cohen Frumi DeerLove " Even the wild have the capacity to show tenderness. |
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Frumi Cohen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cohen Frumi, And Ewe Are..." The sheep of Iceland run wild 11 months out of the year. |
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Geir Oe Laberg Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bad weather crossing" A deer stag is crossing a river in heavy rain and bad weather |
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Geir Oe Laberg Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Peace of the night" An antelope grazes peacefully under a tree on the savannah |
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Georg Kowallek Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Gannet 2" A gannet with some nest building stuff |
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Giancarlo Balisciano USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mad Lion" Capturing a moment in wildlife mirroring humans emotions. |
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Glenn Williams USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Silver Leaf" A Place of Rest |
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Harvey Silber USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Thru a Frosted Window" |
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Jacqueline Burke USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lady in Waiting" What better subject for the Black and White Spider Awards than a black and white spider? |
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Jacqueline Burke USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "White in Flight" Two red-crowned cranes fly over a dull winter sky in northern Japan |
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Jacqueline Burke USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Owl Texture" A rain-drenched screech owlet sits on a poison-ivy root on a tree. |
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Jacqueline Schletter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "My Little Chickadee" Carolina chickadee sitting in a bit of sun under magnolia tree leaves. |
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Jacqueline Schletter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Those Beautiful Aigrettes" White egret during breeding season showing off their fantastic plumage. |
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James Woodward USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" Small snail climbing on back of large snail |
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Jeff Lucas Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Ruby Throated Hummingbird" Ruby Throated Hummingbird frozen in flight |
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Jill Snyder USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Announcement" |
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Kanji Imai Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Reflection" A juvenile deep-sea fish, Manefish. It is drifting around the surface of the water with jellyfish. |
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Karen Bilgrai Cohen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Last Barn Owlet" Of four small barn owls hidden in a cavity, this is the last to fledge |
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Karen Bilgrai Cohen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hidden Screech" A screech owl hides in safe, dark cavity |
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Kathleen Fischer USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Crows and Buzzards, Caddo Lake" |
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Lezanne Gibbs New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Whoa" Connecting with seagulls over French Fries |
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Lezanne Gibbs New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "One perfect horn" |
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Linda Trummer Napolitano USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Giraffes in B & W" Friends |
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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Monitor Lizards Fighting" |
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Liz Hardley New Zealand Nominee Wildlife Professional "Two Monitor Lizards" |
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Mary Hughes Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Gentle Reflection" Common loon swimming at a still mountain lake |
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Masaru Takagi Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Parent and child lemurs" I took this photo at Ichikawa Zoological & Botanical Garden, Chiba, Japan. |
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Masaru Takagi Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Monkeys" I took this photo on a cold winter day at Ichikawa Zoological & Botanical Garden, Chiba, Japan. |
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Masaru Takagi Japan Nominee Wildlife Professional "Parent and child monkeys" I took this photo at Ichikawa Zoological & Botanical Garden, Chiba, Japan. |
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Mia Depaola USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Swans way " Swans in their natural environment |
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Nancy Chadwick USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dust of Amboseli" Looking through my viewfinder in Amboseli at sunset, all I repeatedly said was "Wow". That's all. |
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Nancy Chadwick USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Onward" Led by the herd's wise matriach, they head toward the cooling marsh in the afternoon sun of Amboseli |
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Nora Milligan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Peace with Momma" A baby Western Lowland gorilla rests peacefully on momma's back in the jungle of Loango National Park, Gabon. |
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Nora Milligan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Liongrass" A well hidden male lion looks out from his grassy spot to keep an eye on his surroundings. Madikwe South Africa |
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Olav-Inge Alfheim Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Youngster" Ngoro Ngoro, Tanzania 2024 |
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Olena Tarnovska Ukraine Nominee Wildlife Professional "Humility" |
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Oyvind Pedersen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stormy Shag" European Shag in snowy weather |
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Oyvind Pedersen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Winter Puffin" Atlantic Puffin flying in snowy weather |
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Peter Rivelli USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Confidence" A Snow leopard stands confidently amongst the shadows overlooking his kingdom |
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Peter Rivelli USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Perched" A Snow leopard sits high in a tree stalking its prey, claws drawn, and ready to pounce |
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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee Wildlife Professional "I love Life" |
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Pratibha Reddy USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mates" |
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Robert Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Grasshopper" Haunting the garden |
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Robert Ruble USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Got it!" |
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Romy Klein USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Trapped" |
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Romy Klein USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hope Beyond Bars" |
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Sajeesh R India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Light" Nilgai on misty morning walk |
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Sheila Ruble USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Nevermore" |
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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Making a Home No 2" Great White Egrets constructing their home |
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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Making a Home No 3" Building a nest to call home |
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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Making a Home No 4" Great White Egrets constructiing their home |
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Steve Burkett USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Yikes!" Two male Egrets with nest building materials have a close call...all was well |
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Thomas Nicholson USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Look back" A large male lion patrols the Maasai Mara, looking to remove any competitors from the area. |
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Wai Hoe Mok Singapore Nominee Wildlife Professional "Whaleshark Congregation " A pair of whalesharks coming very close to my lens while looking to feed |
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Will Weitong Mu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Savanna Trio" Amidst the Savannah, three young rhinos gaze curiously at the camera, revealing their sense of wonder |
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Will Weitong Mu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Face-off" Two male caracals showdown: face to face confrontation to show dominance |
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Wolfgang Autexier France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sadness?" Large mammals arouse anthropomorphic projections as they can seem expressive. Is this bear really ? |
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Wolfgang Autexier France Nominee Wildlife Professional "Naval line" When the young swans are very small, the family forms a unit around the siblings |
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Zita Quentin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Our Toy" Two lion cubs found the best toy: a wildebeest horn. Both cubs really liked this treasure. |
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Zita Quentin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hope for the Future" Mating rhinos in the wild gives us hope for this endangered species |
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Zita Quentin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "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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