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Eric Kanigan USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Wildlife Professional "Born to Lead" A Kwitonda family silverback on the fringe of Volcanoes National Park and cultivated land. |
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Massimo Giorgetta Italy 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Wildlife Professional "Hunter" Mexico - Isla Magdalena - we encounter a school of mackerel in the middle of the Pacific Ocean |
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Graeme Purdy UK 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Wildlife Professional "Mega stag" Up close and personal with a wild Red stag, UK |
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Salvatore Valente Italy Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Elefanti" Namibia elefante madre con il piccolo che lo segue |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Paradise" This image aims to capture the exquisite moments of Great Egrets in their natural Florida habitat, showcasing their beauty in all its splendor. |
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Eric Kanigan USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Dreamers" Some of the most recognizable sleepers, sperm whales rest vertically for just a few minutes each day |
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Julien Regamey Switzerland Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Giraffe" Giraffe / Kruger National Park |
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Jason Knott UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "TREE 01" TREE IN THE SNOW AND MIST 01 |
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Robin Scholte Netherlands Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Just Love" The affection between this mother giraffe and her young, tender moments in nature |
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Johan Siggesson Malta Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "At the Foot of the Mountain" After 8 days of waiting and trying with various groups of elephants things finally fell into place. |
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Michiel Poodt Netherlands Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Bull" Bull in Drenthe |
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Andrew B Church USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Grackles" Grackles flock en masse to wires strung between telephone poles in Waco, Texas, USA. |
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Graeme Purdy UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Raw Nature" Up close and personal with a wild lion just moments after he had eaten a buffalo |
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Graeme Purdy UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "The Great Hammerhead" One of the most elegant animals on the planet, the Great Hammerhead shark |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Showtime" During the breeding season, Great Egrets grow long, wavy plumes on their backs. This Great Egret eagerly started his courtship displays before completing his nest. |
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Lennette Newell USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Camelus dromedarius" Adolescent camel itching leg |
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John Rees USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Blanco" Horse in a pastoral setting |
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Roie Galitz Israel Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Adelie Penguin" Adelie Penguin in Antarctica |
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Pieter Clicteur Belgium Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Malaci" Malaci |
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Jean-Charles Folliet France Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Intimidation" |
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Graeme Purdy UK Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "The Hunt" A Striped Marlin hunts a bait ball of mackerel, Pacific Ocean, 50 miles offshore |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Innocence" A baby peers out from the safety of its mother's arms. |
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Jan-Tore Oevrevik USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach #1" Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach |
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Pete Saloutos USA Honorable Mention Wildlife Professional "Great Blue Heron" Wings Up, Great Blue Heron |
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Ami Nachoum USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Family affaris " young Polar bear cubs stay close to thier mom up to two years, depending on her nursing and hunting skill |
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Ami Nachoum USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Light, camera action" Great white shark impressed me arriving under the most powerful "movie" light |
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Ami Nachoum USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lean on me" Polar bear mom, supporting her cub for safety. Bears today have to swim longer distance to find food |
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Andrea Ivor Hungary Nominee Wildlife Professional "Greetings" This was the moment when the foal stood up and the mum looked back and greeted eachother |
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Arnfinn Johansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "White-tailed Eagle" |
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Bence Mate Hungary Nominee Wildlife Professional "Alert" European cranes fly out from their night roosting place before dawn. |
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Bernard Ng Malaysia Nominee Wildlife Professional "White Tiger" The white tiger was caught yawning while unwinding in the water. |
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Bjorn H Stuedal Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Arctic fox" |
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Cecilie Stuedal Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Excuse me?" A Common murre stands out of the crowd by flapping its wings. |
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Cecilie Stuedal Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Screech" The Eurasian goshawk screeches as it tries to protect its food from the two other goshawks. |
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Denis Grudet France Nominee Wildlife Professional "The flying fox" Auvergne, FRANCE |
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Drew Doggett USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Lookout " This tender moment with mother and cub was in stark contrast to the unforgiving Arctic landscape. |
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Drew Doggett USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dazzle" In the Maasai Mara in Kenya, I captured this elusive image of a zebra I’ve long dreamt of creating. |
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Edwin Loyola Philippines Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fly High" |
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Eleszabeth McNeel USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "My Den" |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Apex" An orca pod traversing Norway's fjords in search of its next meal. |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Come Dive with Me" A pair of sperm whales on their descent to hunt for squid in the darkness |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "How Deep is Your Love" In the great expanse of the sea, sperm whales remain close, as this pair sleeps together vertically. |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Coast" Manatees seem a simple species. They are simply shaped, and quietly roam Florida's coastal waterways. |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Social Hour" Touch is important for sperm whales. Families will socialize, rubbing their giant bodies together. |
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Eric Kanigan USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Twilight Zone" Sperm whales spend 80% of their lives in darkness in the pelagic zone known as the twilight zone |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Moon Spirit" During the breeding season, Great Egrets build their nests in trees to avoid predator attacks. These elevated positions present an opportunity for me to photograph them with the moon in the background |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wings of Life" After observing this Great Egret’s flight pattern, I chose an ideal camera position and snapped the shot as it flew between me and the tree, carrying a twig to build its nest. |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Under the Moon" It was a privilege to witness the beauty of nature and the remarkable behavior of these incredible Great Egrets during their breeding season and to capture these exquisite moments through my lens. |
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Fenqiang Liu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Conversation" A dialogue between a Great Egret and Spanish moss captured in a fleeting moment in natural Florida. |
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Frank Machalowski Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tierwald" |
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Glenn Goldman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Resting Spot" Rome, Italy |
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Graeme Purdy UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Manatee Family" A rare manatee mother and calf arrive at their wintering warm water spring |
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Graeme Purdy UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Stag Rut" A magical morning mist shrouds the red stag as he roars to his rivals during the annual rut |
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Graeme Purdy UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wild Nature" Lions mate, visceral and raw as they mate for hours and days |
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Graeme Purdy UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "The walk" A herd of elephants on the long walk for food and water during drought times in Kenya |
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Graeme Purdy UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "One in a thousand" Literally, this baby mountain gorilla is one in a thousand left on the planet. Precious |
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Graeme Purdy UK Nominee Wildlife Professional "Spray" A Grizzly sprays after a successful salmon hunt |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Checking Out The Neighbor" House Sparrow looking in on an Osprey sitting in a nest at Sandy Point State Park, Maryland. |
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Harvey Duze USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Brown Lipped Snail #4" Brown-lipped snail, also known as a grove snail. |
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Ian Spanier USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Keeper of the Castle, Ireland 2023" Horse found randomly at a castle ruins in Ireland |
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Jan-Tore Oevrevik USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach #2" Majestic Flight at Clearwater Beach |
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Jean-Charles Folliet France Nominee Wildlife Professional "At dawn" |
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Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "ICU TOO Opera Siamangs" ICU TOO Opera Siamangs, (Symphalangus syndactylus) resonate loud calls throughout the bush. |
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Jennifere Thompson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" Little monkey hopes that the stars will always be visible |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "In The Dust" A herd of Elephants racing to a watering hole. Amboseli, Kenya |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Mothers Of The Masai" Lionesses guarding their cubs in the bushes. Naboisho Conservancy, Kenya |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Walk The Line" A heard of Elephants crossing the dry lake bed of Amboseli, Kenya |
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Jessica Davis USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Craig" Amboseli, Kenya. The gentle Giant Craig. Each Tusk weighs about 100lbs |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Racoon second" little Racoon on a Tree |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Kestrel" Kestrel 19:26 |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Heron" Two Herons on frozen Lake |
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Joerg Barkholz Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Parakeet" Parakeet in Hole |
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John Wiseman Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tough in the Pan" Black Back Jackal Namibia desert |
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John Wiseman Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Zebra Crossing " Namibian Desert |
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John Wiseman Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Indian Elephant" Dust & Food. |
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Julien Regamey Switzerland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Lion" Lion / Kruger National Park |
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Kathy Sergio USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Frozen Bison" Yellowstone Frozen Bison |
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Kevin Lohman USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Marine Iguana Steps into the Bay" A Marine Iguana leaves Santiago Island to enter the cold waters of the Galápagos Islands. |
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Kristen Warning USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Blink" In the blink of an eye...or two...and the moment is captured. |
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Lance Carter USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Happiness" Baby elephant takes a pause after nursing from the mother. |
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Leigh Ann Pincus USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Baaaa" A newborn sheep with it's mother in Italy. |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Murmuration 23" Redwinged black birds photographed at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, NM |
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Lennette Newell USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Giraffe Herd" Giraffe herd photographed in Uganda, presented as a negative black & white print. |
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Liyun Yu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Y" |
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Liyun Yu USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tough Path Survival" A Lizard chosen the tough path for survival. |
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Madhur Shroff India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Quench together" A mother & her baby together Quench their thirst at the forest waterhole. Shot in the wild just before sunset. |
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Magnus Laupa Sweden Nominee Wildlife Professional "Partners for Life" The swan didn´t let anyone close to the flake of ice. |
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Massimo Giorgetta Italy Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bathfish" Indonesia - Lembeh Strait - On a sandy bottom at 15mt depth I encounter in young batfish that I phot |
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Mike Drazdzinski USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Red Bullet" Coming in for a landing on my deck, this cardinal spread his wings so fast to slow himself down. I was ecstatic with my capture of this beautiful male cardinal |
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Nancy Ney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Eagle Has Landed" The Mara, Kenya |
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Nancy Ney USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Splash" Photographed at Wokodahatchee Wetlands. Tricolored Heron fishing. |
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Pal Hermansen Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "The catch" Bird trying to catch a butterfly being a plexiglass wall, Costa Rica |
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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Machozi" “Tear†in Swahili- A single tear runs across the crevasses surrounding the eye of a white rhino. |
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Paul Swen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Kuwinda" A young male leopard uses a fallen tree to search for prey. |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Fish Eagle Call" |
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Paula Durbin USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Youngster At Play" |
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Pieter Clicteur Belgium Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cabron" Cabron, the mean looking dog with a good heart |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "Guardian of the Mount" An iconic white rhino seemingly stands guard in the shadow of the even more iconic Mt Kenya. |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "Tiananmen" Facing a white rhino bearing down on us, reminded us of the man facing tanks in Tiananmen Square |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Last Stand" A scene like this is a testament to the game reserves that fight for the survival of rhinos |
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Preeti and Prashant Chacko United Arab Emirates Nominee Wildlife Professional "Smell the Roses" A magnificent white rhino pauses to inspect a tiny shrub in its path. |
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Randall Ball USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Elephant Matriarch" The elephant matriarch of the herd stands her ground between our game vehicle and her herd. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Alone In The Abyss" A shark alone in the abyss |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Bubble Bath" A graceful silky shark glides effortlessly through a sea of effervescent bubbles. |
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Remuna Beca USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "I See You" A curious Nurse Shark peaks above water to get a different view. |
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Robin Scholte Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "The ghost" Suddenly he's sitting there in the middle of the night |
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Robin Scholte Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sunday feeling" The grazing African buffalo in the last sunlight of the day |
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Robyn Finlayson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dune Wongari" A wild dingo searches the K'gari dunes for her pup |
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Robyn Finlayson Australia Nominee Wildlife Professional "Stalking" A wild Wongari (Dingo) on the beach of K'gari - world's largest sand island |
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Roie Galitz Israel Nominee Wildlife Professional "Walking Proud" Polar Bear mother and her two cubs walking on the sea ice together |
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Roie Galitz Israel Nominee Wildlife Professional "Motherhood" Mother Polar Bear breastfeeding her twins |
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Ross Deverson Canada Nominee Wildlife Professional "Sorrow" Location: Laos, South East Asia. A rescued elephant weeps slightly after it's mud bath. |
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Scott Barrow USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "The Committee" A group of curious sheep focusing their attention on you. |
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Selena Malone USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park" Snow monkeys, known as Japanese macaques, are a species of primates native to Japan. |
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Seth Mayer USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Serenity" Mythical, magical and in touch with the universe. |
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Sheena Jolley Ireland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hovering with Intent" Several hunting techniques are used by kestrels, but the most well-known is the hover. |
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Sheena Jolley Ireland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Hare Alert" The Irish Mountain Hare is one of Ireland’s longest established indigenous species of mammal . |
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Sheena Jolley Ireland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Nose for Nectar" The underside of the Common Blue butterfly has orange crescents and black spots |
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Sheena Jolley Ireland Nominee Wildlife Professional "Cautiously Drinking" Gray Langur cautiously came out of the forest as a group to drink. |
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Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya India Nominee Wildlife Professional "Patterns in the sand" A scorpion photographed in the wind swept sand patterns of the dunes of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan |
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Steve Sorensen USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Into the Wind" An American Bison sets pace into the wind in Yellowstone. |
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Stuart Vesty USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Avatar" Stepping in to the light. |
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Stuart Vesty USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Storm warrior" Bold & Determined |
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Theo Di Pascual France Nominee Wildlife Professional "The gorilla" One of the biggest primates |
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Thierry Schut Netherlands Nominee Wildlife Professional "Birds" Birds at sea, analogue photo. |
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Todd Williams USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Winter Raven" Winter Raven Grand Teton National Park |
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Tom Schandy Norway Nominee Wildlife Professional "Vulture heads" Vultures heads, backlight early morning in Catalonia, Spain. |
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Wolf Ademeit Germany Nominee Wildlife Professional "Attention" out of my series ANIMALS |
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Ximena Echeverria USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Wild & Free" Experiencing wild horses running through the vastness of the desert that they call home was an unfor |
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Ximena Echeverria USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Dust and Silence" Two loud stallions reared up, a scuffle, dust flying everywhere and the clicking sound of the camera |
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Ziesook You USA Nominee Wildlife Professional "Look 2024" |
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