Wildlife - Amateur

Budd Parker USA 1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Bird Convention"

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Hal Kahn USA 2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "A Motherly Cuddle" I encountered this gorilla family at the Albuquerque zoo.

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Patrick Ems Switzerland 3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Arctic Silence 24" In the endless snow covered landscapes of Svalbard, a lone polar bear moves tirelessly across the Ar

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Marc Ward USA Honorable Mention "Brittle Starfish" An Underwater Macro image from the Carribean. Actual Image size aprox. 1" x 1"

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Steve Burkett USA Honorable Mention "A Pair of Flutterbys" Two butterflies share a morsel

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Neil Hunter USA Honorable Mention "A Duck on a Pond"

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Amy Tinling New Zealand Honorable Mention "Bahmi" Baby orangutan held by his mother

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Julien Sunye Netherlands Honorable Mention "Les Cygnes" Marken, The Netherlands

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Geffrard Bourke USA Honorable Mention "Elephant Snorkeling" A young elephant crosses the Chobe River in Botswana

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Johan Willems Belgium Honorable Mention "Zebras at night" This photo was taken from a hide in Lentorro, Kenya.

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Janet Slater Canada Honorable Mention "Privacy Please" There is absolutely no privacy among the thousands of N Gannets in Newfoundland

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Masaru Takagi Japan Honorable Mention "Pony" I photographed a pony galloping along the soft sand.

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Arthur Jacoby USA Honorable Mention "Beware" Woodstork

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Jodi Frediani USA Honorable Mention "Heads or Tails" Three northern right whale dolphins bow ride our whale watch vessel in calm seas.

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Claudio Casini Italy Honorable Mention "Aosagi"

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Frank Proost Luxembourg Honorable Mention "Hello World" New born lamb stepping out of the stable for the first time.

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Arthur Veitch Canada Honorable Mention "River Valley Lynx" A wild lynx stares into my camera as it poses beside an old black poplar.

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Zita Quentin USA Honorable Mention "Zebra Reflections" A group of zebras came in to drink at the watering hole in the Shompole Wilderness

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Bill Klipp USA Honorable Mention "Portuguese Man-of-War" We were cruising in our boat thru the back country near Key West when we came across a Portuguese Man-of-War. So hung over the side of the boat with my camera right above the water line

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Magnus Karlson Sweden Honorable Mention "Grumpy out walking"

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Christian Meermann Germany Honorable Mention "Gorilla" From my ongoing series of black&white animal portraits.

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Kathleen Fischer USA Honorable Mention "Seven Buzzards in the Bayou"

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Antonello Proietti Italy Honorable Mention "Love in lagoon" Pair of flamingos in a lagoon in the Bolivian Altiplano

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Liz Hardley New Zealand Honorable Mention "Monitor Lizards in Combat"

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Deborah Kruks Canada Honorable Mention "Fly, be free" Black Crow in flight after scavenging the seaweed, Vancouver Island

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Sven Thamm Germany Honorable Mention "Flight of the starlings (Murmuration)" A flock of starlings draws impressive patterns in the evening sky.

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Marshall Gould USA Honorable Mention "By The Pool"

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Alex Bogaard USA Nominee "Chimp Soul" Quiet moment. A penny for your thoughts...

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Andreas Theologitis Greece Nominee "Emerging Majesty"

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Anne Schlueter USA Nominee "I See You" This buffalo unexpectedly and abruptly leaned his head into my open car window parked along a road in Yellowstone National Park. I was lucky my camera was in my lap and I was able to catch this photo.

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Anne Dignam USA Nominee "Out of the Dark"

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Anne Grosse-Leege Germany Nominee "Lighthouse keeper"

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Arthur Veitch Canada Nominee "Midnight Cougar" A wild cougar prowls along a well used game trail.

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Chacma Baboons Drinking" At Mashatu Game Reserve we had the opportunity to spend the afternoon in an underground photo hide putting us up close to the Baboons and other creatures that came for a drink during the heat of the d

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Peek-a-Boo" We were positioned inside an underground photo hide in Botswana's Mashatu Game Reserve when two Chacma Baboons peered through one of the side windows to check us out

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Bill Klipp USA Nominee "Hanging at the Watering Hole" We were hanging out near a watering hole in Botswana's Okavango Delta when a small breeding herd of Elephants arrived to drink and take baths

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Brian Jones Australia Nominee "Snow Monkey" Snow Monkey, Jigokudani Monkey Park, Nagano, Japan

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Carol Zulman USA Nominee "Tired Out"

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee "Pelican" From my ongoing series of black&white animal portraits.

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Christian Meermann Germany Nominee "Indian Wild Dog #3" Münster, Germany, 2025.

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Christine Ng Singapore Nominee "Walk with Heart" A male leopard, patrols his territory to defend it and to protect his cubs with all his heart.

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Claudia Zeien USA Nominee "Dueling Duet" Sea lions make a racket as they fight for territory in Antarctica

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Deborah Kruks Canada Nominee "Out for a walk " A rooster out for a walk on the streets of Old Town Puerto Vallarta

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Doug Chuka USA Nominee "Big Cuddles" Hippo Gathering in Kenya

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Doug Chuka USA Nominee "Egrets? I've Had A Few.." South Florida Wetlands Egret

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Gary Levy USA Nominee "Turtley Awesome" Turtle swimming in aquarium tank.

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Hal Kahn USA Nominee "New Life" The big-eyed wonder of this infant silverback gorilla was very touching.

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Harry Zimmerman USA Nominee "2 Emperors Walking in Antarctica" These Emperor penguins strolled past our ship in the midday sun casting their shadows on the ice.

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Heidi Egerman USA Nominee "Predator" Predator

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Henk Langerak Netherlands Nominee "White peacock" white peacock in a twirl

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Ikumi Fukazawa Japan Nominee "Love is" Two horses are sisters, and active in the horse show.

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Ilene Fox USA Nominee "Elephant"

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Jacqueline Burke USA Nominee "Bridal Veil" A great egret in breeding plumage preens itself.

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Jacqueline Burke USA Nominee "Hummer in the Summer" A juvenile or female ruby throated hummingbird visits a butterfly bush flower to feed.

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Jacqueline Burke USA Nominee "The Burden of Creation" A great egret carries a large stick for nest-building early in the breeding season.

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James Woodward USA Nominee "Snack Time" Snail munching on lettuce

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James Meldrum USA Nominee "Intrensity"

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Janet Slater Canada Nominee "The Offering" All this little puffin wants to do is show his affection.

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Jason Mullins USA Nominee "'GBH_5_5'" Great Blue Heron in the PNW; Toned, Silver Gelatin

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Javier Herranz Casellas Spain Nominee "Puffin" Portrait of a puffin.

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Jeff Lucas Canada Nominee "Two Hummingbirds" One Ruby-Throated Hummingbird telling the other to jump and they will catch them.

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Jill Snyder USA Nominee "Lookout"

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Jill Mudge USA Nominee "Dark Fury" Dark Fury Standing

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Johan Willems Belgium Nominee "So Cute" I was lucky enough to follow this leopard with her cub for 2 days. Photo taken in Masai Mara Kenya.

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Johan Willems Belgium Nominee "Cheetah on the move" This beautiful cheetah was out walking in the evenings and looked straight into my lens. Photographe

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Jolliffe G.G. Australia Nominee "Black-Shouldered Kite on the Hunt" The Black-Shouldered Kite is a small raptor found in open habitats throughout Australia

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Justin Shea Canada Nominee "Chickadee Pre-Flight" Chickadee preparing to soar after feeding.

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Kim SignoretPaar USA Nominee "Red-tailed Hawk" Ramona Grasslands in Southern California

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Kylo-Patrick Hart USA Nominee "Gator" Close-up of an attentive alligator lingering in its natural environment.

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Marina Onken USA Nominee "Goosed"

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Martin Miklas Slovakia Nominee "Sharks smile" A close-up image of a shark's mouth and teeth.

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Masaru Takagi Japan Nominee "Shoebill" I was impressed by the beautiful body shape created by a shoebill.

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Masaru Takagi Japan Nominee "Goat" I took this striking photo of a goat eating food.

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Masaru Takagi Japan Nominee "Ruffed lemur" Ruffed lemur struck a wonderful pose.

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Michael Knapstein USA Nominee "Proud Eagle"

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Michel Groleau Canada Nominee "Silence" Silence is king in Antarctica. Even the penguins seem to respect it, at least when they are alone.

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Nadine Taesler Spain Nominee "KOI"

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Nicholas Wong USA Nominee "Forlorn" Please play with me?

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Pat Maycroft UK Nominee "Snails Pace" After the rain . . . .

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Peter Hergesheimer USA Nominee "Hovering" An arctic tern spotting fish along the shoreline in Svalbard.

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Peter Marxer Liechtenstein Nominee "Flying flamingos" Flying flamingos in the Po Delta in Italy

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Poul Helt Denmark Nominee "Bramble Gooes"

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Robert Davis USA Nominee "Grey Wolf" Grey wolf in the wilderness

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Robin Zygelman USA Nominee "Stare of the Wild" A magnificent Mandrill contemplating his world.

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Ron Day USA Nominee "Snow Goose Approach" Snow Goose Approach Landing, Bosque del Apache, NWR, NM

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Sajeesh R India Nominee "Dilemma of Survival" 2 Species, same goal- hunting for food to survive

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Sajeesh R India Nominee "When the wild Yawned" A yawn, not a roar—but close enough to feel the wild breath of Bandipur.

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Sonia Friedrich Australia Nominee "Heron - Unexpected" I went to photograph Osprey. This heron caught my eye unexpectedly, with such beauty and grace.

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Eyes On!" A Yellowstone grizzly turns a corner to find...you!

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Foxy" A Yellowstone fox out for a stroll

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Nibbler" A butterfly probes to sample a flower

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Snowed In" This bison family can do nothing but wait out the storm

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Stare Down #1" This bison has a stare that says, "back off!"

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Steve Burkett USA Nominee "Stare Down #2" A stare down between raven and grizzly - who will blink first?!

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Steve Toole USA Nominee "Winter Coat" An American bison trudges through a tall grass prairie snowstorm.

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Steven Lewis Australia Nominee "Pugnacious" Sleeping Charlie Pug

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Tailai OBrien Australia Nominee "The Canary" Antique canary cage and vintage shaving accoutrements featuring Purvis the canary

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Thomas Nicholson USA Nominee "Last light" As the very last rays of the sun light up the scene, a lioness stares off into the distance.

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Thomas Nicholson USA Nominee "Shelter in the Storm" During a heavy downpour, a lone giraffe takes cover in the bushes.

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Thomas Nicholson USA Nominee "Hiding Spot" A cheetah takes cover under a lone tree as it scans the area for prey.

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Viveca Venegas Puerto Rico Nominee "Sueno de Paz" Portrait of my Cremello Paso Fino

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Zita Quentin USA Nominee "Spotted at the Watering Hole" Leopard came to drink at the watering hole

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Zita Quentin USA Nominee "Icons of Africa" Two icons of Africa in one frame: Craig, one of the remaining big tuskers and Mt. Kilimanjaro

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