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Kyriakos KazirasFrance1st Place - Outstanding Achievement "Soul of the sea" This polar bear reminds me of a child getting out of the bath. |
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Denis RyanUSA2nd Place - Merit of Excellence "Endurance" A mother brown bear leads her cubs through Alaska’s rain, teaching resilience in the wild. |
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Jeff ScheweUSA3rd Place - Honor of Distinction "Jellyfish" |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesHonorable Mention "Transfer of Wisdom" Two elephants stand close, gently interacting - as if passing wisdom in silence. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Steve SorensenUSAHonorable Mention "A Gathering" A very busy light pole in New York, birds of a feather. |
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Jeff BulliedCanadaHonorable Mention "Antarctic Reverie" “Luck is when preparation meets opportunity". |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesHonorable Mention "Diminution" A tree and two giraffes stood in quiet alignment - each smaller than the last. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Kyriakos KazirasFranceHonorable Mention "Follow that dream" The snow has melted and the polar bear's position reminds us of the two snowfields in the background. |
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Tom SchandyNorwayHonorable Mention "Brown bear in cotton wool" Brown bear in cotton wool, low perspective. Wool looks like snow falling. From hide in Finland |
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Fenqiang LiuUSAHonorable Mention "Wings of the Forest" A Great Egret flies through the enchanted Florida woods beneath the spring morning sun. |
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Bjorn H StuedalNorwayHonorable Mention "Attack" |
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Wolf AdemeitGermanyHonorable Mention "Rivalen" Rhinoceros bulls fighting for the hierarchy |
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Eric KaniganUSAHonorable Mention "Put Your Feet Up" A Japanese macaque resting in a natural hot spring during a January snowfall |
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Kyriakos KazirasFranceHonorable Mention "You don't know" Playful young polar bear |
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Julien RegameySwitzerlandHonorable Mention "L'avant garde du flou" Lycaons / Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud |
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Peter YdeenUSAHonorable Mention "Sheepheads" Sheep tied together in a market in Kashgar China |
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Mel LindstromUSAHonorable Mention "1223_706_134B" |
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Roie GalitzIsraelHonorable Mention "Arctic Fox" A curious Arctic Fox getting super low on the snow, checking out the camera |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyHonorable Mention "Gray heron" gray heron standing on Ice |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesHonorable Mention "Abracadabra" An elephant seems to vanish in a side-lit cloud of dust, like a conjurer mid-act. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in... |
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Clarence LinUSAHonorable Mention "Untitled, Koi #1" |
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Con van StaaNetherlandsHonorable Mention "Zebras" hidden |
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Shogo ShimiyaJapanHonorable Mention "Between Stillness and Flow 2025" The Turtle Gazes Up at the Butterfly, as the Koi Drifts By. |
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Maeva JacquetFranceHonorable Mention "Le passage du lien" |
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Steven BensonUSAHonorable Mention "Dog, Barcelona" |
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John W. McDermottUSAHonorable Mention "A Flock in the Mist" |
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Jano StovkaSlovak RepublicHonorable Mention "Aquila" slovakia, štiavnica hills |
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Jay DrewNew ZealandHonorable Mention "Sticking Out & Blending In" A rare kōtuku (white heron, NZ) viewed from beneath; it's beak mimicking the tree branches |
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Kisa KavassUSAHonorable Mention "Warriors" |
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Eric KaniganUSAHonorable Mention "Where the Wild Things Were" A silverback mountain gorilla on the fringe of Volcanoes National Park |
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Massimo GiorgettaItalyHonorable Mention "The hunt is on" Mexico - Isla Magdalena - Pacific Ocean |
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Johan SiggessonMaltaHonorable Mention "Soul to Soul" Lioness drinking from a waterhole in Masai Mara |
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Alan LoHong KongNominee "Spinner shark #1" taken in the deep South of Maldives |
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Alexander Friedrich BeckGermanyNominee "Camouflage" analog techique middle format |
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Alison JonesUSANominee "Elephant Seals in Argentina's Peninsula Valdes" Establishing Male Dominance |
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Bjorn H StuedalNorwayNominee "Bearcub" |
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Bob CanepaUSANominee "Snowy egret taking flight" DISTURBED EGRET TAKES FLIGHT |
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Bonnie MercadanteUSANominee "Wading In The Wild" Pelicans gathered by the water's edge in the Morro Bay, California wetlands |
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Brian EastwoodNew ZealandNominee "Curious Lemur" |
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Brian EastwoodNew ZealandNominee "Lemur" |
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Brian EastwoodNew ZealandNominee "Spider Monkey" |
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Chengbin ZhangChina (PRC)Nominee "Spider" Backlit to reveal dew drops glistening like tiny jewels.The spider sits motionless at its creation. |
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Clarence LinUSANominee "Sea Turtle Near Green Island #2" Green Island (also known as Ludao or Lyudao), Taitung County, Taiwan. |
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Clark James MishlerUSANominee "Alaska Bears" Alaska Bears, Sitka Airport |
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Dianne YudelsonUSANominee "Snowy Egret" |
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Donn DobkinUSANominee "Snack Attack" A grackle's morning snack during snow flurries, Bennington Vermont. |
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Donn DobkinUSANominee "Snowbird" A dark-eyed junco with snow on its beak and underfoot, pausing for a moment, Leesburg, Virginia |
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Ed KreminskiUSANominee "Mystic River Lifeform" A jellyfish swimming at the surface of the Mystic River in Mystic CT |
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Edwin LoyolaPhilippinesNominee "S n a i l" |
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Eleszabeth McNeelUSANominee "Frantic" |
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Eric KaniganUSANominee "Squid Games" The largest predator on the planet lives a life of mystery, spending 75% of it's life in darkness. |
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Gray EatonUKNominee "Searching Through The Mist" A female Moose stands lonely in the misty Lake. Maligne Lake, Alberta, Canada |
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Gray EatonUKNominee "Alone in Knight Inlet" A Humpback Whale diving in Knight Inlet, British Columbia, Canada |
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H. Allen BenowitzUSANominee "Lustful Boxer" A boxer, trying to behave by staying on the sidewalk, lusts to reach the ball and play. |
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Hans StrandSwedenNominee "Penguin Colony, Cuverville Island, Antarctica 2016" I photographed this colony of gentoo penguins during my trip to Antarctica in2016. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Juvenile Eagle Hunting #2" Juvenile Bald Eagle on the hunt at the Conowingo Dam on the Susquehanna River in Maryland. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Angry Eagle" Bald Eagle in tree near the Conowingo Dam, Darlington, Maryland. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Swallowtail Dinnertime #2" A Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly sipping nectar from the flower of a common buttonbush at Eastern Neck National Wildlife Refuge on the eastern shore of Maryland. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Peek-A-Boo #2" American alliigator head sticking out of the water at Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Giant Panda Snacktime #2" Giant Panda getting ready to enjoy a bamboo snack at the National Zoo, Washington, DC. |
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Harvey DuzeUSANominee "Taking Flight #2" Silhouette of great egret taking off from tree branch at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge. |
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Jean-Charles FollietFranceNominee "Edgar Allan" |
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Jean-Charles FollietFranceNominee "Noctambules" |
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Jennifere ThompsonAustraliaNominee "Icu Too, Western Lowland Gorilla" ICU TOO Western Lowland Gorilla |
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Jennifere ThompsonAustraliaNominee "Icu Too, Waiting Time" ICU TOO Waiting Time Orangutan |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "Quiet Command" Perfectly poised atop a kopje, a lion surveys the Serengeti skies of Tanzania. |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "High Ground" A cheetah watches over the Serengeti beneath storm clouds in Tanzania. |
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Jessica DavisUSANominee "Guarding" A lioness protects her cubs in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyNominee "The Frog" The Look |
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Joerg BarkholzGermanyNominee "Butterfly" Butterfly |
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Johan SiggessonMaltaNominee "Dance of Dominance" 2 stallions sparring to decide ranks |
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Johan SiggessonMaltaNominee "Equilibrium" Young giraffe posing in Serengeti |
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Julie ShipmanUSANominee "Eyes On Me" This seagull was protecting her nest near where I stood. She dived at me as I took the shot. |
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Julie ShipmanUSANominee "Aerodynamic" Nature's perfect aerodynamics; heron in flight. |
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Julien RegameySwitzerlandNominee "Tendresse animale" Girafe et son petit - Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud |
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Karym MurphyUSANominee "Gull d'Or" A moment of unexpected elegance—this seagull, caught mid-pose, channels the poise of a winged sculpt |
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Kevin LohmanUSANominee "Kilimanjaro Morning Run" A herd of elephants in Amboseli kicks up dust with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background |
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Kirsten HeerGermanyNominee "Stork land to feed the chicks" Heer-Kirsten_Stork lands to feed the chicks |
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Kirsten HeerGermanyNominee "Stork is giving water to the chicks" Heer-Kirsten_Stork is giving water to the chicks |
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Kristen WarningUSANominee "Winter Muzzle" The muzzle of a horse sunning herself on a winter's day. |
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Kyriakos KazirasFranceNominee "White snow" Young polar bear coming to play. |
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Lennette NewellUSANominee "Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus)" Endangered female proboscis monkey in Borneo canopy. |
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Lennette NewellUSANominee "Western Tarsier (Cephalopachus bancanus)" Nocturnal primate photographed in Borneo |
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Maria MarriottUSANominee "Wind Dancer" A wild stallion of the WY desert displays powerful presence, elegance and grace. |
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Mike DrazdzinskiUSANominee "Wolfgang" These two wolves appeared in the woods very quietly. For one split moment, they both looked my way before moving on. Wow! |
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Milan HristevBulgariaNominee "Sunrise over the lake" |
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Nirav SolankiUSANominee "What's For Dinner?" Dinner Time |
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Pal HermansenNorwayNominee "The jump" Jumping frog in spring |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "The Swarm" A white rhino stands beneath a swarm of tiny ticks. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in stillness. |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "The Conversationalists" On the open plains, two opposites meet - a behemoth in stone grey and a wisp in white. From our series "An Ode to Stillness" - a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in... |
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Preeti and Prashant ChackoUnited Arab EmiratesNominee "Flamingo Noir" A pool acts as a mirror for the delicate flamingo, striking even without its pink hues. From our series "An Ode to Stillness"-a contemplative journey into the calm and clarity found in... |
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Rajesh DhunganaNepalNominee "Action of Blue Cow" The action of the blue cow (Boselaphus tragocamelus) is the largest antelope of Asia (Nepal). In Nep |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Curious Baby Manatee" Intimate portrait of a curious baby manatee—an unforgettable encounter filled with mutual curiosity. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Curve" Power in motion – the graceful curve of a bull shark. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Halo" A green sea turtle rests beneath a radiant halo of light. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Illuminated" A sea lion drifts through radiant beams of light. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Natural Balance" A pair of Atlantic spotted dolphins swim beneath the waves |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Whale Ballet" A baby humpback whale performs a joyful ballet in the depths. |
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Remuna BecaUSANominee "Oceanic Eyes" Up close with a Critically Endangered Ocean Whitetip Shark. |
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Robert CoatesCanadaNominee "In the Highlands" Created in the Scottish Highlands of a lone Highland Cow. |
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Robyn FinlaysonAustraliaNominee "Egret" Eastern Cattle Egret resplendent in breeding plumage, Qld - Australia |
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Sharon PackerUSANominee "Black Knight" Noble Friesian Mare |
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Stuart VestyUSANominee "Expressive" Loving Life |
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Sven SvensonGermanyNominee "White Cat, Black Silence" Where darkness frames purity |
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Tobias ReymondNetherlandsNominee "Cinta" |
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Tom KrauszGermanyNominee "Jemen chameleon" Jemen Chameleon, living in Jemen and Saudi Arabia, they are loner |
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Tom KrauszGermanyNominee "Highland cattle, meadow" highland cattle standing on a meadow in a winter snow storm, northern Germany |
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Tom KrauszGermanyNominee "Green treepython" This snake lives only in trees of the rainforest, southamerica. |
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Tom KrauszGermanyNominee "Cormoran" krausz-tom_cormoran.jpg |
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Valerie G HenryUSANominee "Heartbeats" Wild mustangs of Utah navigate the terrain with an elegance. |
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Wai Hoe MokSingaporeNominee "Mother and Calf" Mother and calf humpback whale cruising on the surface of the water, under the afternoon sun |
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Ximena EcheverriaUSANominee "Thundering Hooves" With the river at their feet , the Salt River wild horses thunder forward. |
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