Wildlife winners
|
1st Place - Outstanding Achievement Title: american crocodille Cuba - Gardens of the queen
|
|
2nd Place - Merit of Excellence Title: He Turned His Back Almost a symbolic gesture by the bald eagle, it suggests he is speaking for all of the natural world in showing his disdain for humans, and the damage we are doing to the world.
|
|
3rd Place - Honor of Distinction Title: Deadly Beauty #2 On a recent photographic trip to Costa Rica we photographed a lovely Eyelash Viper. It was a rescued viper that was placed on the flower for our benefit. The snake was released back into the wild once
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Bonobos ICU Too A Bonobos can charm your heart at anytime. There are many characteristics that look very similar to humans. The large ape in on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Colorful Elegance I met this beautiful Marwari mare with her traditional halter on top of a dune in the desert of Rajasthan (India) on a sticky and cloudy day, which created a mystic light full of depth.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Courtship of the Kings The South Georgia Island colony has thousands and thousands of king penguins packed closely together. But to one side near the tussock grass there is space for courtship displays.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Good Mother A momma polar bear, recently emerged from her den in Wapusk National Park, Canada, snuggles with her cubs.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Arctic Fox and Swarming Insects Dovrefjell, Norway
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Blue Jay Back A blue jay in flight - sometimes it is the details that make the shot.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Stork Wood stork, Florida.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: A Mother's Hug
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Guardian of Scotland The white guardian of the valley | It took us about 20 minutes to get to the highland ponies that live in the valley between these scottish mountains.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Peek, Here I am Image my surprise as I was walking by the Canola Field & out popped this beautiful young buck
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Fall of the King He was old, with mange and ringworm. He was locked in an epic struggle with a female Buffalo. Slowly the strength ebbed from his body and in the end, he was defeated. South Luangwa Park Zambia.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Submarine Stingray glides by in the Grand Cayman Islands
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Macaw Macaw flying away from viewer.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: At the surface Lemon sharks at the surface of tiger beach Bahamas
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Prince of Pearls A common green tree frog in Queensland Australia is not common at all when he's a Prince in a string of pearls.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Where sleeping dogs lie Street dog rests on sacks of clothes, near Main Bazar, Paharganj, New Delhi. India
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Are You Looking At Me? A grizzly bear lounging in the Khutzeymateen, British Columbia
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: oommmm out of my series ANIMALS
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: alexander this picture is part of a large birds of prey project started this summer.
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Rainbows Rainbow Lorikeets erupting out of a Eucalypt in the late afternoon light
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: A James's Flamingo Glides By A James's Flamingo strides by in the shallow waters of Laguna Colorada. Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve, Bolivia
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Rabbit Shoes European rabbits clash in the air at a speed barely visible to the naked eye. Such power assertive clashes are common, as they can reproduce almost all year long. A single female rabbit can breed six
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Palomino Profoto on Hasselblad
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Making a Dash from the Water Hole McCollough Peaks
|
|
Honorable Mention Title: Dancing Flowers Dancing in the Garden
|