#Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Did you know that you can vote for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year’s People’s Choice Award? Go do so!

Here are some of the 25 photos you can vote on - but you can only pick one, so choose carefully!

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Two females and a male golden snub-nosed monkey huddle together to keep warm in the extreme winter cold. Threatened mainly by forest loss and fragmentation, this endangered species is confined to central China. One of the shortlisted 25 images in the running for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice award at the Natural History Museum

Photograph: Minqiang Lu/2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge at the Natural History Museum to attend the Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2014 Awards Ceremony on October 21, 2014 in London, England.

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(via Preview 14 Photos from 2024 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Contest)

“Precious Rocks” © Samual Stone, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

...Jackdaws are highly intelligent and adaptable. They build new nests each year from all sorts of materials: twigs, branches, feathers, wool, moss, mud, and animal dung. This pair kept adding rocks to theirs.

Location: Bushy Park, London, England, UK

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Some of the finalists for the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" award. The contest is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London. In a separate post, I embedded a photo by the photographer Francisco Negroni of a volcano erupting in Chile with unreal atmospheric effects (colors and clouds). I'm including just a few of the finalist photos in this post.

"Annoying Neighbour" by Bence Máté. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

A European roller performs acrobatics in an attempt to drive a little owl out of its breeding territory. A brilliant blue European roller in Hungary’s Kiskunság National Park appears frozen upside-down in mid-air, performing dramatic dives and rolls true to its name. The bird’s mating display consists of similar airborne acrobatics. The species has only a short mating season, and the male bird intends to take advantage of it—he “makes a sport of annoying other birds that stray into its breeding area,” according to a statement accompanying the shot. He might ambush the other creature and chase it down at a high speed. Hungarian photographer Bence Máté spent 27 days watching from a hide before capturing this shot.

"Curious Connection" by Nora Milligan. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

A chimpanzee climbs a tree in Gabon and stares into the camera lens, making eye contact with the photographer. The call of a chimp rang out through Gabon’s Loango National Park. While on a guided trek through the forest, American photographer Nora Milligan and her group paused, listening. A family of chimpanzees, known to researchers as the Rekambo group, emerged from the brush and started to climb the nearby trees. “This particular chimp paused, his curiosity piqued, and sat still long enough to observe me in return. I knew we had made a true connection when he craned his neck forward and widened his eyes to get a better look at me,” Milligan writes on Instagram. “I hope my image can play some small part to inspire others to seek this same connection and care for all living beings on Earth.”

"Snuffling Sengi" by Piotr Naskrecki. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

A four-toed sengi forages in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique.

At dawn and dusk, the rarely seen four-toed sengi emerges to feast on insects. The elusive species, seen here in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, might look like a rodent—but it’s actually more closely related to elephants. Its other name, the four-toed elephant shrew, refers to its trunk-like snout. Because sengis are skittish, Polish photographer Piotr Naskrecki didn’t want to scare them away—so, rather than lying on the ground to capture this shot, he set up a remote camera. For this method, he had to somewhat anticipate where and when the mammals would forage.

"Wolf Pack" by Arvind Ramamurthy. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

Five wolf cubs pause amid play to look at the camera as they frolic near farms in India.  Not far from farming fields in Bhigwan, India, a pack of five wolves pauses amid play, each one staring into the camera. Indian photographer Arvind Ramamurthy captured the shot, which he calls a “unique natural history moment,” in a video posted to Instagram. But it also tells a larger story, he adds. “As their native habitat of grasslands are depleting, more and more wolves are moving into agricultural spaces,” Ramamurthy says in the video. “And that brings them into direct conflict with us humans.”

"Fallen from the Sky" by Carlo D’Aurizio. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

Dead insects float in a stream in Italy, creating a somber mosaic of color and stilled wings. When Italian photographer Carlo D'Aurizio came upon this stream in Italy’s Majella National Park, he expected to see butterflies and dragonflies fluttering around the water. Instead, he found insect bodies floating, with no explanation as to what had happened to them. It was a summer morning, but the weather hadn’t been hot enough to cause a mass die-off. The reason for this “sad collage” remains a mystery, but it created a still life trapped in the water’s surface tension.

"Unsold" by Jose Fragozo. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

A rescue operation in eastern Africa retrieved this cheetah cub from the illegal wildlife trade. Cheetahs get roped into the illegal wildlife trade in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, often when farmers capture and sell them, claiming the animals had been a threat to their business, according to a statement. Not all cubs sell, however, and some are killed, since their parts, especially bones, are valuable in Asian markets, such as for bone soup.Photographer Jose Fragozo of Portugal captured this shot during a rescue operation, which began after authorities got an anonymous tip. This cheetah cub had been taken from the wild and transported via camel to the northern coast of Somaliland. Though the young cat began chirping for its mother, the rescue was ultimately successful, acquiring this cub and bringing it to a safe place. “An important part of Wildlife Photographer of the Year is highlighting powerful and sometimes challenging stories about the natural world, as well as the effects of human impact on the planet,” the Wildlife Photographer of the Year account writes on Instagram. “We hope that by creating more awareness of the challenges faced by wildlife globally, we can inspire change and create advocates for our natural world.”

"Aspen Shadows" by Devon Pradhuman. Description from Smithsonian Magazine:

Gray wolves amble through Yellowstone National Park in the snow, framed behind a group of aspen trees. Four grey wolves walk single file through a snowy Yellowstone National Park, dotting a nearly barren landscape. In this composition, the mammals are joined only by a grouping of aspen trees, leafless against the winter ground. American photographer Devon Pradhuman watched from a distance as the wolves approached the trees, followed the rest of the tree line and disappeared over a hillside on the hunt for their next meal.

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Wildlife Through the Lens: A Day at the Natural History Museum's Must-See Exhibition

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Marc Boyd, “Shared Parenting”

© Marc Boyd/Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Horseshoe crab wins gold

Laurent Ballesta

Kathy Moran, who chaired the judging panel, said a winning image required four characteristics: "aesthetics", "moment", "narrative", and increasingly "something that has a conservation edge to it". And Ballesta's work had that "secret sauce".

"There's a luminosity to Laurent's picture," Ms Moran told BBC News.

"It really does feel like an alien floating across the seafloor - but when you step back and realise just how important these creatures are to ocean health and human health, we just felt the image brought it all together and we couldn't pass it up."

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“Lynx on the Threshold" by Sergio Marijuán, Spain. “Highly commended” entry in “Wildlife Photographer of the Year”, 2021, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.

This Lynx is leaving the hayloft where it was raised. Due to conservation efforts, the lynx population of Spain and Portugal is on the rise, having been close to extinction.

Source: treehugger.com

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The People’s Choice Award, Wildlife Photographer of the Year

There are 25 submissions on their site - browse and vote! (Closes January 29, 2025)

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Wildlife Photography of Himalayan Birds

Witness the splendor of Himalayan birds through our wildlife photography collection. Featuring vivid imagery and insightful details, this showcase highlights the incredible diversity of birdlife in the Himalayas, making it a must-see for nature aficionados and photographers.

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Mindo glass frog

Only found in north-west Ecuador, in the Río Manduriacu reserve in the foothills of the Andes

Photo by Jaime Culebras

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Patron of The Natural History Museum attends the Wildlife Photographer of The Year 2014 Awards Ceremony at The Natural History Museum in London on October 21, 2014

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9 साल की श्रियोवी बनी 'वाइल्डलाइफ फोटोग्राफर ऑफ द ईयर' की रनरअप, 116 देशों के फोटोग्राफर्स को पछाड़ा

9 Year Old Indian Girl won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024: दिल्ली के पास फरीदाबाद में रहने वाली एक 9 साल की बच्ची ने अद्भुत कारना���ा कर दिखाया है। इस बच्ची का नाम श्रियोवी मेहता है, जो अपने पिता के साथ नेशनल पार्क घूमने गई थी। श्रियोवी ने पार्क में एक ऐसी तस्वीर खींची, जिसे देखकर हर कोई हैरान रह गया। श्रियोवी मेहता को इस तस्वीर के लिए ‘वाइल्डलाइफ फोटोग्राफर ऑफ द ईयर’ का रनरअप चुना गया…

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year: le immagini più belle in mostra al Forte di Bard

Dal 3 febbraio al 2 giugno 2024, il Forte di Bard ospita la 59esima edizione di Wildlife Photographer of the Year, il più importante riconoscimento dedicato alla fotografia naturalistica promosso dal Natural History Museum di Londra. La mostra, che ogni anno attira milioni di visitatori in tutto il mondo, presenta 100 immagini selezionate tra le quasi 50.000 iscritte al concorso da fotografi di…