Wildlife 2013 Bashny.Net

October 16 in London, announced the winners of wildlife photos 2013 (Wildlife Photograher of the Year 2013). This year for the prestigious competition was represented by more than 43,000 photo-works from 96 countries of the world.





Winner in the category "Creativity" with a photo of the Snow monkeys during a snowfall in a wonderful park monkeys Dzigokudani, Japan. Read more in the article "The Monkey Park in Hell Valley". (Photo by Jasper Doest | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Bidder in the category "natural habitat." Work by Michael Nichols - a snapshot of the lions of the Serengeti. Other great photos of lions Michael Nichols, see the article "Face to face with lions in Botswana." (Photo by Michael Nichols | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Winner in the category of "natural habitat." Polar bear in ice water. (Photo by Paul Souders | WorldFoto):



Special prize received this photo of an owl in British Columbia. (Photo by Connor Stefanison | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Special prize for the picture endangered species. These shots were worth a Japanese photographer many years of labor, 74 days standby and lost health! Amur tiger in nature in the Far East of Russia. (Photo Toshiji Fukuda | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Contender. Crocodile caught green turtle in the Corcovado National Park on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. (Photo by Alejandro Prieto | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Contender. Vulture in the Kalahari National Park. (Photo by Peter Delaney | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Winner in the category "Birds". He took a picture of terns, hitting a spider web in the Seychelles. Even if she chooses, silk and feathers clog it can not fly. Only human intervention saved the bird. (Photo by Isak Pretorius | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Contender. The family of gorillas. (Photo by Diana Rebman | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Special prize to get a photo of a fox. Catch her in a jump the mouse was the hardest part. (Photo by Connor Stefanison | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



2nd place in the category "Mammals". Endangered crested macaques can be found only on the island of Sulawesi. (Photo by Andrew Walmsley | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Contender. Crow on the edge of the Grand Canyon. See also the article "Grand Canyon in Arizona." (Photo by Chris Aydlett | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



This image won in the category of photojournalism. Despite the international ban in 1989 for shooting elephants, they continue to kill: the world of livestock in 400 thousand. - 20-30 thousand. Copies a year. The main culprit of the murder referred to China - where the main demand for tusks. Since the ban on the killing of elephants in 23 years, they have killed at least 400 thousand. The turnover of elephant tusks annually up to 500 million. Dollars. (Photo by Brent Stirton | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Winner in the category "Mammals". Photographer caught the moment clashes between female and male jaguar. (Photo by Joe McDonald | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Winner in the category "Cold-blooded animals." The beaches of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico are traditional breeding site for endangered green turtles. (Photo by Luis Javier Sandoval | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



Winner in the category of young photographers. Mom crocodile with cubs on her head. (Photo by Udayan Rao Pawar | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



The winner in the category "Landscapes" was our great wildlife photographer Sergei Gorshkov photo volcano eruption Flat Tolbachik on Kamchatka. Also see the article of the same name, "The eruption Tolbachik in Kamchatka." (Photo by Sergey Gorshkov | Wildlife photographer of the Year):



This image was the big winner of the contest all the photos of wildlife in 2013. Elephants at the watering. Photographer specially used a slow shutter speed to create an atmosphere. (Photo by Greg du Toit | Wildlife Photographer of the Year):



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