Here Are 25 Wildlife Photography Award Finalists And The Photos Are Amazing

A few months ago, BoredPanda found out who the best wildlife photographer of 2019 was and congratulated Yongqing Bao on the immediate deserved success. The photo he won entitled “The Moment” shows a young fox and a marmot in a moment of life and death. He has a selection of photographs from the Natural History Museum from all over the world that didn’t make it to the finals of the first competition and has given you the power to decide what deserves the fan’s favorite title.

With more information about the competition, BoredPanda has contacted a museum spokesman. They gladly answered some questions and provided additional insights. Turns out, this year’s competition is the 55th! “The competition draws more than 48,000 entries from 100 countries, which exemplifies its enduring appeal,” they said to BoredPanda.

#1 “Station Squabble”, Sam Rowley, UK

Sam has figured out the best way to photograph rats living on London’s Underground and stay tuned. He saw only a few times that they had to fight off the food that was left by the travelers because it was plentiful. The fight lasted a split second, and they went their separate ways before one caught a small chunk.

#2  “Winter’s Tale”, Valeriy Maleev, Russia

Valerie encountered this ballad as a cat while hunting in the Mongolian meadows – on that frosty day, it was -42 (C (-44 ° F), but the fairy tale cancels out the cold. preventing.

#3 “Mother Knows Best”, Marion Vollborn, Germany

While on a bear trap to the Nakina River in British Columbia, Canada Marion spotted a grizzly bear and her young cub approaching a tree. The mother bear began to rub against the trunk of the tree, followed shortly after by the cub.

#4 “The Surrogate Mother”, Martin Buzora, Canada

Elias Campi is a ranger at the Leva Wildlife Conservation Center in northern Kenya. He often spends weeks away from his family to take care of orphan black rhinos such as Kitui. Young rhinos are in the sanctuary as a result of poaching or because their mothers are blind and cannot keep them safe in the wild.

#5 “Inquisitive”, Audun Rikardsen, Norway

It took three years for Auden to catch this majestic prey from its hideout on the northern Norwegian coast. After a while, the golden eagle seemed to be getting curious about the camera and getting attention.

#6 “Tender Play”, Steve Levi, USA

It took three years for Auden to catch this majestic prey from its hideout on the northern Norwegian coast. After a while, the golden eagle seemed to be getting curious about the camera and getting attention.

#7 “Trustful”, Ingo Arndt, Germany

#8 “What A Poser”, Clement Mwangi, Kenya

In the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya, Clement spent time observing this beautiful leopard as he soaked up the last warm rays of the setting sun. Clement focuses on remembering to have fun in the simplest moments of life – sometimes, as a wildlife photographer, you may miss the exceptional while looking for the extraordinary.

#9 “Training Session”, Stefan Christmann, Germany

When Stephen met this penguin pair in the Attica Bay of Antarctica, he appeared with an egg and wondered why it was so early in the egg-laying season. On closer inspection, he discovered that the egg was a snowball! Perhaps the couples who are actively involved in the egg exchange have their own eggs when it comes to their actual eggs. This is the first time it has been witnessed and documented.

#10 “The Unwelcome Visitor”, Salvador Colvée Nebot, Spain

For several months, Salvador saw this agave dead flower spike in Valencia, Spain, as a perch before drinking it in a small pond. Every time the Magpies came they had a pair of common Gestrels who were frequent visitors.

#11 “Matching Outfits”, Michel Zoghzoghi, Lebanon

Michel was photographed by Jaguar in Brazil’s Pantanal. One afternoon, while she was in the river Três Irmãos, a mother and her cub went right in front of her boat. He watched mesmerized as they left the water holding Anaconda in a very similar pattern to their own.

#12 “A Suitable Gift”, Marco Valentini, Italy

Marco was in Hungary’s Hartobagi National Park and saw these kestrels displaying typical court behavior. Here the woman receives the offer of a young green lizard from her suitor, and at this touching moment she gently nails his nail

#13 “Teamwork”, Jake Davis, USA

Jack was on a boat on the shore of the Great Bear Rainforest of British Columbia, Canada, where he saw humpback whales bubble-net feed. Here the lead whale sinks to find the fish, and when the fish comes in, the remaining pods swam and swim, when the bubbles blow, they form a net and catch the fish.

#14 “Family Get-Together”, Michael Schober, Austria

Marmots have become accustomed to the presence of humans in the Hohe Tauren National Park in Austria and allow people to observe and photograph them. This behavior is beneficial for marmots, as the human agency prevents predators such as golden eagles.

#15 “Beak To Beak”, Claudio Contreras Koob, Mexico

The Ria Lagardos Biosphere Reserve in the state of Yucatan is home to some of Mexico’s largest Caribbean flamingos. The chick is less than five days old – it will stay in its nest within a week, joining a group of other young men who have wandered around the food-seeking colony.

#16 “Dressed For Dawn”, Csaba Tökölyi, Hungary

The Ria Lagardos Biosphere Reserve in the state of Yucatan is home to some of Mexico’s largest Caribbean flamingos. The chick is less than five days old – it will stay in its nest within a week, joining a group of other young men who have wandered around the food-seeking colony.

#17 “Spot The Reindeer”, Francis De Andres, Spain

The conditions for photography on the Norwegian island of Svalbard are extreme, but wildlife has adapted to the environment and its freezing temperatures. Francis discovered this combination of white Arctic artisans, who were looking at him, and they were curious and beautiful.

#18 “The Humpback Calf”, Wayne Osborn, Australia

Wayne saw this male humpback calf and its mother on their way out of the Wawa Island group in Tonga Kingdom. The calf had a curious eye on Wayne, who twisted it and turned back to his mother before returning. She was 20 meters (65 feet) down and restless.

#19 “Big Ears”, Valeriy Maleev, Russia

When Valerie was on a summer trip to the Mongolian area of ​​the Kobe Desert, she walked in a long-haired jerboa. Usually, when the blood goes into the ears of these animals at night, excess heat is scattered throughout the skin, so the jerboa can stay cool.

#20 “Ocean´s Signature”, Angel Fitor, Spain

Angel took this picture in the waters of Spain’s Alicante. Immersed in a strong current, the otherwise slightly underestimated salt chain produces twists and turns. The coils move by shrinking, which in turn drives water through their gelatinous bodies.

#21 “Bon Appétit”, Lucas Bustamante, Ecuador

The night hike through the Ecuadorian forest is one of Lucas ’favorite activities. He has a keen interest in herpetology and was very pleased to see this laboratory rainfall, which is abundant in the region. It was like a baby Tarantula, whose quirky expression caught the action!

#22 “Captive”, Marcus Westberg, Sweden

A giant panda sits in its cage in a breeding centre in Shaanxi, China. With a growing wild population and no realistic plan of how to breed and raise pandas for rerelease into the wild rather than a life in captivity – not to mention lack of habitat being the largest barrier to the continued spread of the wild population – it is unclear how such centres will benefit the species.

#23 “A Pulsing Sea”, David Doubilet, USA

A school of red tooth-baiting fish creates a cloud of shadows above the river of criminals flocking to the coral on Verde Island, Philippines.

#24 “Meeting Place”, Yaz Loukhal, France

After an arduous journey across the sea from the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula to the remote Snow Hill Island, Yass flew by helicopter and then climbed through dense ice to reach the Emperor Penguin Colony.

#25 “Losing The Fight”, Aaron Gekoski, UK

Orangutans have been used for decades in the safari world, Bangkok – and many other places. Due to international pressure, the shows were suspended in 2004, but today the shows continue – twice a day, every day – with hundreds of people paying to watch the orangutans box, dance, play drums, and more.