Dorothea Lange quoted – “Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still”. It is an art and a science; it is a language that is understood by any at any part of the world. Photographs tell a story, that sometimes words fail to describe. And when we talk about the Award Winning Wildlife Animal Photography Examples of 2017, how about getting some insight into wildlife photography. It is a genre of photography that captures various forms of animals in their natural habitat, and, in fact, it is one of the most challenging forms of photography.
While we have discussed about this so much already, why not have a look at some awesome award-winning wildlife photography examples! I would suggest, keep your shock absorbers ready, because you are going to see some amazing talent down right here. Trust me, I just wanted to meet the photographers and thank them for such wonderful piece of creativity with photography.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Brent Stirton
Memorial To A Species – Brent Stirton, South Africa
Brent Stirton, South Africa
This photograph depicts a dead black rhino bull. It was assumed that they shot the animal while entering the Hluhluwe Imfolozi Game Reserve at night. They then hacked the two horns of the animal and escaped. This image received the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award in 2017
The Good Life – Daniel Nelson, The Netherlands
Daniël Nelson
It was taken in Odzala National Park in the Republic of Congo and received the Young Wildlife Photographer of the year award. Namely, Caco can be seen happily and contently be feasting upon a fleshy breadfruit. The animals world is very colorful but naturally, occur blue color animals is very rare and you will hardly find such.
Contemplation – Peter Delaney, Ireland / South Africa
Peter Delaney, Ireland/South Africa
This received the best wildlife Animal photography award in the Animal Portraits category. Peter had spent a long difficult morning tracking chimpanzees at Uganda’s Kibale National Park. It was captured when the Chimpanzee lied down with the sadness of the unrequited love.
The Ancient Ritual – Brian Skerry, USA
Brian Skerry, USA
The photo won the best wildlife photography award in the Amphibians and Reptiles category. Leatherbacks are the largest, deepest – diving and widest-ranging sea turtles. However, they return to the land when they hatch eggs. This photo was taken at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge on St. Croix. Many people tend to gravitate towards wildlife animal tattoos not only due to their love of animals itself but also due to the vast significance that these tattoos have.The most popular Creative Animals Wildlife Tattoo Designs and Ideas For Inspiration
The Night Raider – Marcio Cabral, Brazil
Marcio Cabral, Brazil.
This photograph won the best award in Animal in their Environment Category. Marcio while camping out in the Cerrado Region, on the treeless savannah of Emas National Park, clicked beetle larvae living in the outer layers of the mounds.
Giant Gathering – Tony Wu, USA
Tony Wu, USA
This photograph was taken when dozens of sperm whales mingled noisily at Sri Lanka’s northeast coast.
The Jelly Fish Jockey – Anthony Berberian, France
Anthony Berberian, France.
This received the best wildlife photography award in the Underwater Category. This was taken in an open ocean located far off from Tahiti, French of Polynesia. He clicked the photography while one of his night divings instant around 1.2 miles deep.
Polar Pas De Deux – Eilo Elvinger, Luxembourg
Eilo Elvinger, Luxembourg.
This received the best wildlife photography award in the black and white category. Eilo spotted a polar bear along with her two-year-old cub in the distance from her ship which was anchored at Svalbard in Arctic Norway. Animals different color provides them security from predators its really hard to copy texture of animals naturally painted by God.
Palm Oil Survivors – Aaron “Bertie” Gekoski, Uk/USA
Aaron “Bertie” Gekoski, UK/USA.
Three generations of Bornean elephants were found to cross the terraces of an oil – palm plantation in the Malaysian state of Sabah which was being cleared for replanting. This photograph won the best wildlife photography award in the Single Image category.
Crab Surprise – Justin Gilligan, Australia
Justin Gilligan, Australia.
Justin Gilligan was documenting a University of Tasmania kelp transplant experiment and was taken aback by this giant aggregation of giant spider crabs and a maori octopus amidst all of them confused on choosing a crab for it’s feast. This got the best award in the Invertebrates category.
Wildlife Animal Photography
© Michael Fell, South Africa
© Anastasiia Usoltceva, Russia
© Jan Siwmir, Poland
© Alexandr Melnik, Russia
Andres Vejar
Richard Bowler
Jenny Hibbert
Dan Rushton
Douglas Croft
Yamamoto Tsuneo
Matthew Gould winner
Alastair Marsh
Jenny Hibbert
Daniel Trim
Daisy Gilardini
Monique Joris
Roie Galitz
Graeme Guy
Josef Friedhuber
George Cathcart
Ashleigh Scully, USA.
© Sonalini Khetrapal, India,
Toshiyasu Morita, USA,
Ekaterina Bee, Italy.
Gerry Pearce, UK/Australia.
Hope we have given you much inspiration now, so grab your camera now and go chasing some wildlife animal in their natural habitat, and who knows, maybe you become the proud owner of the next master click.
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worldphoto.org
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telegraph.co.uk
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