There are many things in the world we know little about- people, culture and traditions, and of course, nature. And so to answer queries around the world, different kinds of inventions are widely used, people do a lot of travel and many artists including photographers served as an avenue for many explorations. One of the finest discoveries they’re doing is to catch the glimpse of our Mother Earth through photography.
The well-known competition ‘Wildlife Photographer of the Year’ are just one of the organizations that provides a global showcase of the very best nature photography. Every year, wildlife Photographers around the world joins the contest by submitting their beautiful wildlife photo. The competition this year 2014 has already started on March but the winning entry has not yet announced.
Meanwhile, here are 50 of the best entries and nominees of the said competition.
#1. ‘Move!’ by Gerry Pearce
#2. ‘Kings into the Dark’ by Stanley Leroux
#3. ‘Flirting Bearded Seal’ by Audun Rikardsen
#4. ‘Yellow-Necked Mouse’ by Carsten Braun
#5. ‘Winter Hares’ by David Tipling
#6. ‘Whats This’ by Peter Mather
#7. ‘View of Tokyo’ by Olivier Puccia
#8. ‘Too Big But So Tasty’ by Alain Ghignone
#9. ‘Stretching’ by Stephan Tuengler
#10. ‘Sprinting at the edge of the forest’ by Antje Kreienbrink
#11. ‘Sentry Duty’ by Neil Aldridge
#12. ‘Sea Lions Dreams’ by Christian Vizl
#13. ‘Rowan in a Game of Mirrors’ by Elio Della Ferrera
#14. ‘Red Kangaroos at Waterhole’ by Theo Allofs
#15. ‘Red Deer and Cranes’ by Marek Kosinski
#16. ‘Pure Magic’ by Raviprakash S S
#17. ‘Piraputangus’ by Adriana Basques
#18. ‘Old Clothes’ by Claudio Contreras Koob
#19. ‘Startled by Stargazer’ by Jennifer Jo Stock
#20. ‘Shoulder Check’ by Henrik Nilsson
#21. ‘Shoaling Reef Squid’ by Tobias Bernhard
#22. ‘Kittiwakes’ by Werner Bollmann
#23. ‘Moonlight Climber’ by Alexander Badyaev
#24. ‘Leaping Gentoo Penguin’ by Paul Souders
#25. ‘Las Fauces de la Noche’ by Juan Jesus Gonzalez Ahumada
#26. ‘Ladybird Spider’ by Carsten Braun
#27. ‘Bramblings’ by Jose Manuel Grandio
#28. ‘King Penguins and Fur Seals’ by Denise Ippolito
#29. ‘Hide Away’ by Brittany Fried
#30. ‘Helical’ by Frederic Brioris
#31. ‘One Eye On You’ by Mohammad Khorshed
#32. ‘Heavy Rain’ by Pierluigi Rizzato
#33. ‘Great Peacock Moth Caterpillar’ by Leela Channer
#34. ‘Feel Safe’ by Juan Carlos Mimó Perez
#35. ‘Facebook Update’ by Marsel van Oosten
#36. ‘Diamonds’ by Malgorzata Ksiazkiewicz
#37. ‘Dawn Lift-Off’ by Jack Dykinga
#38. ‘Dantes Inferno’ by Karen Lunney
#39. ‘Caiman Night’ by Luciano Candisan
#40. ‘Innocents Betrayed’ by Hilary O’Leary
#41. ‘Bat Festival’ by João Paulo Krajewski
#42. ‘Australian Sea Lion Pups’ by Michael Patrick O’Neill
#43. ‘Around Sigma’ by Filippo Rivetti
#44. ‘April Maidenhair’ by Bob Keller
#45. ‘Apex Predators’ by Justin Black
#46. ‘Beechnuts Rhythm’ by Sandra Bartocha
#47. ‘Barracuda Swirl’ by Alexander Mustard
#48. ‘Baltic Groyne’ by Jons Roshbach
#49. ‘Big Mouth’ by Adriana Basques
#50. Bad Hair Day by Gordon Illg
Source Credits: Natural History Museum, Wildlife Photographer