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The strength of nature - captured in instants

This orangutan made it pretty high up! So did Tim Laman, who with this photo won the title "Wildlife Photographer of the Year." The rest of this year's winners are also sure to inspire, frighten and sadden you.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Entwined lives (Picture: Tim Laman)

    Entwined lives

    With this photo, Tim Laman set himself apart from the other 50,000 submissions for the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" award. It shows a critically endangered Bornean orangutan in the Indonesian rainforest. For several days, Laman climbed up and down that tree to install his cameras. This is one of a series of six photos, in which he relates the sad story of the great apes.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - The moon and the crow (Picture: Gideon Knight)

    The moon and the crow

    Gideon Knight from Great Britain, who is only 16 years old, won the "Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year" award. The topic of the photo is not particularly unusual - but the faint light and romantic scenery give the picture a mysterious, fairytale touch.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - The pangolin pit (Picture: Paul Hilton)

    The pangolin pit

    Even the photographer, Paul Hilton, was probably caught off guard when capturing this sad sight. These 4,000 dead pangolins represent the largest seizure of the coveted insectivores ever made. They were destined for China and Vietnam - their meat is considered a delicacy, their skin and scales are used in traditional medicine. All eight species are endangered.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Wind composition (Picture: Valter Binotto)

    Wind composition

    This hazelnut tree grows at photographer Valter Binottos's home in northern Italy. The hazelnut tree carries male and female flowers on the same plant. "The most difficult part was to capture the female [red] flowers motionlessly while the catkins moved," Binotto explained. "That's why I needed flowers on a short branch, so that it was as stable as possible."

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - The alley cat (Picture: Nayan Khanolkar)

    The alley cat

    In a suburb of Mumbai, near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, leopards sneak through the narrow streets at night. They are looking for food. Despite occasional encounters and attacks, cats are an accepted part of society and culture. With this picture, Nayan Khanolkar wanted to show what tolerance can mean. He has received the award for the category "urban."

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Requiem for an owl (Picture: Mats Andersson)

    Requiem for an owl

    Mats Andersson from Sweden won in the category for black-and-white photography. Every day during springtime, Andersson walked through the woods. He enjoyed the company of two pygmy owls - until he found one of them dead. "The owl reflects my grief for his lost companion," he says. The black and white enhance the sadness and melancholy.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Snapper party (Tony Wu)

    Snapper party

    For a few days a month - at full or new moon - thousands of two-spot red snappers gather for spawning around Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. This is an exceptional bounty for predators. Despite low light and water clouded with sperm and eggs, Tony Wu managed to take this photo, winning in the "underwater" category.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Star player (L.J. Sandoval)

    Star player

    This young sea lion in the Gulf of California plays with a starfish. Luis Javier Sandoval received the award in the category "impressions" for the levity in this picture. Starting October 21, the pictures will be exhibited at the Natural History Museum in London - after that, the exhibition will travel to more than 60 cities around the world.


  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Entwined lives (Picture: Tim Laman)

    Entwined lives

    With this photo, Tim Laman set himself apart from the other 50,000 submissions for the "Wildlife Photographer of the Year" award. It shows a critically endangered Bornean orangutan in the Indonesian rainforest. For several days, Laman climbed up and down that tree to install his cameras. This is one of a series of six photos, in which he relates the sad story of the great apes.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - The moon and the crow (Picture: Gideon Knight)

    The moon and the crow

    Gideon Knight from Great Britain, who is only 16 years old, won the "Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year" award. The topic of the photo is not particularly unusual - but the faint light and romantic scenery give the picture a mysterious, fairytale touch.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - The pangolin pit (Picture: Paul Hilton)

    The pangolin pit

    Even the photographer, Paul Hilton, was probably caught off guard when capturing this sad sight. These 4,000 dead pangolins represent the largest seizure of the coveted insectivores ever made. They were destined for China and Vietnam - their meat is considered a delicacy, their skin and scales are used in traditional medicine. All eight species are endangered.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Wind composition (Picture: Valter Binotto)

    Wind composition

    This hazelnut tree grows at photographer Valter Binottos's home in northern Italy. The hazelnut tree carries male and female flowers on the same plant. "The most difficult part was to capture the female [red] flowers motionlessly while the catkins moved," Binotto explained. "That's why I needed flowers on a short branch, so that it was as stable as possible."

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - The alley cat (Picture: Nayan Khanolkar)

    The alley cat

    In a suburb of Mumbai, near the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, leopards sneak through the narrow streets at night. They are looking for food. Despite occasional encounters and attacks, cats are an accepted part of society and culture. With this picture, Nayan Khanolkar wanted to show what tolerance can mean. He has received the award for the category "urban."

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Requiem for an owl (Picture: Mats Andersson)

    Requiem for an owl

    Mats Andersson from Sweden won in the category for black-and-white photography. Every day during springtime, Andersson walked through the woods. He enjoyed the company of two pygmy owls - until he found one of them dead. "The owl reflects my grief for his lost companion," he says. The black and white enhance the sadness and melancholy.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Snapper party (Tony Wu)

    Snapper party

    For a few days a month - at full or new moon - thousands of two-spot red snappers gather for spawning around Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. This is an exceptional bounty for predators. Despite low light and water clouded with sperm and eggs, Tony Wu managed to take this photo, winning in the "underwater" category.

  • Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award - Star player (L.J. Sandoval)

    Star player

    This young sea lion in the Gulf of California plays with a starfish. Luis Javier Sandoval received the award in the category "impressions" for the levity in this picture. Starting October 21, the pictures will be exhibited at the Natural History Museum in London - after that, the exhibition will travel to more than 60 cities around the world.


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