The winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
London’s Natural History Museum holds this photocontest for as much as 52 years but, for some reason, outside Europe it is known by few. Well, not to worry: sometimes pictures say much more than some recognition. Before you the big winners this year in the framework of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
Bat
Photo: Mario CEA Sanchez
Every night, soon after sunset, about 30 bats leaving their roost in the attic of an abandoned house in Salamanca. Their flight is fast and jerky with shots to side: echolocation helps lead a productive hunt.
The sequence
Photo: Willem Kruger
A yellow-billed Toko is not hasty: the termite for termite catches his meal out of the slightest cracks of a tree. For an hour of labor handles all poultry within a radius of 6 meters.
Fortress
Photo: lance van de Vyver
This picture came from a photographer almost by accident. By staying at rest at the waterfall, lance noticed a strange thing playing the lions. The subject was entrenched in an impregnable fortress battleship: even a lion’s fangs to penetrate.
I better
Photo: Scott Portelli
Thousands of giant cuttlefish gather every winter in the shallow waters of Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Males are endless battle for resources and the favor of the females, changing the color, texture and pattern.
The killer whale
Boats Norwegian fishermen often follow the whales and humpback whales, hoping to stumble upon the shoals of herring that migrate to the Arctic waters of Norway. The last time the mammals took over human tactics: now they are moving towards the trawlers in the hope of easy prey.
Sly Fox
Photo: Sam Hobson
Sam Hobson knew exactly whom to hunt, when he set up his camera in the suburbs of Bristol, known in the Fox city environment.
The eruption of the year
Photo: Alexander Hec
When the lava flow from Kilauea volcano flows into the ocean, the water around turned into a real work of art. Wait for the right moment for years: Alexander was Carrying held on the ground for about seven months.
