When we heard that the winners of the 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition had been announced, we were all ears. Tim Laman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Winner, The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single image - "The pangolin pit", Paul Hilton (UK/Australia). Join WPY alumni Jo-Anne McArthur for a discussion to interrogate the value we attach to animals and how we might rethink our relationship … Reinhold Schrank, Austria. An early bitcoin investor says the best time to buy is when nobody's talking about it - and warns this isn't the first crypto bubble, The first Starlink user in the UK tells Insider what it's like going from zero broadband to zippy internet speeds in rural England, Members of the far-right militia group, the Oath Keepers, used Facebook Messenger during the Capitol siege to hunt for lawmakers, FBI says, The Bidens were reportedly left waiting outside the White House on Inauguration Day because Trump sent the staff home. Valter Binotto / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Young wildlife photographer of the year and 11-14 years winner: Night Glow by Cruz Erdmann Erdmann was on an organised night dive in the Lembeh strait off North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Wildlife Photographer of the Year showcases the worlds best nature photography to a global audience. Winner, Urban - "The alley cat", Nayan Khanolkar (India). Tony Wu / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Great Republic Day sale ends today, © Tim Laman/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Gideon Knight/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Ganesh H Shankar/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Valter Binotto/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Nayan Khanolkar/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Mats Andersson/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Tony Wu/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Rudi Sebastian/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Luis Javier Sandoval/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, © Paul Hilton/Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Experience productivity at its finest with the Vostro 5402, Natural History Museum, London visit their website. Ghostly snow geese. By Multimedia Desk. "The owl’s resting posture reflected my sadness for its lost companion," recalls Mats. It opens at the Natural History Museum on Oct. 21, 2016 before touring across the UK and internationally to locations such as Spain, Canada, the USA, Germany and Macau. To learn more about the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, which is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London visit their website. Beating almost 50,000 entries from 95 countries, Tim’s image will be on show with 99 other shots selected by an international panel of judges at the fifty-second Wildlife […] A panel of experts narrowed this down to a shortlist of just 100 photos, which will go on exhibition at the Natural History Museum on Friday before touring across the UK and internationally. Gideon Knight / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Luis Javier Sandoval / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The spindly twigs of the sycamore tree silhouetted against the sky "made it feel almost supernatural, like something out of a fairy tale," says Gideon. The spindly twigs of the sycamore tree silhouetted against the sky "made it feel almost supernatural, like something out of a fairytale", says Gideon. Here is the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 shortlist. The backdrop is the rich rainforest of the Gunung Palung National Park, in West Kalimantan, one of the few protected orangutan strongholds in Indonesian Borneo. This stunning coffee table book is a celebration of British Wildlife as captured on camera by today’s best amateur and professional photographers. The pollen-producing catkins open early in the year, before the leaves are out, and release huge amounts of pollen to be carried away by the wind. The Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, founded in 1965, is an annual international showcase of the best in nature photography. Winner, Black and White - "Requiem for an owl", Mats Andersson (Sweden). Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 - "The moon and the crow", Gideon Knight (UK). "The hardest part was capturing the female flowers motionless while the catkins were moving," explains Valter. Celebrate the power of photography and the wonders of the natural world with this impactful exhibition. This shot was the one he had long visualized, looking down on the orangutan within its forest home. Young sea lions often play games to hone their skills. Beating almost 50,000 entries from 95 countries, Tim’s image will be on show with 99 other shots selected by an international panel of judges at the fifty-second Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition. The competition received over 50,000 entries from 95 different countries. Winner, Underwater - "Snapper party", Tony Wu (USA). American photographer Tim Laman won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 for his image Entwined lives. By Paul Hilton, Winner of the The Wildlife Photojournalist Award: Single image category. As the pup was playing very close to the breaking point of the waves, Luis’s timing had to be spot-on to frame it in the right place against the movement of the water. Johan Kloppers, South Africa. Unsurprisingly, the images that made the final cut are some of the most breathtaking you will see this year - take a look at them all below. Paul Hilton / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Two‐spot red snappers gather to spawn around Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. One of the pups dived down, swimming gracefully with its strong fore-flippers. It dramatically depicts a critically endangered Bornean orangutan high above the rapidly diminishing Indonesian rainforest. A crow in a tree in a park: a common enough scene. More than 49,000 images are entered into Wildlife Photographer of the Year every year, but our panel of judges can only award 100 winners. © ScienceAlert Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. By Tony Wu, Winner of the Underwater category. Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 A crow in a tree in a park: a common enough scene. A crow in a tree in a park: a common enough scene. Vote for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 People's Choice Award. The overall winner was American biologist and photojournalist, Tim Laman, for his image "Entwined Lives" (above). It is an annual international wildlife photography competition owned by the Natural History Museum.It was known as BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year from 1990 to 2003, and briefly as Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year, Kodak Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Prudential Wildlife … Gordon Illg, USA. With every gust of wind, showers of pollen are released from these hazel tree flowers. The 100-photo exhibition will travel to 20 countries on five continents. WPY 2019; WPY 2018; WPY 2017; WPY 2015; WPY 2014; WPY 2013; WPY 2012; WPY 2011; WPY 2010; Grand title winners; Adult awards; Young awards; ... Find out more about this year’s exhibition. (Source: @NHM_WPY/ Twitter) London Natural History Museum has been awarding the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award for the last 52 years now, celebrating not just powerful photos but also the efforts of artists and their approach in highlighting environmental issues. Finalists Of The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2016 This one is for you, nature lovers, the 52nd annual ‘ Wildlife Photographer of the Year ‘ (WPY) competition has released a list of finalists and with 11 examples of their incredible works. This one kept throwing a starfish at the photographer. Winner, Plants and Fungi - "Wind composition", Valter Binotto (Italy). This photograph was selected from over … It grabbed a starfish from the bottom and started throwing it to Luis. By Valter Binotto, Winner of the Plants and Fungi category. Tim Laman / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. By Gideon Knight, Winner of Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. They were destined for China and Vietnam for the exotic‑meat trade or for traditional medicine (their scales are thought, wrongly, to treat a variety of ailments). Other award categories included "Birds", "Plants and Fungi", "Urban", "Underwater", and more. Four thousand defrosting pangolins weighing 5 tonnes from one of the largest seizures of the animals on record. The stare of death. The shot was chosen by an international panel of judges at the event’s 52 nd anniversary this week. Pygmy owls, with their distinctive rounded heads and lack of ear tufts, are the smallest owls in Europe, barely 7.5 inches (19 cm) long, though with large feet that enable them to carry prey almost as big as themselves. Wild orangutans face a crisis of habitat loss due to agriculture and logging. Caterpillar curl. With growing human-leopard conflicts elsewhere grabbing the headlines, Nayan was determined to use his pictures to show how things can be different with tolerance and planning. Gideon Knight / Wildlife Photographer of the Year WPY 2016. Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has scored a 30x gain on its BYD investment. Winner, Details - "The sand canvas", Rudi Sebastian (Germany). Rudi waited several days for the perfect light – overhead, to bring out the colors but with clouds obscuring any direct sun ‘to get a shadowless purity’. Pangolins have become the world’s most trafficked animals, with all eight species targeted. "I love the way sea lions interact with divers and how smart they are," says Luis. Using a long exposure to capture the pollen’s flight and a reflector to highlight the catkins, he took many pictures before the wind finally delivered the composition he had in mind. Winner, Impressions - "Star player", Luis Javier Sandoval (Mexico). The jury of the international Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, held with the support of the Natural History Museum in London, named the best photographs of 2016, PetaPixel reports. Bacteria and algae tint the clear water in countless shades of green and blue, while streams carrying sediment from the distant rainforest make their mark with browns and blacks. These Indian rose-ringed parakeets were not happy. By Ganesh H Shankar, Winner of the Birds category. But as the blue light of dusk crept in and the full moon rose, the scene transformed. Rudi Sebastian / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. British Wildlife Photography Awards 10. As soon as Luis slipped into the water, the curious young California sea lions came over for a better look. Preferring to work in black and white – "it conveys the feeling better" – he captured the melancholy of the moment, framing the solitary owl within the bare branches, lit by the first light of dawn. Hidden: Animals in the Anthropocene. Wildlife Photographer of the Year aims to use photography to celebrate the wonderful diversity of life, to inspire and inform, and to create advocates for the planet. They were destined for China and Vietnam for the exotic‐meat trade or for traditional medicine. Tim Laman became Wildlife Photographer of the Year for his work Entwined Lives, showing an orangutan up the tree in the Indonesian part of Borneo. The park is one of the few … With the onset of the rains, an impermeable layer beneath the sand allows water to collect in the dune valleys, forming thousands of transient lagoons, some more than 295 feet (90 m) long. The photo above by Tim Laman is the grand title winner, captured with … During this time, the number of submitted photographs has continuously increased – this year almost 18 000 images from 38 countries have been entered, making it a well established component of European … Nayan Khanolkar’s ‘the alley cat’ won the award in the Urban Catergory for 2016. 10th October, 2016 at 00:00 The Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an annual photography competition held by the Natural history Museum, and this year attracted nearly 50,000 entries from 95 countries. The overall winner of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year title was American Tim Laman for his image titled, “Entwined Lives”, featuring an endangered Bornean orangutan scaling a gigantic tree high above the Indonesian rainforest. Taken within the Frontier Closed Area on the Chinese border, strictly timed access rules meant years of studying tide tables and waiting for the perfect … American photographer Tim Laman won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 for his image Entwined lives. The pristine white sand of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park offers a blank canvas to the rain. On this occasion, with perfect anticipation, he managed to capture a dynamic arc of spawning fish amid clouds of eggs in the oblique morning light. Tim Laman Show More Show Less 2 of 10. By Gideon Knight, Winner of Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the largest wildlife photography competition in the world. This year's winners were awarded last night at the Natural History Museum in London. The Natural History Museum's annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is one of the most prestigious photography contests in the world. The Overall Winner of the competition will take home a £5,000 cash prize, alongside the coveted title of Bird Photographer of the Year. Follow the tour. Winner, Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 - "The moon and the crow", Gideon Knight (UK). In the dry season, sand from the coast is blown as far as 50 kilometres inland. By Luis Javier Sandoval, Winner of the Impressions category. Every day in early spring, Mats walked in the forest near his home in Bashult, southern Sweden, enjoying the company of a pair of Eurasian pygmy owls – until the night he found one of them lying dead on the forest floor. The currents were unrelenting – ideal for eggs to be swept swiftly away but a struggle for Wu to keep up with the fast‑moving fish. With every gust of wind, showers of pollen were released, lit up by the winter sunshine. An endangered orangutan makes its way up a strangler fig tree in Indonesia. Nothing prepared Paul for the sight of 4,000 defrosting pangolins (5 tons) from one of the largest seizures of the animals on record. This went on for two days. The hazel tree was near Valter’s home in northern Italy, and to create the dark background, he positioned himself to backlight the flowers. This wasn’t as easy as holding a camera and getting the settings right: Tim spent a number of days rope-climbing the 30-metre tree to set a number of GoPro cameras ready for … 1 of 10. The orangutan has returned to … An overall winner award was also given to the Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year - for contestants under the age of 17. Winner, Birds - "Eviction attempt", Ganesh H Shankar (India). The backdrop is the rich rainforest of the Gunung Palung National Park, in West Kalimantan, one of the few protected orangutan strongholds in Indonesian Borneo. ... Joseph formed the idea for this photograph in … Nayan Khanolkar / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. A young male orangutan makes the 30-metre (100-foot) climb up the thickest root of the strangler fig that has entwined itself around a tree emerging high above the canopy. By Nayan Khanolkar, Winner of the Urban category. A young male orangutan makes the 30-metre (100-foot) climb up the thickest root of the strangler fig that has entwined itself around a tree emerging high above the canopy. Winner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 - "Entwined lives:, Tim Laman (USA). By Rudi Sebastian, Winner of the Details category. Tim Laman, USA, Winner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. American photographer Tim Laman won the prestigious award for his image 'Entwined lives' (pictured), which frames a critically endangered Bornean orangutan above the Indonesian rainforest. The action is intense as the fish fill the water with sperm and eggs, and predators arrive to take advantage of the bounty. It was one that Gideon had seen many times near his home in London’s Valentines Park, which he visits regularly to take photographs. The shortlisted images released not long ago were incredibly striking, so we were eager to see which ones took the top prizes. In the dry season, sand from the coast is blown by powerful Atlantic winds as far as 30 miles (50 km) inland, sculpting a vast expanse of crescent-shaped dunes up to 130 feet (40 m) high. Introductory note to the Competition European Wildlife Photographer of the year 2016 Preface This year the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is celebrating its 16th anniversary. The winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition were revealed at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum, London on Oct. 18. Like us on Facebook to see similar stories, Hearing on Tandav postponed to April 19 at Patiala House Court, Bigg Boss Kannada 8: The Kiccha Sudeep hosted reality show to be launched in February, Microsoft may earn an Affiliate Commission if you purchase something through recommended links in this article, Travel before March 21 & save 20% on your next booking, Last chance! Bird Photographer of the Year is the leading bird photography competition. The pristine white sand of Brazil’s Lençóis Maranhenses National Park. British Wildlife Photography Awards 10 published by Ammonite Press showcases the very best entries from the British Wildlife Photography Awards in 2019. Winner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. In pictures: Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. Winner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. Patterns appear as the water evaporates, leaving behind organic remains. And it succeeds every year. It frames a critically endangered Bornean orangutan above the Indonesian rainforest. Ganesh H. Shankar / Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The photographer spent three days rope-climbing a 30-metre-tall … A photo of an orangutan climbing high into a tree to reach some figs takes the top honour in the 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. They had returned to their roosting and nesting hole high up in a tree in India’s Keoladeo National Park (also known as Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary) to find that a Bengal monitor lizard had taken up residence. 50,000 entrie­s and 11 finali­sts from the world renown­ed photog­raphy compet­ition. But the action only lasted a couple of seconds at a time and was fast-moving. By Mats Andersson, Winner of the Black and White category. Here's the story of its bet on the Chinese electric-vehicle company. "Wildlife crime is big business," says Paul. At night, in the Aarey Milk Colony in a suburb of Mumbai bordering Sanjay Gandhi National Park, leopards slip ghost-like through the maze of alleys, looking for food (especially stray dogs). These Indian rose-ringed parakeets returned to their nest to find a Bengal monitor lizard had taken up residence. Tim Laman, USA, Winner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016. (Pictured) Entwined lives: A young male orangutan makes the 100-foot (30-m) climb up the thickest root of the strangler fig, high above the canopy in Gunung Palung National Park, in West Kalimantan, one of the few protected orangutan strongholds in Indonesian Borneo. Despite close encounters and occasional attacks, the cats are an accepted part of the lives and culture of the Warli people, seen in the traditional paintings that decorate the walls of their homes. They would then harass it when it tried to come out to bask. Combined with increased poaching for the illegal pet trade the future of this species seems … With a fleeting look of inquiry in the direction of the camera click, a leopard went about its business alongside people’s homes. Eurasian pygmy owls are the smallest owls in Europe, barely 7 inches long. It frames a critically endangered Bornean orangutan above the Indonesian rainforest. This illegal trade, along with habitat loss and local hunting, means that the four Asian species are now endangered or critically endangered, and Africa’s four species are heading that way. In this suburb of Mumbai, leopards slip ghost-like through the maze of alleys. American photographer Tim Laman has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 for his image Entwined Lives. Shooting almost vertically down from a small aircraft with the door removed, avoiding perspective or scale, he created his striking image. Noticing that the spawning ran ‘like a chain reaction up and down the mass of fish’, he positioned himself so that the action came to him. The spindly twigs of the sycamore tree silhouetted against the sky "made it feel almost supernatural, like something out of a fairytale", says Gideon. An endangered young male Bornean Orangutan climbs over 30 meters up in the rain forest of Gunung Palung National Park in Indonesian Borneo. We celebrate the world’s best bird photography, whilst supporting conservation efforts through imagery and financial support. The contest champions ethical wildlife photography, rewarding truthful representations of nature that display respect for animals and the environment. ... Joseph formed the idea for this photograph in 2016 on a visit to Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong. The birds immediately set about trying to evict the squatter, biting the monitor lizard’s tail, hanging on for a couple of seconds at a time, until it retreated into the hole. Posts on Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016, articles about Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 videos and photos of Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 more "It will stop only when the demand stops.". Tim had to do three days of climbing up and down himself, by rope, to place in position several GoPro cameras that he could trigger remotely to give him a chance of not only a wide‑angle view of the forest below but also a view of the orangutan’s face from above. This article was originally published by Business Insider. This year's victor was young Londoner, Gideon Knight, for his image "The moon and the crow". Positioning his flashes to mimic the alley’s usual lighting and his camera so that a passing cat would not dominate the frame, he finally – after four months – got the shot he wanted. For several days each month, thousands of two‑spot red snappers gather to spawn around Palau in the western Pacific Ocean. ... 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