The best of the natural world is on show in this year's Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year competition, with Ashlee Jansen winning the overall competition with a confronting photo of a humback whale carcass and circling sharks. MORE:
Meredith earned a runner-up award in the urban animals category.
"To make this charismatic great white shot I needed a shark that showed non-aggressive behaviour to avoid risk to us both," Smith said. "Wabigang and dhabigang are words from the Dharug and Tharawal Aboriginal language groups, meaning 'shaggy beard'."Trevino took this image of a mating octopus in Sydney."This photo shows a female resting inside her den while a male approaches from above with his hectocotylus reaching the female's mantle cavity for mating.9 of 26Trevino titled this image 'Marine Tempest'.
"This sub-adult whale died while making the annual migration north along the Ningaloo Reef," the photographer said.The judges were united in selecting the powerful image and praised Jansen's photography skills. "On certain occasions such as their annual spawning aggregation, the males engage in a fierce mating competition.
"As the wind picked up, clouds of dust were created ahead of the rain and hail that followed," Morris said.Yan Zhang, New South WalesPhotographer Yan Zhang's photo titled 'Breaking Dawn' has taken out the landscape prize.
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