Against a backdrop of the spectacular Indian Himalayas, a snow leopard is caught in a perfect pose in a breathtaking image voted as the winner by the public in this international competition.
can engage and inspire audiences with the wonder of nature,” said Douglas Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum.
The other four ‘Highly Commended’ finalists of the people’s award, that captured the fascination of nature enthusiasts across the globe include ‘Holding on’ by Igor Altuna, a dramatic image of a leopard carrying a dead monkey and its baby, and ‘Fox affection’ by Brittany Crossman, showing red foxes greeting one another with an affectionate nuzzle, a polar bear cub playing among flowers on the coast of Hudson Bay, Canada, by Martin Gregus’s ‘Among the flowers’ and Marina Cano’s ‘Portrait of...
Wanting to capture the world from the cub’s angle, Martin placed his camera, in an underwater housing to protect it from other curious bears, at ground level among the fireweed and waited patiently a safe distance with a remote trigger.In this dramatic image of a leopardess that had killed a monkey in Zambia’s South Luangwa National Park we can see the monkey’s baby, still alive, clinging to its mother.
It was late afternoon when Cano found Olobor, one of the famous, five-strong coalition of males in the Black Rock pride in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve, resting. She successfully showcases his majestic and defiant look against the dark background.
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