The Natural History Museum has released the winning pictures from their annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, and as ever there are some stunning photos capturing all elements of the natural world. An amateur photographer called Don Gutoski was named the overall winner for his emotional capture of a battle between two foxes, beating competition from 42,000 hopeful entrants. The images below represents just a small number of the incredible photos submitted to the competition, and the best images are now on display at the museum in London, England. They will be taken on a worldwide tour early next year. View more incredible images and find out more about the tour by visiting the official Natural History Museum website. |
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Heaven on Earth by Marino Cano |
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Image rights: Marina Cano/Natural History Museum |
A Whale of a Mouthful by Michael Aw |
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Image rights: Michael Aw /Natural History Museum |
Shadow Walker by Richard Peters |
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Image rights: Richard Peters/Natural History Museum |
Komodo Juno by Andrey Gudkov |
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Image rights: Andrey Gudkov/Natural History Museum |
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Flight of the Scarlet Ibis by Jonathan Jagot |
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Image rights: Jonathan Jagot/Natural History Museum |
Reflection in Black by Petr Bombousek |
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Image rights: Petr Bombousek/Natural History Museum |
The Art of Algae by Pere Soler |
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Image rights: Pere Soler/Natural History Museum |
Natural Frame by Morkel Erasmus |
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Image rights: Morkel Erasmus/Natural History Museum |
Great Egret Awakening by Zsolt Kudicht |
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Image rights: Zsolt Kudischt/Natural History Museum |
The Final Leap by Wim va den Heever |
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Image rights: Wim van den Heever/Natural History Museum |
Still Life by Edwin Giesbers |
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Image rights: Edwin Giesbers/Natural History Museum |
Broken Cats by Britta Jaschinski |
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Image rights: Britta Jaschinski/Natural History Museum |
Cuban Survivor by Mirko Zanni |
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Image rights: Mirko Zanni/Natural History Museum |
Just Jellyfish by Thomas P Peschak |
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Image rights: Thomas P Peschak/Natural History Museum |
The Company of Three by Amir Ben-Dov |
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Image rights: Amir Ben-Dov/Natural History Museum |
A Tale of Two Foxes by Don Gutoski - the Grand Winner of the competition. The photographer has described the photo of a red fox with its arctic fox prey as 'the best picture I've ever taken in my life. It's the symmetry of the heads, the bodies and tails - even the expression on the faces'. |
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Image rights: Don Gutoski/Natural History Museum
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