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Welcome to the 2012 retail collection for the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. The competition is owned by the Natural History Museum, London, and BBC Worldwide. We have extended the 2012 collection to maximise your potential earnings from these amazing images. The retail range will see a collection of perennial bestsellers, such as wall and desk calendars and postcards, joined by some exciting additions, such as hard phone covers and phone ‘skins’ for the iPhone 4, decorative folders for storing documents, and notecard sets, including a selection that would make excellent Christmas cards. All of the products feature beautiful images from this year’s competition. We have included the option to stock postcards of most of the images in the exhibition. Finally, you can also order from the range of Wildlife Photographer of the Year books published by the Natural History Museum, including the stunning Portfolio 22, and 2013 desk and pocket diaries. To order items, please fill in and return the order form at the end of this brochure. This can be sent to us by:
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Any queries regarding orders can be sent to the same email address, or by calling 020 7942 6247. Goods will be despatched within five working days of receipt, unless we advise otherwise. The prices on the order form are exclusive of carriage and VAT, which will be added to your merchandise invoice. The merchandise is sold on a firmly bought basis, and the Natural History Museum is unable to accept any returns or refund any unsold stock. When you receive your goods, please check the contents correspond with your order. If there is an inconsistency, please contact us on 020 7942 6247. The merchandise is sold on a 30-day invoice basis unless otherwise negotiated. BBC Wildlife Magazine can be ordered by calling 01795 414 748 or by emailing
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Portfolio 22 The portfolio book beautifully reproduces all 100 winning and commended photographs from the 2012 competition. This powerful collection presents the very best of more than 48,000 entries from across 98 countries. The range of subjects and styles is diverse, from technically amazing animal portraits and pictures of urban wildlife to images of mysterious underwater worlds and photographs that capture astounding, and sometimes shocking, events in the natural world. Each unforgettable photograph is accompanied by an extended caption that explains where and how it was taken. The introduction is supplied by Jim Brandenburg, one of the world’s most respected nature photographers and chair of the judges for the 2012 competition. RRP £25. ISBN: 978 0 565 09317 4
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year diary 2013 The Natural History Museum’s 2013 week-to-view diaries feature remarkable photographs of the natural world from past years of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition. The perfect gifts for wildlife enthusiasts, each week has a specially selected photograph accompanied by an informative caption. There is a ribbon marker for easy reference and details of national and religious holidays are provided. Available in a hardback desk format RRP £12.99 (incl VAT) and handy pocket size at RRP £6.99 (incl VAT). Desk diary ISBN: 978 0 565 09301 3 Pocket diary ISBN: 978 0 565 09302 0
Wild Planet: Celebrating Wildlife Photographer of the Year This beautiful book contains 80 specially selected images from past years of the competition. Featuring previous winning entries and other highly commended photographs, this unique collection shows just how wonderful, dramatic and awe-inspiring wildlife on Earth can be. Available in paperback at £14.99.
2012 Portfolio magazine A souvenir guide, illustrating the best of this year’s exhibition.
‘You would expect a book such as this to be a stunning collection of images, and Wild Planet doesn’t disappoint.’ BBC Wildlife Magazine ISBN: 978 0 565 09250 4
Please order as far in advance as possible to ensure enough copies of the books are in stock and can be reserved for you. Natural History Museum Publishing are unable to refund any unsold copies. Museum books are available to order for all territories except North America, South Africa and Australia. Customers from these territories should contact our Publishing team at
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2013 Wall calendar Top-quality gloss calendar featuring 12 images from this year’s exhibition. It measures 304x304mm.
2013 Desk calendar Twelve images from this year’s exhibition in a handy desk format, measuring 200x100mm.
Kiss-cut magnet set Eight of this year’s winning photographs cropped and displayed with an information backing card.
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Picture magnet Six striking images to add drama to your fridge door.
Double magnets Two designs, showing a larger crop displayed across two magnets.
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Magnetic bookmark Selection of six stunning images to help you mark your page.
Double magnetic bookmark Three designs, showing a larger crop displayed across two bookmarks.
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100-piece mini jigsaw puzzle Three designs, each packaged in a metal tin. This makes them both a nice gift and easy to store at home.
500-piece jigsaw puzzle Two designs, challenging enough for all the family.
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Individual coaster Four designs, each 95x95mm. They are laminated for protection, with a cork back.
Notebook Two designs, each notebook is A5 in size.
Decorative folders Two designs, each with four folders in a pack. A bright and arty way to keep all of your notes and paperwork together.
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Phone cover Hard-wearing, lightweight phone cover that clips on to the back of the iPhone 4. Available in two designs.
Phone skin Removable cover for protecting and customising your iPhone 4. Available in four designs.
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Greetings card Available in six designs. Each card is blank inside, individually packaged in cellophane and comes with a white envelope.
Pack of eight Christmas/greetings cards Three designs (two rectangular and one square). Each card is blank inside.
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Notecard set Two different sets, each featuring eight notecards with envelopes. The sets contain two each of four designs.
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Gift wrap Available in Turtle gem design, measuring 500x700mm.
Gift tags Pack of eight gift tags
Travel card wallet Three designs, perfect for your train ticket or travel card.
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Luggage label Five designs, each measuring 90x60mm and available with an information card.
Glasses cloth Available in the Lookout of lions design, measuring 170x115mm. A stylish addition to your glasses case.
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Postcard book Featuring 18 postcards with images selected from this year’s competition.
Key rings Chrome key ring measuring 40x30mm. Available in four designs.
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Postcards Select from 59 options, each measuring 148x105mm.
Porcupine watching Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
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At 1,800 metres in the mountains of Canada’s Banff national Park, bighorn sheep are forced to scrape down into the snow with their hooves to reach the grass below.
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Vladimir Medvedev (Russia) winner, The eric hosking Portfolio Award
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Vladimir Medvedev (Russia) winner, The eric hosking Portfolio Award Vladimir could see the outline of what looked like a small spiky bush, in Banff national Park, Canada. As he approached, he realised the bush was in fact a porcupine.
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The snow herd
Snowstorm light Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
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Vladimir Medvedev (Russia) winner, The eric hosking Portfolio Award Peyto lake in Banff national Park, Canada, is renowned for its colour. The milky turquoise-blue is caused by light bouncing off silt, suspended in the water, known as glacial milk.
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The snow herd Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
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Moonset at sunrise Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
Life in the border zone Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
Raven icon Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
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Dog days Kim Wolhuter (South Africa)
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Steve Winter (USA) winner, The wildlife Photojournalist Award – The Tiger’s Tale
Last wild picture Steve Winter (USA)
As the full moon sunk below the horizon on one side of lake louise in Banff national Park, Canada, the morning sun edged up the other. The phenomenon occurs just once a month.
Dangerous crossover Steve Winter (USA)
Last look Steve Winter (USA)
This is one of the remaining 400 to 500 sumatran tigers, threatened with extinction by the seemingly unstoppable growth of oil-palm plantations in sumatra and continued poaching for body parts.
Vladimir Medvedev (Russia) winner, The eric hosking Portfolio Award
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Steve Winter (USA) winner, The wildlife Photojournalist Award – The Tiger’s Tale This young Bengal tiger triggered a camera trap as it crossed a fence in Bandhavgarh national Park, india. it was almost certainly on its way to hunt local livestock.
Fly-by drinking Ofer Levy (Israel/Australia)
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Kim Wolhuter (South Africa) winner, The gerald durrell Award for endangered species The pack of African wild dogs travelled four kilometres to sosigi Pan in zimbabwe, only to find it dried up. The mosaic of mud epitomises the increasingly fragmented world this puppy faces.
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The stillness of the red deer stag in the twilight made it almost invisible to motorists speeding down the highway through Jasper national Park, Canada.
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Vladimir Medvedev (Russia) winner, The eric hosking Portfolio Award
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life in The Border zone
Treading water Charlie Hamilton James (UK)
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Postcards Select from 59 options, each measuring 148x105mm.
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Ice birds Jeanine Lovett (USA)
Lion in the spotlight Joel Sartore (USA)
This giant iceberg, drifting off the south orkney islands in the southern ocean, was 14 storeys high. its dazzling underbelly of water-textured layers was the perfect backdrop for a flock of Cape petrels.
The eye of the baitball Cristóbal Serrano (Spain)
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Jeanine Lovett (USA) Commended, Animals in Their environment
Joel Sartore (USA) Commended, Animals in Their environment
As the photographer’s ship headed south from south georgia, huge tabular icebergs drifted north from the weddell sea. This daring snow petrel swooped between them, a wonderful contrast to the harshness of the scene.
Rocky stranding Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland)
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Mark Tatchell (UK) Commended, Animals in Their environment
Paul Nicklen (Canada) specially commended, Animals in Their environment The first nations people of British Columbia, Canada, are using the spirit bear as a symbol in their campaign against an oil pipeline, which will destroy the bear’s forest home.
This was taken in svalbard – an archipelago midway between mainland norway and the north Pole. it shows the top predator on top of the planet, with the ice world on which it relies breaking up.
Where petrels dare Mark Tatchell (UK)
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Hannes Lochner (South Africa) runner-up, Animals in Their environment
Frozen moment Paul Nicklen (Canada)
more than 80 per cent of red-breasted geese winter at just five sites around the Black sea: these are on the Bulgarian coast. They are endangered, threatened by land-use changes and hunting.
Spirit of the forest Paul Nicklen (Canada)
lion By lighTning
Tree-climbing is not a normal lion habit, but lions in Queen elizabeth national Park, uganda, often take to the trees in the day, probably to cool off and escape the flies.
Yves Adams (Belgium) Commended, The gerald durrell Award for endangered species
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Lion by lightning Hannes Lochner (South Africa)
This young male seemed blissfully unconcerned by the lightning and thunder rolling in across the south African part of kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. it wasn’t interested in the photographer either.
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Heinrich van den Berg (South Africa) Commended, The gerald durrell Award for endangered species Verreaux’s sifakas are not as endangered as other madagascar lemurs, and are most often photographed crossing open areas of ground, jumping upright as if on springs.
Ice matters Anna Henly (UK)
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leAPing lemur
The Great Escape Yves Adams (Belgium)
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Alessandra Meniconzi (Switzerland) Commended, Animals in Their environment The ice around svalbard had melted, stranding this polar bear on one of the islands. with only a beached whale as sustenance, the bear would not hunt seals until the sea froze over several months later.
The duel Sergey Gorshkov (Russia)
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Leaping lemur Heinrich van den Berg (South Africa)
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Ghost bears Kimmo P Pöri (Finland)
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motionless but alert, a yacare caiman concentrates on a shoal of fish in the shallow, murky waters of Brazil’s Pantanal, the biggest wetland in the world.
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A sunlit mass of emperor penguins charges upwards, leaving in their wake a crisscross of bubble trails. They were at the edge of the frozen area of the ross sea, Antarctica.
Warning night light Larry Lynch (USA)
Klaus Tamm (Germany) Commended, Behaviour: Cold-Blooded Animals gecko droppings near klaus’s holiday apartment, on the french island of réunion, had attracted some neriid long-legged flies. These males took a break from feeding to engage in a kind of combat dance.
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Paul Nicklen (Canada) winner, underwater worlds DS3652
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Blast-off Paul Nicklen (Canada)
BuBBle-JeTTing emPerors
Steven Kovacs (Canada) Commended, Behaviour: Cold-Blooded Animals
Because the sea ice now melts completely in summer, many polar bears are forced ashore. This hungry male was risking its life to scavenge eggs from nesting Brünnich’s guillemots.
Sizing up Klaus Tamm (Germany)
Bubble-jetting emperors Paul Nicklen (Canada)
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Jenny E Ross (USA) specially commended, Behaviour: mammals
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Luciano Candisani (Brazil) winner, Behaviour: Cold-Blooded Animals DS3652
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Father’s little mouthful Steven Kovacs (Canada)
Turtle gem Jordi Chias (Spain)
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Richard Peters (UK) Commended, Behaviour: mammals
A dusky jawfish father is a diligent parent, protecting fertilised eggs in its mouth until they hatch. This male, in the opening of its burrow off the coast of florida, was aerating the eggs.
These two adult male brown bears turned up at the same reindeer carcass in a remote forest in eastern finland, near the russian border. Both were hungry from their long winter sleep.
Into the mouth of the caiman Luciano Candisani (Brazil)
Snow pounce Richard Peters (UK)
richard sat in his car in yellowstone national Park, in wyoming, usA, watching the fox hunting. it was listening for rodents under the snow, then leaping high to drop down on them.
Kimmo P Pöri (Finland) runner-up, Behaviour: mammals
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stefan watched this golden eagle eating a carcass, from a hide in sinite kamani national Park in Bulgaria. The scene was disturbed when a red fox tried but failed to snatch the meal.
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Stefan Huwiler (Switzerland) Commended, Behaviour: Birds
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Perilous pickings Jenny E Ross (USA)
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Paul Nicklen (Canada) runner-up, underwater worlds Penguins use air to ‘lubricate’ their ascent. As this emperor penguin returned to the colony after a fishing trip, bubbles burst from its bill and the feathers on its head, belly and back.
Fluff-up John E Marriott (Canada)
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Snatch and grab Stefan Huwiler (Switzerland)
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In the light of dawn Frits Hoogendijk (South Africa)
Spirit of the volcano Francisco Mingorance (Spain)
CyPress swAmP in A golden dAwn
A movement of trees Cezariusz Andrejczuk (Poland)
Ralph Arwood (USA) Commended, Botanical realms
Adam Gibbs (Canada/UK) Commended, Botanical realms much of the area around Port renfrew, on Canada’s Vancouver island, has been heavily logged. for Adam, this miniature douglas fir growing out of a stump in the middle of fairy lake was symbolic.
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Bumper life Pål Hermansen (Norway)
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Cezariusz Andrejczuk (Poland) Commended, Botanical realms
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A swirl of flamingos Klaus Nigge (Germany)
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Pål Hermansen (Norway) runner-up, urban wildlife This scrapyard in southern sweden had been abandoned for more than 60 years. Plants grew through the floorboards and algae and moss covered all the cars. This squirrel visited every morning.
flying over Big Cypress national Preserve, florida, ralph could see the rising ground fog crystallise the morning light. A huge, glistening spider’s web hanging from a bald-cypress trees was the perfect accent.
Winter counterpoint Remo Savisaar (Estonia)
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Cypress swamp in a golden dawn Ralph Arwood (USA)
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A group of sulawesi black-crested macaques were chasing each other in a boisterous game. when they huddled briefly, Jami snatched the shot. These characterful primates are at high risk of extinction.
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Francisco Mingorance (Spain) Commended, Botanical realms
Lookout for lions Charlie Hamilton James (UK)
A blanket of thick fog lay over the okavango delta, Botswana, and the dawn light was low. This lioness stopped by a tuft of grass and peered into the distance, just before a hunt.
Fairy Lake fir Adam Gibbs (Canada/UK)
sPiriT of The VolCAno
Cezariusz took this image of birch trees from a train, in Podlasie, eastern Poland. he calls it a ‘movance’ – an image of stationary subjects made by moving the camera in various ways.
Jami Tarris (USA) Commended, Animal Portraits
Frits Hoogendijk (South Africa) Commended, Animal Portraits
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Jasper Doest (The Netherlands) Commended, Animal Portraits
francisco had just minutes to photograph the flowering bugloss with the milky way where he wanted. he’d spent several days beforehand looking for the perfect plant among the larva of Tenerife’s Teide national Park.
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in winter, Japanese macaques in the Jigokudani Valley of central Japan congregate in the hot-spring pools, to stay warm and to socialise. The warmth has such a relaxing effect many fall asleep.
The glance Jami Tarris (USA)
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Remo Savisaar (Estonia) runner-up, nature in Black and white Vooremaa landscape reserve, in estonia, is a hotspot for roe deer. As this individual picked its way across the stark and frozen landscape, its long shadow provided a magic touch.
Sands of time David Maitland (UK)
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Relaxation Jasper Doest (The Netherlands)
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Aurora over ice Thilo Bubek (Germany)
Positioning Hugo Wassermann (Italy)
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Flight paths Owen Hearn (UK)
Pasque perfection Daniel Eggert (Germany)
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it was winter in kouvola, finland, and the early morning sun revealed a group of around six jays, close by and squabbling. The light also helped bring out their beautiful colours.
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CiTy gull Eve Tucker (UK) winner, 15–17 years
Owen Hearn (UK) runner-up, 11–14 years owen spotted this hare just metres away, crouched down in the snow, while exploring his grandparents’ Bedfordshire farm. he also crouched down until close enough to fire off four frames.
Liina Heikkinen (Finland) runner-up, 10 years and under
City gull Eve Tucker (UK)
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Owen Hearn (UK) winner, 11–14 years This red kite was photographed in a back garden at the centre of the Bedfordshire site chosen for london’s third airport back in the late 1960s. opposition stopped it going ahead.
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Snow hide Owen Hearn (UK)
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Hans Strand (Sweden) Commended, wildscapes The extinct maelifell volcano, cloaked in a type of cushion moss, is an icon of the icelandic highlands. it towers over the massive myrdalsjökull glacier, through which it emerged 10,000 years ago.
Magnus Carlsson (Sweden) runner-up, wildscapes
Squabbling jays Liina Heikkinen (Finland)
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it took miquel almost a year to get this shot of the cove at Tossa de mar, spain, using just moonlight, without night divers or fishermen visible or light pollution from the nearby promenade.
The great Maelifell Hans Strand (Sweden)
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Miquel Angel Artús Illana (Spain) Commended, wildscapes
heAVenly View
magnus took this in a forest near his home in swedish lapland. As dawn broke, the sun threw shadows on the dense mist, which rose like steam, framing the nearby creek.
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The cove by moonlight Miquel Angel Artús Illana (Spain)
Thilo set up his tripod on the frozen lake at kattfordeide, norway. At first he saw only tiny auroras in the distance. But soon they flashed in vast, dancing arcs across the sky.
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Thilo Bubek (Germany) winner, wildscapes
Hugo Wassermann (Italy) Commended, Creative Visions
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This black-headed gull is in london’s financial district of Canary wharf, where the reflections of the surrounding office blocks are distorted into moving swirls. The perfect setting for an urban wildlife image.
Crouch, pause, action Joe Sulik (USA)
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from a hide near a sweet chestnut tree in northern italy, hugo watched this hoopoe perch on a fork in the tree. it was positioning a pupa in its beak before flying into its nesthole.
Heavenly view Magnus Carlsson (Sweden)
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City gull Eve Tucker (UK)
Snow pounce Richard Peters (UK)
CiTy gull
This black-headed gull is in london’s financial district of Canary wharf, where the reflections of the surrounding office blocks are distorted into moving swirls. The perfect setting for an urban wildlife image.
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Eve Tucker (UK) winner, 15–17 years Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2012 is owned by the Natural History Museum, London, and BBC Worldwide. www.nhm.ac.uk/wildphoto
Fairy Lake fir Adam Gibbs (Canada/UK)
Leaping lemur Heinrich van den Berg (South Africa) snow PounCe
richard sat in his car in yellowstone national Park, in wyoming, usA, watching the fox hunting. it was listening for rodents under the snow, then leaping high to drop down on them.
fAiry lAke fir
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Heinrich van den Berg (South Africa) Commended, The gerald durrell Award for endangered species Verreaux’s sifakas are not as endangered as other madagascar lemurs, and are most often photographed crossing open areas of ground, jumping upright as if on springs.
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Adam Gibbs (Canada/UK) Commended, Botanical realms much of the area around Port renfrew, on Canada’s Vancouver island, has been heavily logged. for Adam, this miniature douglas fir growing out of a stump in the middle of fairy lake was symbolic.
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Richard Peters (UK) Commended, Behaviour: mammals
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Turtle gem Jordi Chias (Spain)
Fluff-up John E Marriott (Canada)
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Snowstorm light Vladimir Medvedev (Russia)
it looked like a lump of puffed-up black in the middle of a snowcovered road in Jasper national Park, in the heart of the Canadian rockies. it was a raven, signalling an invite to females.
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Crouch, pause, action Joe Sulik (USA)
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Vladimir Medvedev (Russia) winner, The eric hosking Portfolio Award Peyto lake in Banff national Park, Canada, is renowned for its colour. The milky turquoise-blue is caused by light bouncing off silt, suspended in the water, known as glacial milk.
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The bobcat sat for a whole hour, crouched and hunched up in the long grass of Badlands national Park in south dakota, usA, watching for prey. only when it spotted a vole did it pounce.
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Armeñime, a small cove off the south coast of Tenerife, is a hotspot for endangered green sea turtles. They forage in the shallow, ginclear water feeding on the plentiful seagrass.
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Jordi Chias (Spain) Commended, underwater worlds
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Winter counterpoint Remo Savisaar (Estonia)
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In the light of dawn Frits Hoogendijk (South Africa)
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Pasque perfection Daniel Eggert (Germany)
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Pasque flowers are among the first flowers of spring. These were caught in a frost one sunny morning, on the rim of the nördlinger ries crater in Bavaria, germany.
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Daniel Eggert (Germany) runner-up, 15–17 years
Frits Hoogendijk (South Africa) Commended, Animal Portraits A blanket of thick fog lay over the okavango delta, Botswana, and the dawn light was low. This lioness stopped by a tuft of grass and peered into the distance, just before a hunt.
This giant iceberg, drifting off the south orkney islands in the southern ocean, was 14 storeys high. its dazzling underbelly of water-textured layers was the perfect backdrop for a flock of Cape petrels.
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Jeanine Lovett (USA) Commended, Animals in Their environment
Remo Savisaar (Estonia) runner-up, nature in Black and white Vooremaa landscape reserve, in estonia, is a hotspot for roe deer. As this individual picked its way across the stark and frozen landscape, its long shadow provided a magic touch.
Ice birds Jeanine Lovett (USA)
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