Wildlife Worldwide Photography Competition Winners 2021
We are excited to announce the winning images for our Wildlife Photography Competition! Once again we are wowed by the wonderful images entered and we want to thank everyone who entered. Our panel of judges had the hard job of picking the winners once more and we are incredibly proud to share all of the winning images.
We are delighted to announce that the overall winner of our Photography Competition 2021 is Andy Richardson with his stunning image of a Japanese Macaque leaping with a baby on its back, Andy is also the winner in the Animal Action category.
The winner of the Portraits category is Ashley Pead with his stunning image of a short-eared owl in the UK, while Helen Pinchin wins the Wildlife Portfolio category with her incredible images from Kenya's Masai Mara.
Our Sponsors
A huge thanks must go to all of our 2020/21 competition sponsors: Rohan & Opticron . Without their brilliant support we wouldn’t have been able to provide such fantastic prizes to our winners.
We are delighted to announce that the overall winner of our Photography Competition 2021 is Andy Richardson with his stunning image of a Japanese Macaque leaping with a baby on its back, Andy is also the winner in the Animal Action category.
The winner of the Portraits category is Ashley Pead with his stunning image of a short-eared owl in the UK, while Helen Pinchin wins the Wildlife Portfolio category with her incredible images from Kenya's Masai Mara.
Our Sponsors
A huge thanks must go to all of our 2020/21 competition sponsors: Rohan & Opticron . Without their brilliant support we wouldn’t have been able to provide such fantastic prizes to our winners.
Overall Winner & Animal Action Winner – Andy Richardson
This remarkable image caught our judges' attention immediately. Most images of Japanese macaques are in the hot pools of in the valley of the valley of the Yokoyu River. So to see this individual leaping the river, covered in snow and ice, and with its baby on its back is exceptional.
Here is what Andy had to say about the moment:
'Hokkaido in Winter offers some amazing wildlife experiences and seeing the Japanese Macaques aka Snow Monkeys is one of them. A snowstorm and falling temperatures made taking photos quite awkward around the hot pool in which they congregate due to the dense rising steam. The Macaques do, however, also huddle together in the natural warm puddles formed by the stream in the snow below the pool, often in family groups. The stream was narrow enough at one point to be jumped safely, so I waited just downstream and got lucky when this mother and baby appeared. It was then cross frozen fingers for both the photo and the flying baby. Hold on tight!' - Andy Richardson
Here is what Andy had to say about the moment:
'Hokkaido in Winter offers some amazing wildlife experiences and seeing the Japanese Macaques aka Snow Monkeys is one of them. A snowstorm and falling temperatures made taking photos quite awkward around the hot pool in which they congregate due to the dense rising steam. The Macaques do, however, also huddle together in the natural warm puddles formed by the stream in the snow below the pool, often in family groups. The stream was narrow enough at one point to be jumped safely, so I waited just downstream and got lucky when this mother and baby appeared. It was then cross frozen fingers for both the photo and the flying baby. Hold on tight!' - Andy Richardson
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Wildlife Portfolio Winner – Helen Pinchin
Our panel of judges had a hard time picking the Wildlife Portfolio winner. Capturing a range of images which encompasses a destination or species' identity is a real challenge. The judges eventually settled on Helen's wonderful collection of images from Kenya's Masai Mara. The portfolio perfectly captures a number of species in this magnificent landscape.
Helen describes her portfolio:
“This portfolio contains a selection of images featuring mammals, chosen from the many images of various wildlife species that I took on an amazing photography trip to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The daily drives, in a jeep where everyone had a window seat, led to many superb - and close - wildlife photo opportunities, so rarely would I have needed more than my 80-400mm lens plus full-frame camera.
What were the highlights? Being so close to elephants that I had to use a wide-angle lens, being mock-charged by a baby elephant, having lion cubs settle in the shade of our jeep … or watching the tree-climbing lions, two male giraffe fighting, two male elephants in battle … or?!
On all occasions we spent plenty of time with our subjects, giving us the chance to practice our photography skills and gather a large portfolio of images. Wonderful!” - Helen Pinchin
Helen describes her portfolio:
“This portfolio contains a selection of images featuring mammals, chosen from the many images of various wildlife species that I took on an amazing photography trip to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The daily drives, in a jeep where everyone had a window seat, led to many superb - and close - wildlife photo opportunities, so rarely would I have needed more than my 80-400mm lens plus full-frame camera.
What were the highlights? Being so close to elephants that I had to use a wide-angle lens, being mock-charged by a baby elephant, having lion cubs settle in the shade of our jeep … or watching the tree-climbing lions, two male giraffe fighting, two male elephants in battle … or?!
On all occasions we spent plenty of time with our subjects, giving us the chance to practice our photography skills and gather a large portfolio of images. Wonderful!” - Helen Pinchin
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