Wildlife Photographer Of The Year 2013: Jaw-Dropping, Award-Winning Photos

[Tx4obama]

Awesome PHOTOs here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-2013_n_4136763.html

Enjoy

[alsame]

1. These are amazing! Thanks nt

[Blue_In_AK]

2. Wouldn't it be nice if you had the money to go to these places

and try for the shots?

[Solly Mack]

3. Thanks!

[NJCher]

4. that flying owl!!!

That is an incredible moment.

The others are incredible, too. How 'bout that turtle. Could pass for an alien!


Cher

[Tx4obama]

5. The polar bear under water and the turtle are my two top favorites...

.. but they are all awesome

[Faryn Balyncd]

6. Beatiful

Thanks.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. I did enjoy.....thanks for posting.

I have to say it though....that winner for Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the elephants, doesn't do a thing for me. I am sure it is supposed to be art, but I feel as if I could have taken a better photo with my eyes closed.

[brer cat]

8. Amazing shots.

Thanks so much for sharing!

[BlueJazz]

9. I had no idea that Polar Bears could stay underwater like that.

[yodermon]

10. And this, apparently, is foreplay:

Joe McDonald/ Wildlife Photographer of the Year; WINNER: Behavior: Mammals

For several hours, the noisy sounds of courtship and mating were all Joe was treated to as he sat, sweltering in the hot sun, in a boat on the Three Brothers River in Brazil’s Pantanal. So when the female jaguar finally emerged from the undergrowth and walked down to the river to drink, Joe was grateful for the photo opportunity. But that was just a start. After slaking her thirst, the female flopped down on the sand. Then the male appeared. After drinking and scent-marking, he approached the female, who was lying in what appeared to be a pose of enticement. At least, that’s what both Joe and the male thought. She rose, growled and suddenly charged, slamming the male back as he reared up to avoid her outstretched claws. His own claws were sheathed. "I couldn’t believe the energy and intensity of those three seconds," says Joe. The pair then disappeared into the undergrowth to resume their courtship, leaving Joe with a sense of awe and a rare, winning image.

[Skittles]

13. that gal did not care for those two guys assuming

no INDEED

[Iwillnevergiveup]

11. I DID enjoy

Thanks for posting these photos and the stories behind them.

[burrowowl]

12. WOW!

[rocktivity]

14. Surely this one from a DUer is just as good!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/103622779


rocktivity

[SunSeeker]

15. Wildlife photography is so difficult.

Your subjects won't sit still or let you pose them. It require a lot of time and patience...and luck. But when you get that great shot, like these shots, it's magic.

[sinkingfeeling]

16. Thanks! n/t

[Stuart G]

17. Thank you..incredible..

[Martin Eden]

18. Thanks for sharing! n/t