People’s Choice Award shortlisted images for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 revealed

news7g12/01/2022

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Head or tail? by Jodi Frediani, USA

According to the Natural History Museum October announcement among the winners of this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition—with some spectacular underwater images among the winners—the organizers have released a shortlist of 25 competing images for the People’s Choice Award of the contest. Online voting decided the winner and the four runners-up “Highly Commended”.

Underwater shooters will be immediately captivated by the amazing seahorse clutching a pink sea fan with his handleable tail by the talented DPger. other nicknames (see below). In case you’re wondering, it’s a male Bargibant’s seahorse is about to give birth — and he sure looks like he’s about to explode! Fun fact: It was shot off the coast of Bali with a good old Nikon D500 and a Nikon 60mm f/2.8 macro lens with the help of Nauticam . CMC-1 Macro Lens. Who said you can’t make one great images with APS-C DSLR cameras?!

While Nick’s photo was the only underwater shot to make the shortlist, there are a few more water shots that impressed us: Jodi Frediani’s excellent composition shot of three right-headed whale dolphins (two adult heads and tail of a juvenile), taken in Monterey Bay, California; Auke-Florian Hiemstra’s heartbreaking photo of a young perch trapped in a discarded surgical glove found in a canal in the Netherlands, highlights the impact on wildlife of the substance discharge Covid-19; and a grim image by Eladio Fernandez of hundreds of fishermen catching young American eels off the coast of the Dominican Republic—millions of these endangered eels are exported each year to meet insatiable needs of Asians (especially Japanese).

Vote your vote for these and other shortlisted images online here. Voting closes at 2pm GMT on February 2.

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Vote for your favorites: 25 photos are racing to win the People’s Choice Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022

Online voting will be open from now until 14:00 pm (GMT) on Thursday, February 2, 2023.

The public is invited to have their say and Vote for their favorite picture to win the People’s Choice Award for Wildlife Photographer of the Year, organized by the Natural History Museum, London. From a pair of red foxes kissing intimately, to a polar bear cub basking in a sea of flowers, 25 incredible images have been shortlisted that highlight important stories about nature across the globe. around the world.

The photographs were selected from 38,575 entries across 93 countries and include Nicholas More’s signature pregnant pygmy seahorse portrait and Michał Michlewicz’s story revealing the impact of domesticated cats on local wildlife direction.

For the first time, the public can vote for their favorite photo using the interactive displays located inside the newly designed Wildlife Photographer of the Year flagship exhibition at the Museum. Natural History Museum.

Voting ends on February 2, 2023. The top five images will be displayed online, along with the fifty-eighth contest winners announced earlier this year and selected by an esteemed jury. Winners will be featured in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year voting screen at the Museum until the exhibition closes on Sunday, July 2, 2023.

A grip by Nicholas More, UK

Douglas Gurr, Director of the Natural History Museum said, ‘Voters will have a challenge to choose from this stunning series of photos that tell important stories and connect people to issues around the planet. We’re looking forward to finding out which of these images is the most popular.’

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum and provides a truly global platform for amateur and professional photographers alike. Using the unique emotional power of photography to engage and inspire audiences, the exhibition sheds light on stories and species around the world, and supports the Museum in its mission to create supporters of this planet.

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London is supported by the global green energy company Ørsted.

Vote for the People’s Choice Award winner here: www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-choice