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Twenty-five photographers are in the running for the 2023 People’s Choice Award in the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition organized by the Natural History Museum in London. Here are some of these magnificent photos, for which you can vote online until January 31, 2024.
France Télévisions – Culture Editorial
Published on 05/01/2024 06:00
Reading time: 7 min “Ice Bed”. This superb photograph of an unreally beautiful polar bear, taken off the coast of the Svalbard archipelago, in Norway, is in the running for the People’s Choice Award in the 6th edition of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. (NIMA SARIKHANI / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
On land, in water and in the air, furry or feathered, photographers passionate about wilderness have outdone themselves in 2023. Last year, 49,957 photos from 95 countries were submitted to the 59th edition of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, organized each year by the Natural History Museum in London (United Kingdom). For the Public Prize, 25 photos were selected. If it exudes an incredible grace and beauty, some, like that of a red fox scavenging from the trash can in a London street or that of a macaque delighting in the sweet contents of plastic bottles in Indonesia , also show the impact of our actions on nature.
Here is a selection of these twenty-five exceptional photos, of which you can consult the entirety on the competition website. You can vote for your favorite photo until January 31, 2024. The results will be announced on February 7. You can also go and admire the winning photos of the general competition on display until June 30 at Natural History Museum, London (South Kensington).
“Tender Touch” by Andy Parkinson (UK)
Two mountain hares appear to be kissing tenderly (in fact, they are touching noses) in the Monadhliath Mountains of Scotland. Andy Parkinson has been photographing local hares for fifteen years, but this was the first time he had witnessed such a moment. Technical details: Nikon D4s + 200–400mm f4 lens; 1/1000 at f7.1; ISO 400. (ANDY PARKINSON / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“A Rare Sight” by Axel Gomille (Germany)
This superb Ethiopian wolf (also known as Abyssinian wolf), one of the rarest species of canid in the world, rests in the Afroalpine vegetation of the Bale Mountains National Park in Ethiopia. Ethiopia’s wolves, of which only a few hundred remain, concentrated in this national park, are threatened with extinction due to loss of habitat and diseases such as rabies transmitted to them by domestic dogs. Technical details: Nikon D4s + Sigma 150–600mm lens at 600mm; 1/1250 at f11; beanbag. (AXEL GOMILLE / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Incoming Cuckoo Wasp” par Frank Deschandol (France)
Near Montpellier, a cuckoo wasp is captured trying to enter the clay burrow of a mason bee, while a smaller cuckoo wasp cleans its wings below. This rare wasp parasitizes the nests of mason wasps: once inside the burrow, it lays an egg then closes the opening. When the cuckoo wasp’s egg hatches, it feeds on the mason bee larvae that are with it. When the photographer was taking his photos, the larger of the two cuckoo wasps flew away and returned a few seconds later with a drop of water in its mouth. It uses water and saliva to soften the clay in the mason wasp’s burrow and make its way inside. Technical details: Canon EOS RP + 100mm f2.8 macro USM lens; 1/1250 at f6.3; ISO 1250; reflector. (FRANK DESCHANDOL / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Ice Bed” by Nima Sarikhani (Royaume-Uni)
A polar bear carved out a bed for itself in a small iceberg before falling asleep in the Far North, off the coast of the Svalbard archipelago, in Norway. After spending three days in search of polar bears, the photographer and his expedition companions came across two specimens, an old one and a younger one, which they followed for eight hours. Shortly before midnight, the youngest climbed onto a small iceberg and, with the help of his powerful paws, dug out a bed for himself before falling into sleep. Technical details: Canon EOS-1D X Mark III + 70–200mm f2.8 lens at 200mm; 1/500 at f5; ISO 400. (NIMA SARIKHANI / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Ducking Huddle” de Charles Davis (Australie)
A duck and its brood caught in a late spring snowstorm at Smiggin Holes in New South Wales, Australia. It’s usually warm and sunny when these ducklings leave their nest high in a hollow tree, but due to the La Niña phenomenon, things have been a little different this year. Despite the weather conditions, the ducklings chose to leave their nest, falling into a frozen world. Technical Details: Nikon Z9 + 400mm f2.8 lens; 1/1250 at f10; ISO 500. (CHARLES DAVIS – WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Tough Negotiation” by Ayala Fischaimer (Israel)
A young red fox takes advantage of a bin full of rubbish on a street in London (UK). For two months, the photographer had seen this fox observing when was the best time to climb on this trash can. The animal had understood that it was Monday evening, shortly before the weekly collection, when the pile of waste was high and the discarded food was easy to reach. Technical details: Panasonic Lumix DC-S1 + 50mm f1.4 lens; 1/80 at f2.5; ISO 5000. (MATT MARAN / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Shared Parenting” de Mark Boyd (Kenya)
A pair of lionesses wash one of the five cubs of a pride of felids, in the Maasai Mara in Kenya. Females raise the young of other females in the group as their own, sharing parental duties. Here, the lion cub clearly appreciates this moment of affection. Technical details: Canon EOS 5D Mark III + 100–400mm f4.5–5.6 lens; 1/320 at f5.6; ISO 12800. (MARK BOYD / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Swallow Over Meadow” de Hermann Hirsch et Jan Lessman (Allemagne)
A barn swallow flies through a blueberry meadow and catches insects during spring in eastern Germany. Photographers Hermann and Jan had chosen to take photos in an old farmhouse, knowing that barn swallows nest there and that they return to the same place every year, repairing the nests made of mud and clay. Watching the birds fly low above the blueberries, they positioned their camera among the flowers and used a remote control to take this magnificent photo. Technical Details: Canon EOS R5 + 24–105mm f4 lens; 1/3200 at f22; ISO 6400; wireless remote control (HERMANN HIRSCH JAN LESSMAN – WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Grassland Geladas” by Marco Gaiotti (Italie)
A female gelada breastfeeds her young alongside a mate in the Simien Mountains of Ethiopia. The family unit of these great apes generally consists of a single male and a small number of females and their young. Gelada primates live only in the high altitude mountain grasslands of Ethiopia, where these herbivores spend most of their time grazing. However, as domestic livestock and agriculture expand, their grazing declines, threatening them with extinction. Technical details: Canon EOS R5 + 16–35mm f2.8 lens at 16mm; 1/100 at f7.1; ISO 400. (MARCO GAIOTTI / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Neighbourhood Dispute” d’Ofer Levy (Australie)
A mudskipper (goby fish) fiercely defends its territory against an intruding crab in Roebuck Bay, Australia. These amphibious fish nest in the mud of the mangroves of Western Australia. The photographer often sees these fish confronting crabs, which they provoke and try to frighten by opening their mouths and raising their dorsal fin. Technical details: Canon EOS R5 + 800mm f11 lens; 1/5000 at f11; ISO 6400. (OFER LEVY / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Rubbish Drinks” by Claire Waring (UK)
A Celebes crested macaque tests the contents of a plastic bottle on a beach at the edge of the Tangkoko Batuangus nature reserve on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The bottle is part of a pile collected by forest rangers for recycling. Local macaques have figured out that the colorful bottles contain a sweet liquid that they enjoy. Some of them take their plastic loot into the forest, reducing the work of the forest guards to nothing. Technical details: Canon EOS R5 + 100–500mm f4.5–7.1 lens; 1/1000 at f5; ISO 1600. (CLAIRE WARING / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Looking at Me, Looking at You” de John E. Marriott (Canada)
A grizzly bear stands on its hind legs and looks toward the photographer before returning to fish for salmon in the Chilko River, British Columbia, Canada. Technical Details: Canon EOS R5 + 500mm f4 lens; 1/1000 at f4.5; ISO 5000 (JOHN E. MARRIOTT – WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“The Happy Turtle” de Tzahi Finkelstein (Israël)
A Balkan tortoise shares a moment of peaceful coexistence with a spotted dragonfly in Israel’s Jezreel Valley. The dragonfly unexpectedly landed on the turtle’s nose, but instead of getting rid of the insect, the turtle seemed to find pleasure in this interaction in the muddy waters of the swamp. Technical Details: Nikon D500 + 500mm f4 lens; 1/3200 at f5.6 (-0.3 e/v); ISO 320 (TZAHI FINKELSTEIN – WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
“Snowshoes” by Deena Sveinsson (United States)
A snowshoe hare, or snowshoe hare, prepares to make its next big jump in the snowy forests of Rocky Mountain National Park in the United States. To perform its leaps, which can go up to 3 meters, the animal raises its large hind legs high towards its head as in the photo, large legs which prevent it from sinking into the soft, deep snow, and which it owes its name to the snowshoe hare. Technical details: Sony α1 + 70–200mm f2.8 lens at 200mm; 1/2500 at f8; ISO 3200. (DEENA SVEINSSON / WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR)
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