Event AhBoon | 31 Oct 2008 10:53 am
Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Ten long months spent stalking the rare and elusive snow leopard in temperatures as low as -40ºC paid off for a dogged photographer.
An image of the Himalayan big cat, silhouetted against a black sky filled with snow, won the aptly-named Steve Winter the Wildlife Photographer of the Year award.
The picture captures the majestic beauty of the endangered leopard and the bitingly cold and hostile high-altitude landscape it manages to survive in.
An estimated 3,500-7,000 snow leopards (Uncia uncia) survive in the high-altitude regions of the Himalayas and mountains of Central Asia. A fearsome predator, it has suffered a steep decline in numbers because of poaching for its highly-prized skin and body parts.
An exhibition of the winning images will be on view at the Natural History Museum from October 31 2008 - April 26 2009.
Last year the exhibition attracted almost 134,000 visitors and was later seen by more than 1m people at regional and international venues.
Troublemaker – Stefano Unterthiner, Italy. Winner, animal portraits
Sacrifice - David Maitland, UK. Winner - One Earth Award
Clash of eagles – Antoni Kasprzak, Poland. Winner, behaviour – birds
Frodo’s prize - Cyril Ruoso, France. Winner, behaviour – Mammals
Deadlock - David Maitland, United Kingdom. Winner, behaviour - Other Animals
First encounter - Brian Skerry, USA. Winner, behaviour - The Underwater World
The Show – Catriona Parfitt, UK. Winner, young wildlife photographer of the year
Snow swans - Yongkang Zhu, China. Winner, Animals in their Environment
Skeleton Coast of Namibia - Andy Biggs, USA. Winner, Wild Places
New occupant - Jamie McGregor Smith, UK. Winner, Urban and Garden Wildlife
Swamp cypress - Cece Fabbro, USA. Winner, Praise of plants
Sun jelly - Carlos Virgili, Spain. Winner, Nature in Black and White
Polar sunrise - Miguel Lasa, UK. Winner, Creative Visions of Nature
Battle of the Bears - Tom Mills, UK. Junior awards, Specially Commended
Orcas at sunset - Nuno Sá, Portugal. Highly Commended - Animals in their Environment
Whooper lift-off - Ellen Anon, USA. Highly Commended - Animals in their Environment
Bee-eater ballet - Chris van Rooyen, South Africa. Highly commended - Animal portraits
Sandpiper congregation - Arthur Morris, USA. Highly commended - Animal behaviour: birds
Colourful business - Noam Kortler, Israel. Highly commended - The underwater world
Sea of life - Brian Skerry, USA. Visitor choice - The Underwater World
Treetop jigsaw in Malaysia - Brittany Fried, USA. Highly commended - 10 years and under
Reference - [Telegraph.UK], [Natural History Museum]
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