Nature photos

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Prize-winning animal pictures to drive you wild
25th October 2007

Here's a selection of some of the incredible wildlife snaps sent in by 32,000 photographers from 78 countries to the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

Brown bear: This photo, taken by Sergey Gorshkov in East Russia, earned him the title of Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Monkey moment: This photo was taken by Patrick Corning in Costa Rica - overall winner of the ten years and under category

Mesmerised: Meerkats, by Shem Compion, South Africa

This charming stoat was pictured by Ari Tervo, Finland

Double vision: Water vole, by Danny Greens, Derbys

Asian elephant, by Jeff Yonover, US

By Robert Knight: Winner of the Wild Places category

Cool

luke · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: by the sea

all brilliant, but the first bear pic - thats incredible. i love the wild places one as well, i have a fascination with snow, ice and water - that picture ticks all the boxes Smile

Skylace · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA

I love those pics. Those are so amazing! Thanks Face!

Axlsbabe · Joined: 12 Jul 2007

wow, they are amazing!! thanks for posting them!

Marcella-FL · Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject:

I love the stoat ... looks like it could slash you to ribbons with those teeth - or make a nice coat ...

Griffo · Joined: 24 May 2006 Location: Staffordshire, England

Cool pics. I'm not much of a photography buff myself, but i do enjoy looking at nice photos Smile

Aja · Posted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject:

Those pics are all amazing ......I love them all ..The humming bird and meerkats is beautiful .... and the Bear is *WOW*

SpursFan1902 · Pitch Queen Joined: 24 May 2007 Location: Sunshine State

Gotta wonder if ole' Sergei is still alive after getting (seemingly) that close to a Russian Brown Bear.

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

Here are some pics taken by satellite...The way the one of the Himalayas shows the same visual effect that ice would have on a magnified scale, rather than from a great distance, is brilliant.

Lake Carnegie in Western Australia which fills only during heavy rainfall

Snow-capped ridges of the eastern Himalayas creating an irregular white-on-red patchwork between rivers and China

Surrounded by sand dunes, Lake Disappointment is an ephemeral salt lake in one of the most remote areas of Western Australia

The Ganges River forms an extensive delta where it empties into the Bay of Bengal

snow-capped Colima Volcano, the most active volcano in Mexico

cherokee29 · Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Location: France

Fantastic photos,really beautiful,thank you for shareing one and all. bigkisses

faceless · admin Joined: 25 Apr 2006

eefanincan · Admin Joined: 29 Apr 2006 Location: Canada

Neat picture... it's amazing what nature can create.

luke · Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Location: by the sea

heres some more iced up stuff - imagine trying to defrost that car in the morning!

SpursFan1902 · Pitch Queen Joined: 24 May 2007 Location: Sunshine State

It really amazes me what snow and ice can do based on the temp and wind. Being from a warm climate, we really don't get to see anything like this. Cool....