A MAGICAL shot of a sea lion and a fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge are among stunning winners of prestigious nature photo contest.
Judges for the Nature Conservancy’s 2019 Photo Contest, had to whittle down the best images from an astonishing 120,000 entries.
The Grand Prize winner in The Nature Conservancy’s 2019 Photo ContestTyler Schiffman/TNC Photo Contest 2019
The Grand Prize was an incredible underwater shot of a California sea lion by photographer Tyler Schiffman, from California.
Mr Schiffman said: “I had framed this shot waiting for a sea lion to swim by.
“After five minutes, one swam up and paused for a few seconds.
“I took three photos and as rare as it was, the moment left in a blink of an eye.”
Photographers from 152 countries submitted images across five categories – wildlife, water, people in nature, landscape, and cities and nature.
Here we show the category winners and some of the jaw-dropping runners-up.
First prize in the cities and nature category is this image of Golden Gate Bridge engulfed in a wall of fogJay Huang/TNC Photo Contest 2019José David Altamirano González from Costa Rica gets an honorable mention in the wildlife category for this thrilling image of baboons in BotswanaJose David Altamirano González/TNC Photo Contest 2019A Grevy’s zebra staring at the camera in Lewa, KenyaYARON SCHMID/TNC Photo Contest 2019First prize in the wildlife category is this image of a polar bear in Svalbard, NorwayFernando O’Farrill/TNC Photo Contest 2019Three bridesmaid captured in Italygiuseppe bonali/TNC Photo Contest 2019A White-Tipped Sicklebill stand completely still as hummingbirds lower their metabolism during night time to avoid starvationSebastian Di Domenico/TNC Photo Contest 2019Third place in the water category is this images showing rays in Ningaloo Reef, Western AustraliaAlex Kydd/TNC Photo Contest 2019Second place in the landscape category is a drone photo showing the amazing hues of a Pink Lake called Hutt Lagoon in Western AustraliaLeigh Miller/TNC Photo Contest 2019First Place in the People in Nature category was taken in Le Van Vinh – VietnamVinh Le van/TNC Photo Contest 2019
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The honorable mention in the cities and nature category was by Tsz Ho Tse from Hong Kong who took this image of his city’s world-famous Victoria Harbour under the cloudsTsz Ho Tse/TNC Photo Contest 2019Honorable mention in the landscape category goes to Carlos Eduardo Goulart for this shot of Torres Del Paine National Park in ChileCARLOS EDUARDO GOULART/TNC Photo Contest 2019Honorable Mention, People in Nature category: a jump into the iconic lake Eibsee in southern Germany on a hot summer dayAnskar Lenzen/TNC Photo Contest 2019The photo was taken from a helicopter at lake Magadi in KenyaHao Jiang/TNC Photo Contest 2019Second place in the cities and nature category shows Mestia at night- a small city in GeorgiaYevhen Samuchenko/TNC Photo Contest 2019First place in the people’s choice award was shot in Wasior, West PapuaDiyanto Sarira/TNC Photo Contest 2019This won third place in the People in Nature category and was taken in West Bengal, IndiaAPRATIM PAL/TNC Photo Contest 2019This knock-out snap was taken in Trolltunga, NorwayGuilherme Gomes de Mesquita/TNC Photo Contest 2019A Chestnut-sided Warbler sings out while silhouetted against the bright forest in the backgroundRaymond Hennessy/TNC Photo Contest 2019The majesty of a mountain in SloveniaColin Ronald/TNC Photo Contest 2019
Giovani Cordioli/TNC Photo Contest 2019
Honourable mention in the people in nature category shows a storm over Varadero in Cuba[/caption]
A refugee from the Democratic Republic of CongoFabio Teixeira/TNC Photo Contest 2019
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