The best photographs of nature on display at the London Natural History Museum
The image was captured on a quiet road in St Leonards-Sea, England, by British photographer Ian Wood who had already noticed that the Teams passed a lot around looking for food remains left to the foxes.
“I spent almost two years to photograph them and had this idea for a photo. I thought it would be fun to put the graffiti and see if I could make a badger pass there, “he told .
Ian Wood considers that there is a deeper message in his photo about the controversial subject of the slaughtering of Teams, which has been carried out by the authorities to contain bovine tuberculosis. which will end this measure within five years.
Ian considers the slaughter of bad guys as “A national misfortune” and said: “I would trade this award immediately so that the government would rescue all the slaughtering licenses of existing bad guys.”
25 Images Named
The 25 images named for the public prize People’s Choice Award of Wildlife Photographer this year received a record of 76,000 votes from wildlife photography fans and nature worldwide.
In addition to the winning image, four other finalists were highly praised. EstThe five images are exposed online and at the London Natural History Museum until June 29th.
“Spiked” by David Northall (United Kingdom)
“A bloody but determined, but determined, pursuing a pork-dollar pork in the botswana. After a quick withdrawal to lick the wounds, the bad guys came back to finish the work and dragged the porcupine to your burrow. “
“Whiteout” by Michel d’Oultremont (Bélgica)
Look carefully – can you see the little arm? Mix perfectly with the white snow scenario in Belgium. Michel d’Oultremont Cobriu-Se With a white camouflage network and got the opportunity to photograph when a curious little scoring came out of his burrow.
“Edge of Night” de Jess Findlay (Canadá)
“A ghostly owl comes out of the window of an abandoned barn to hunt in the fields near Vancouver.”
Jess Findlay spent several nights watching the owl in silence to learn her habits. He configured an invisible radius that would shoot a flash when the owl raised flight. With a slow shutter speed to capture the surrounding light, everything fell perfectly in the twelfth night, when he went out to hunt.
“Earth and Sky” de Francisco Negroni (Chile)
A double lenticular cloud is illuminated at dusk by the lava emitted by Villarrica volcano in southern Chile. Villarica is one of the most active volcanoes in the country and erupted for the last time in 2015.
Francisco Negroni It makes regular trips to Villarrica to monitor its activity. Says each trip is “A great adventure – you never know what the volcano can surprise.” Some nights are calm, some furious as in this photograph, where the brightness of crater illuminates the night sky.
The wildlife photographer of the year was founded in 1965 by BBC Wildlife Magazine, then called animals. The Natural History Museum joined efforts in 1984 to create the contest as it is known today. Annual competition and traveling exposure are now managed and owned by
