Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

• Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013
  2013: Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year - Grand Title Winner

The shortlist includes hundred images that are first separated into two age groups, Adult and Young and then by category wise, Animal Portraits, Underwater World and Creative Vision. Out of all those images, here were the top 18 images.

Mother’s Little Headful Photo: Udayan Rao Pawar (India)

Winners of the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition were just announced where more than 43,000 images from 96 countries were whittled down to just 18. Now in its 49th year, the competition showcases the very most excellent in nature photography and is led by two UK institutions, the Natural History Museum and BBC Worldwide.

Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: 15-17 Years - Winner

Last Light
Photo: Mateusz Piesiak (Poland)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: 15-17 Years - Commended

 Harvest Gold
Photo: Etienne Francey (Switzerland)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: 15-17 Years - Runner-up

 Freeze Frame
Photo: Etienne Francey (Switzerland)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Animal Portraits - Joint Runner-up

 

Showdown
Photo: Peter Delaney (Ireland)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Behaviour: Mammals - Runner-up

 Bad Boys
Photo: Andrew Walmsley (United Kingdom)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Animals in their Environment - Winner

The Water Bear
Photo: Paul Souders (USA)

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2013: Underwater Worlds - Runner-up

Lionfish Bait
Photo: Alex Tattersall (United Kingdom)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Eric Hosking Portfolio Award - Winner

The Flight Path
Photo: Connor Stefanison (Canada)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Eric Hosking Portfolio Award - Winner

Camouflage
Photo: Connor Stefanison (Canada)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Eric Hosking Portfolio Award - Winner

Hot-Spring Magic
Photo: Connor Stefanison (Canada)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Wildscapes - Winner

The Cauldron
Photo: Sergey Gorshkov (Russia)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Wildscapes - Runner-up

Ice Aurora
Photo: Ellen Anon (USA)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Wildscapes - Runner-up

The Greeting
Photo: Richard Packwood (United Kingdom)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Creative Visions - Winner

Snow Moment
Photo: Jasper Doest (The Netherlands)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Creative Visions - Runner-up

Fish-eye View
Photo: Theo Bosboom (The Netherlands)

 Winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013

2013: Nature in Black and White - Commended

Art Works Made from Reclaimed Household Objects.

Sayaka Ganz is a talented Japanese artist, who works in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Japanese Shinto has strong beliefs, about the reality that all organisms and objects have spirits. She learned that objects thrown before the final of their usefulness “weep at night inside the trash bin”. Based on these beliefs and on her artistic qualities, she realized works of art, using discarded and reclaimed household objects. 

I only select objects that have been used and not needed. My objective is for each object to transcend its origin by being integrated into animal, organic forms that are alive and in motion. This procedure of reclamation and regeneration is liberating to me as an artist. Building these sculptures assist me to recognize the situations that surround me. It reminds me that even if there is a conflict right now, there is also a solution in which all the pieces can coexist peacefully. Although there are wide gaps in some areas and small holes in others, when viewed from the distance there is great attractiveness and accord in our community. I want to transmit a message of hope through my sculptures. 

Amazing Boutique Aircraft Interiors

In a big airplane has a place for everything, particularly if it is aircraft - the largest in the world. One of the most interesting moments during a visit to the Airbus factory in Toulouse has become a "high-fashion boutiques aircraft interiors", or to be more precise, it is called Airbus Mockup Center. It was here comes the customers and representatives of airlines and wish the manufacturer of chairs, and even the configuration of the interior layout of the kitchen and the number of toilets. A number of airlines are very ascetic and simple in its interior, i.e, "Lufthansa". For others, the kitchen - is a major marketing trump card, for example for the "Emirates", as long as they are only installed showers for first class passengers on board the A380.

Fisherman cutting himself out of a shark.

This is a picture of an Australian fisherman cutting himself out of a shark. It didn't actually eat him though, he just caught the shark, gutted it, then climbed inside to have the picture taken. 

Red Sheeps of Scotland

Scotland farmer Andrew Jack, introduced a new idea of painting his flock of sheep bright red in an attempt to "brighten things up". These are 54-strong flock of red sheep grazing on a hillside, have been entertaining motorists driving past the business park in West Lothian, Scotland. The sheep were painted using animal friendly dye and the color remains for about a month until sheared. This is quite a beautiful sight!

Europa rising

One of my absolute favorite shots of all times. This one really gives me the impression that I am piloting a spaceship and flying over Jupiter and its moon. Awesome.

This is Not How You Want to Find Your Swimming Pool

The last thing you want to do when you come home after a long hectic day is clean the leaves out of your swimming pool or push it back down because it has abruptly risen 3 feet above ground level. That's the predicament Jessica Pedraza and her husband found themselves in when they returned to their Brandon, Fla., home and discovered their in-ground pool, which they had just drained the previous day, was jutting out of the dirt. The suspected culprit is one of the sinkholes that Florida has reluctantly become famous for.

Worse than having to figure out how to shove that pool back in there is the fact that the Jessica Pedraza insurance likely won't cover the damage, citing an "exclusions" section that doesn't take care of "water below the surface of the ground which exerts pressure on a swimming pool or other structure. The cost to fix the damage is estimated to be in the tens of thousands of dollars. Silver pool lining: At least it didn't happen on either one of their birthdays.

mesmerizing Species

A graduate student found these mesmerizing structures attached to tree trunks in the Peruvian Amazon. He snapped a few images, shared with entomologists worldwide and hoped to find the name of the species responsible for such elaborate picket structure. So far no one has been able to verify what type of creature built it. Some believe it could be a relative of the ribbed-cocoon maker moth, which also builds a protective structure.