The winners of the contest wildlife photos 2013

• The winners of the contest wildlife photos 2013

October 16 in London, announced the winners of the contest winners of photography contest 2013 Wildlife (Wildlife Photograher of the Year 2013). This year for the prestigious competition was presented to more than 43,000 photographic works from 96 countries of the world.

The winner in the category "Creativity" with a photo Snow monkeys during a snowfall in an amazing park Dzigokudani monkeys, Japan.

The applicant in the category of "natural habitat." The work of Michael Nichols - picture lions of the Serengeti.

The winner in the category "natural habitat." Polar bear in ice water.

A special prize was awarded to this photo owl in British Columbia.

A special prize for the picture endangered species. These frames cost the Japanese photographer of many years of work, 74 days standby, and lost health! The Amur tiger is in the nature of the Russian Far East.

The Contender. Crocodile caught a green turtle in the Corcovado National Park on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.

The Contender. Buzzard in the Kalahari National Park.

The winner in the category "Birds". He took a picture of terns, trapped in spider webs in the Seychelles. Even if she chooses, silk and feathers clog it can not fly. Only human intervention saved the bird.

The Contender. Gorilla Family.

A special prize was awarded to Photo foxes. Catch her in a jump over the mouse was the most difficult part.

2 nd place in the category "Mammals". Endangered crested macaques can be found only on the island of Sulawesi.

The Contender. Crow on the edge of the Grand Canyon.

This image won the photojournalism category. Despite an international ban in 1989 for shooting elephants, they continued to kill:. Of the world's population of 400 thousand - 20-30 thousand copies a year.. The main culprit of the murder referred to China - where the main demand for the tusks. Since the ban on killing elephants in 23 years, they have killed at least 400 thousand. The turnover of the tusks of elephants every year up to 500 million. Dollars.

The winner in the category "Mammals". The photographer caught the moment clashes between female and male jaguar.

The winner in the category "Cold-blooded animals." The beaches of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico are the traditional breeding site for endangered green turtles.

The winner in the category of young photographers. Mama crocodile with cubs on her head.

The winner in the category "Landscapes" was our great wildlife photographer Sergey Gorshkov photo volcano eruption Flat Tolbachik on Kamchatka.

This image became the main winner of the entire contest wildlife photos 2013. Elephants at the watering. Photographer specially used a slow shutter speed to create an atmosphere.