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Vote for Wildlife Photographer of the Year 60 People’s Choice
This year the People’s Choice category features a curious chimp, a dancing crab and a snuffling sengi.
Taken all around the globe, the images highlight the beauty and wonder of the natural world. And you get to play a part in choosing which one is crowned the winner of Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice.
Among the 25 striking images chosen for this year’s People’s Choice Award are a beluga whale satisfying an itch and a European roller bird defending its territory from a nonchalant little owl.
Our judging panel chose the shortlist from almost 60,000 entries. Now you can become a judge by picking your favourite.
“The People’s Choice Award allows members of the public from across the globe to join the jury and vote for their winning image, inspiring everyone to connect with the natural world,” says Dr Douglas Gurr, the Director of the Natural History Museum.
“This year’s selection of images for the competition’s sixtieth anniversary is truly exceptional, and we can’t wait to see which one will be chosen as the public’s favourite!”
Have a look at some of this year’s shortlist below, then click through to enjoy the full gallery and vote on your winning image.
Vote for your favourite
Curious Connection by Nora Milligan
As Nora trekked through the forest of Gabon, central Africa, a sudden vocalisation and rustling of the leaves alerted her guide to something in the trees.
A moment later, a group of chimpanzees emerged and began climbing the trees nearby. Before disappearing into the canopy, a large male paused and looked at Nora just long enough for her to grab this snap of the ape watching her as she watched him.
The Arrival by Brad Leue
Starting in Queensland, the flood waters had been travelling for more than 1,000 kilometres before they arrived in South Australia, where Brad was lying in wait.
Flying over the scene in a helicopter, Brad had to compete not only with the surging water, but also high winds, a dust storm and heavy rain to capture this image of the water approaching its final destination of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.
Sneak Attack by Erlend Haarberg
While its mother and sibling busied themselves with the carcass of a walrus, this polar bear cub had other ideas.
After diving underwater and playing with kelp, the cub noticed a northern fulmar bobbing on the surface. This proved too irresistible an opportunity, as Erland watched it try and fail to catch the bird again and again.
Drifting Dinner by Noam Kortler
Perched atop a sea squirt, this little decorator crab was combing the water in the hope of catching its dinner.
Noam found it while diving at night off the coast of Komodo Island, Indonesia, and watched while it gracefully held its limbs aloft in the search for drifting plankton.
No Access by Ian Wood
Residents of St Leonards-on-Sea, UK, who had been feeding the local foxes got more than they bargained for.
Ian noticed that badgers from a local sett had also taken notice of the buffet on offer. He set up a small hide on the edge of the road to capture one of these badgers as it looked up at a piece of badger graffiti on one of the walls.
Snuffling Sengi by Piotr Naskrecki
This rarely seen four-toed sengi was snuffling through the leaf litter in Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique, when Piotr took its picture.
Also known as elephant shrews because of their long flexible noses, it turns out that in terms of evolution, the sengi is actually more closely related to elephants than shrews.
Meeting in the Marsh by Michael Forsberg
In the 1940s, there were only around 20 whooping cranes in Bayour County, Louisiana. But after a concerted conservation effort, this number has climbed to 800.
Michael has been documenting this process, including the rather surreal scenes in which biologists dress up as cranes when interacting with them to prevent the birds from imprinting on humans.
Edge of Night by Jess Findlay
Camping out for several nights, Jess waited patiently to learn the nighttime habits of a barn owl that was roosting in a barn outside Vancouver, Canada.
Jess set up a trigger so that, as the owl flew out of the barn, the camera’s flash perfectly illuminated the bird and a long exposure captured the ambient light cast on the clouds.
Earth and Sky by Francisco Negroni
The Villarrica volcano in Chile is the country’s most active. Francisco takes regular trips to photograph it, as its behaviour is unpredictable.
On this particular night, Villarrica was draped in a double lenticular cloud lit from the interior by the glowing red lava roiling in its crater.
