Andy Rouse / Maasai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi) silhouetted by beams of light from setting sun, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Winner of the African section of the Natures Best Windland Smith Rice...

Alex Mustard / Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana) two swimming over sand bar, under stormy sky. Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. British West Indies.

Marie Read / Snow buntings (Plectrophenax nivalis) flock in flight during a snowstorm, New York, USA, January.

Marie Read / Common loons (Gavia immer), two adults and chick swimming on a misty lake in early morning, Michigan, USA. June.

Ingo Arndt / Mountains and lake, Nordenskjold Lake, Paine Massif, Torres del Paine, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Ingo Arndt / Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) sub-adult sisters, Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile

Guy Edwardes / Colmer's Hill, Bridport, Dorset, England, UK. December 2016.

Guy Edwardes / Fairy Pools and Black Cuillins, Glen Brittle, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. February 2017.

Guy Edwardes / Natural Arch, Siabost, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March, 2015.

Guy Edwardes / River Etive with isolated cottage beneath Buachaille Etive Mor, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe, Highlands, Scotland, UK. November, 2013.

Mark Raycroft / Elk (Cervus elaphus) bull in river in mist, North America

Tui De Roy / Volcan Alcedo Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis nigra vandenburghi) group wallowing in mud at night, Alcedo Volcano, Isabela Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador