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2014 - Competition Winners 2014 (81) More files...
NPL photographers enjoyed great success in the major European photography competitions of 2014. This gallery shows award-winning and commended individual images and portfolios. Here are some of the major awards:

• Neil Aldridge was overall winner of the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
• Alex Badyaev, Bruno D’Amicis, Tim Laman and Bence Mate were all category winners in the 50th Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
• Ben Cranke, Pal Hermansen and Sven Zacek won first prizes in the Melvita awards.
• Pete Cairns, Alex Mustard, Andrew Parkinson and Nick Upton each won a category of the British Wildlife Photography Awards.
Crab Eater Seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) resting on an iceberg, Antarctica, February. Winner of first place in Youth Division of Big Picture Photography Competition 2014.
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Russell Laman / Crab Eater Seals (Lobodon carcinophagus) resting on an iceberg, Antarctica, February. Winner of first place in Youth Division of Big Picture Photography Competition 2014.
Ladys slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), Bavaria, Germany, May. 2nd Prize in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
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Radomir Jakubowski / Ladys slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), Bavaria, Germany, May. 2nd Prize in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) attacking Jay (Garrulus glandarius) Telemark, Norway, September
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Pal Hermansen / Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) attacking Jay (Garrulus glandarius) Telemark, Norway, September
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping out of the sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Single Species Portfolio of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...
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Ben Cranke,Ben Cranke / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) jumping out of the sea, Cuverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica. Highly commended in the Single Species Portfolio of the Terre Sauvage Nature Images Awards...
Birch tree (Betula sp) in autumn, blurred, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, November. Winner of the Wild Woods Category of BWPA competitions 2014.
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Peter Cairns / Birch tree (Betula sp) in autumn, blurred, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, November. Winner of the Wild Woods Category of BWPA competitions 2014.
Blue shark (Prionace glauca) close up, Azores, Portugal. Finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2014
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Jordi Chias / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) close up, Azores, Portugal. Finalist in Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition 2014
Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemas National Park, Ladakh, India. Winner of the Long Lens catergory in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
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Ben Cranke / Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) walking down snow covered slope, Hemas National Park, Ladakh, India. Winner of the Long Lens catergory in the Melvita Nature Images Awards competition 2014.
Blue shark (Prionace glauca) swimming near the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Highly commended in the Portraits category...
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Alex Mustard / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) swimming near the surface of the English Channel. Penzance, Cornwall, England, British Isles. North East Atlantic Ocean, August. Highly commended in the Portraits category...
Badger (Meles meles) at entrance to sett, Derbyshire, England, UK, June. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA competition 2014.
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Andrew Parkinson / Badger (Meles meles) at entrance to sett, Derbyshire, England, UK, June. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA competition 2014.
Badger (Meles meles) sub-adult badger among some ragwort, Derbyshire, England, UK, July. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA competition 2014.
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Andrew Parkinson / Badger (Meles meles) sub-adult badger among some ragwort, Derbyshire, England, UK, July. Highly commended in the Habitat category of the BWPA competition 2014.
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) blowing, with Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in the water spray. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August. Runner up in the Birds category of GDT competition 2014.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) blowing, with Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) in the water spray. Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August. Runner up in the Birds category of GDT competition 2014.
High magnification photo of Nudibranch (Nembrotha kubaryana), showing orange mouth parts and sensory rhinophores, and green gills (out of focus) Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Moluc...
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Alex Mustard / High magnification photo of Nudibranch (Nembrotha kubaryana), showing orange mouth parts and sensory rhinophores, and green gills (out of focus) Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Moluc...