Incredible 発射 of leaping wildebeest during the 広大な／多数の／重要な 移住 in Kenya 勝利，勝つs the 最高の，を越す prize in an international 野性生物 photography 競争

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This incredible 発射 of leaping wildebeest during the 広大な／多数の／重要な 移住 has bagged a British snapper 最高の，を越す prize in an international 野性生物 photography 競争.

Andy Howe's picture won the Society of International Nature and 野性生物 Photographers Nature in 活動／戦闘 contest.

Other 走者s-up and 高度に commended snaps 含む eagles scrapping over a fox carcass in Norway, a cheetah about to leap on a baby gazelle and a hare leaping through a field in Cambridgeshire.

Andy, from Suffolk, said of his winning 発射: 'The image was taken during the 広大な／多数の／重要な 移住 in Kenya's Masai Mara Reserve at a crossing point known as the Cup-de-sac.

This incredible 発射 of a leaping wildebeest during the 広大な／多数の／重要な 移住 has bagged a British snapper 最高の，を越す prize in an international 野性生物 photography 競争

Other 走者s-up and 高度に commended snaps 含む this 素晴らしい image of eagles scrapping over a fox carcass in Norway?by Norwegian photographer Bjoern Stuedal

The cruelty of nature is also 最高潮の場面d in a 高度に commended 発射 by Norwegian photographer Bjoern Stuedal. A cheetah looks on almost casually as it の近くにs in on a tiny baby gazelle, whose 直面する is a picture of terror

'The throngs of Wildebeest, Zebra and Topi amass in their thousands creating a 最高の herd on the banks of the Mara River, and they wait, building up their courage, energy, and 動機づけ.

'It seems as if they will never do it, as if this is too large a 障壁 for them to cross.

'One 勇敢な animal makes the first move, the first jump. 猛烈に they 注ぐ into the crocodile infested river like lemmings, leaping, bleating, calling a 盛り上がり of adrenaline and instinct.'

And those left behind also become prey, as another picture of his that was 高度に commended shows a wildebeest 猛烈に trying to shake off a lion wrapped around its neck.

The lioness had already made another kill when it 開始する，打ち上げるd this attack as up to 10,000 animals crossed the river.

Andy said: 'With her natural instincts in overdrive the 誘惑 was too 広大な／多数の／重要な.

Closer to home, this 素晴らしい 発射 of a running hare taken in Cambridgeshire also got Kevin Pigney the 高度に commended prize

Another of Paul Smith's pictures, two hoopoes 株ing food in the Hortobagy 国家の Park in Hungary was 高度に commended

'She 跡をつけるd all the animals running に向かって her and after maybe 15 Wildebeest had teased her, running so の近くに to her she finally let 飛行機で行く and took another 権利 in 前線 of me and my レンズ.'

The cruelty of nature is also 最高潮の場面d in a 高度に commended 発射 by Norwegian photographer Bjoern Stuedal.

A cheetah looks on almost casually as it の近くにs in on a tiny baby gazelle, whose 直面する is a picture of terror.

Bjoern said: 'I was travelling in the Masai Mara in Kenya. One day we spotted three cheetahs - one mother with two kids - on the 追跡（する）, chasing a young Thomson gazelle.

'The gazelle was running straight に向かって us, 猛烈に trying to escape, but was 追跡（する）d 負かす／撃墜する and killed.'

全体にわたる 走者-up was 物陰／風下 McCudden from 吊りくさび in the Outer Hebrides, with his picture of a bellowing stag who he had followed for two days

And those left behind also become prey, as another picture of Andy's that was 高度に commended shows a wildebeest 猛烈に trying to shake off a lion wrapped around its neck

Birds are always a popular 支配する and Paul Smith （機の）カム third in the 競争 with his 発射 of a kingfisher with a rudd fish taken on the River Alde in Suffolk

Another 発射 also by Bjoern shows two eagles in the snow fighting over the 団体／死体 of a fox.

He said: 'The image was taken in Telemark, Norway in February this year.

'In the 山腹 of the small village Dalen, in the hearth of Telemark 地域, I was waiting in a hide from before sunrise waiting for the eagles.

'Just before sunset, they finally （機の）カム - first one, then suddenly another one approached and chased the first one away.'

Closer to home, a 素晴らしい 発射 of a running hare taken in Cambridgeshire got Kevin Pigney 高度に commended.

Kevin said: 'My passion is 野性生物 photography and in particular brown hares.

'I have spent hundreds of hours photographing them and this 発射 is one of my favourites.

'My method is to lay 負かす／撃墜する and wait for the hare to appear, as stalking them is usually fruitless.

'As I lay motionless and perfectly 静かな this one ran at 速度(を上げる） straight at me. It was taken at a 地元の farm where the owner kindly 許すs me to carry out my photography.'

Birds are always a popular 支配する and Paul Smith （機の）カム third in the 競争 with his 発射 of a kingfisher with a rudd fish taken on the River Alde in Suffolk.

Another of his pictures, two hoopoes 株ing food in the Hortobagy 国家の Park in Hungary was 高度に commended.

十分な of movement, a picture of a bird 演習ing out a nest from the inside in Bangladesh was also 高度に commended.

Snapper Nafis Ameen, 32 told how it took him nearly two hours of waiting to get the 発射 in his home city of Dhaka.

十分な of movement, a picture of a bird 演習ing out a nest from the inside in Bangladesh was also 高度に commended. Snapper Nafis Ameen, 32 told how it took him nearly two hours of waiting to get the 発射 in his home city of Dhaka

On another continent very different birds - two beautiful Emper or Penguins - were photographed in south Georgia by Nick Dale

He said: 'Every year in the spring season, I visit the 国家の Botanical Garden 位置を示すd in the 資本／首都 city Dhaka to see the different 肉親，親類d of birds in the garden.

'I was taking a walk inside the garden when I heard the sound of a Lineated Barbet building its nest.

'I waited at least one to two hours for the perfect 発射 as it 広げるd the 穴を開ける in the tree.'

On another continent a very different bird, an Emperor Penguin, was photographed in south Georgia by Nick Dale.

The 52 year old from London said: 'A king penguin looks 負かす／撃墜する and wonders what's lying on the beach on St Andrew's Bay, South Georgia: is it an egg to nest on or just a 激しく揺する to step over?

'Another penguin is having a look, too, and they both have 黒人／ボイコット and orange 長，率いるs, white breasts with orange patches at the throat, grey 支援するs and flippers and 黒人／ボイコット feet.'

全体にわたる 走者-up was 物陰／風下 McCudden from 吊りくさび in the Outer Hebrides, with his picture of a bellowing stag who he had followed for two days.

物陰／風下, 26, said: 'It was taken in Glen Coe in October last year. I was staying there for a week to get の近くに and personal with the red deer rut.

'I followed this particular stag for a couple of days. I watched him roar through the glen 警告 other stags of his presence and 力／強力にする.

'On my last day I watched him move up に向かって the brow of the hill, with the mountain waterfalls and 激しく揺する 直面する as a background. He roared as I clicked the 発射.'

Commenting on the winning picture, Colin Jones The Societies Director says, 'Andy's image was chosen as the 勝利者 予定 the 広大な／多数の／重要な 'moment in time' 逮捕（する） with the 活動／戦闘 存在 the 最終的な narrativ e and brilliantly fitted in with the 主題 of the 競争.'