Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 finalists – in pictures

Wrestling komodo dragons and thirsty squirrels are among the creatures captured on camera by photographers for this year’s competition. The exhibition opens on 16 October at the Natural History Museum in London

  • Finalist, Amphibians & Reptiles

    Komodo Judo by Andrey Gudkov Two large male Komodo dragons hissing angrily at each other in Indonesia’s Komodo national park. Komodo dragons can grow up to 8ft
    Andrey Gudkov (Russia) <br>Komodo Judo Finalist – Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes

  • Finalist, Photojournalism award: single image

    Gorilla care by Marcus WestbergNdeze, a nine-year-old orphan mountain gorilla, watches with concern as veterinarians check the health of her female companion, 12-year-old Maisha, in the Senkwekwe centre at Virunga national park, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Marcus Westberg, Gorilla care , Finalist, Photojournalism Award: Single Image

  • Finalist, Photojournalism award: single image

    The shark surfer by Thomas P PeschakMany sharks are found at Aliwal Shoal near Durban, South Africa, making it the perfect place to test a prototype surfboard with an electromagnetic shark deterrent
    Thomas Pescha, The Shark Surfer, Finalist – Wildlife Photojournalist of the Year

  • Finalist, Land

    Jagged peace by Floris van Breugel A small bird (Gaucho Serrano) contemplates the enormity of Fitz Roy, in Patagonia, in Argentina’s Los Glaciares national park – a world heritage site – that boasts the largest ice mantle outside Antarctica, with numerous glaciers, lakes and towering mountains. Mount Fitz Roy is the highest, rising a jagged 3,375 metres (11,000 feet) above sea level
    Floris van Breugel, Jagged peace, Finalist, Land

  • Finalist, Birds

    Great egret awakening by Zsolt Kudich When the River Danube flooded into Hungary’s Gemenc forest, more than a thousand great egrets flocked to the lake to feed on the stranded amphibians, fish and invertebrates
    Zsolt Kudich, Great egret awakening, Finalist, Birds

  • Finalist, 10 Years and Under

    To drink or not by Carlos Perez Naval (Spain) A California ground squirrel is fended off from a water dish by a gull on the beach at Morro Bay in California
    Carlos Perez Naval, To drink or not Finalist, 10 Years and Under

  • Finalist, Mammals

    Snow hare by Rosamund MacfarlaneA hare gets its pelt coated in snow in the Scottish Cairngorms, Scotland
    Rosamund Macfarlane, Snow hare. Finalist, Mammals

  • Finalist, Urban Wildlife

    Stork art by Francisco MingoranceWhite storks nesting on a sculpture outside the Vostell-Malpartida Museum near Cáceres in Spain
    Francisco Mingorance, Stork art, Finalist, Urban Wildlife

  • Finalist, Underwater

    It came from the deep by Fabien MichenetA juvenile octopus, measuring about 2cm across, swims in the deep water off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia. Its transparent body reveals internal organs and chromatophores (colourchanging cells) on its tentacles
    Fabien Michenet, It came from the deep Finalist, Underwater

  • Finalist, Black & White

    Natural frame by Morkel ErasmusElephants, zebras and giraffes at a waterhole in Namibia’s Etosha national park
    Morkel Erasmus, Natural frame, Finalist, Black & White
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