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Crocodile in mud bath snaps up big prize in world wildlife photography contest
The World Nature Photography Awards has revealed its winners for 2022, and the final selected images are pretty damn awesome. High standards are always present for this annual competition, but this year it’s safe to say they’ve been exceeded. A beautiful Snow Leopard, a tall Antillean Iguana, and a huddle of Japanese macaques monkeys are just a few of the images that struck Gold in this year’s edition of the competition, showcasing nature and animals in a new light. • These are the best cameras for wildlife photography (opens in new tab) in 2023 Awarded Gold in the prestigious Animal Portraits category of the World Nature Photography Awards (opens in…
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Mangrove forests: Crocodile close-up in Cuba wins photo awards
Tanya Houppermans has been named overall winner of this year’s Mangrove Photography Awards, for her close-up portrait of an American crocodile surrounded by mangroves at Gardens of the Queen in Cuba. Image source, Tanya Houppermans Run by the Mangrove Action Project, the competition – now in its eighth year – aims to show the relationships between wildlife, coastal communities and mangrove forests, as well as the fragility of these unique ecosystems, both above and below the waterline. Gardens of the Queen is an archipelago off the coast of Cuba and has been strictly protected since 1996. It is one of the most untouched marine ecosystems in the world. “The healthy…
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