Wildlife Photographer of the Year has released a small selection of the awarded images from its latest competition. Among them is a breathtaking image by British photographer Andy Parkinson showing a black vulture perched on top of the carcass of a yacaré caiman in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands. The image was highly commended in the Animal Portraits category.
The set also includes a chameleon battling a sandstorm in the Namib desert, photographed by Dewald Tromp; Ernest Porter’s image highlighting the symbiotic relationship of a rhino and an oxpecker; and an inquisitive polar bear gazing down a seal’s breathing hole in the Arctic sea ice by photographer Audun Rikardsen
The overall winners and category winners will be announced on Tuesday 13 October at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum, hosted by Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin. It will be available to watch live on the Natural History Museum’s YouTube channel. The full set of images, selected from a record-breaking 65,403 entries, will be exhibited at the museum from Friday 16 October. Details here.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.