The winners of the 48th annual Veolia Environmental Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition were announced, selected from a pool of 48,000 photographs by an international panel of judges. The photos debuted at London’s Natural History Museum and will be on exhibit there through March 2013, before going on a world tour.
Big winner was Paul Nicklen for his ‘Bubble-jetting emperor penguins’ (featured image). Check out our favourite 20 photographs from this prestigous competition..
Image credit: Cristóbal Serrano
Image credit:Richard Peters
Image credit: Larry Lynch
Image credit: Jasper Doest
Image credit: Paul Nicklen
Image credit: Paul Nicklen
Image credit: Anna Henly
Image credit: Kim Wolhuter
Image credit: Eve Tucker
Image credit: Magnus Carlsson
Image credit: Vladimir Medvedev
Image credit: Luciano Candisani
Image credit: Grégoire Bouguereau
Image credit: Ole Jørgen Liodden
Image credit: Vladimir Medvedev
Image credit: Owen Hearn
Image credit: Vladimir Medvedev
Image credit: Adam Gibbs
