Goers to London Underground are used to seeing rats walking along the tracks under the boarding platform – it is estimated that there are half a million rats there. Sam Rowley, one of the “fans” of the animals and motivated by a prize, took a picture of the rodents after one week walking through different stations to capture the perfect moment when a pair were fighting over a piece of food dropped by a enger. 2d4443
His efforts were not in vain: Sam won the public vote for the award Wildlife Photographer of the Year, (Wildlife Photographer of the Year, in free translation), a competition of the Natural History Museum from London. The image, called station squabble (fight at the station, also in free translation), received around 28 thousand votes.
The photographer lay on his stomach on the floor, waiting for his models for hours. The recorded moment lasted about a few seconds, according to him, and the mice soon went their separate ways after one of them won the contest.
Below, we show you some of the tough competition that Sam faced. In parentheses, in the caption, is the literal translation of each image.
Photo of the Year Contestants 3h5pi
Michel Zoghzoghi was in the Brazilian swamp when he saw, on the Três Irmãos River (in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil), a mother jaguar and her calf eating an anaconda in front of their boat. What most caught the attention of the Lebanese photographer was the combination of the trio’s skin – hence the name “matching costumes".
Elias Mugambi is a guard at a sanctuary in northern Kenya and often takes care of orphaned rhinos, who end up in such a way due to hunting or the blindness of their mothers. the canadian Martin Buzora recorded a beautiful moment between Elias and one of the orphans, named Kitui.
The English Aaron Gekoski captured the moment of an orangutan dressed as a boxer by his “caretakers”. The animals have been used in mocking performances on a Bangkok safari for decades. With a break in activities in 2004 due to public pressure, the shows have continued since then, twice a day, filling the house with paying people.
In a Norwegian archipelago, the Spanish Francis De Andres had to face extreme conditions to shoot. Fortunately, animal life has managed to adapt very well to the climate. The local fauna was spotted by him, who needed to capture an image of his observers.
Do you like fantastic images? Here at SMT they appear in several articles, as in this article about photographs taken with drones. It is worth checking!
Which one should take the prize, in your opinion? Tell us in the comments!
