Beam photos of nature as beautiful as fairy tales

These are the best photos to reach the final round of the 2013 wildlife and nature photography competition organized by the German Nature Photographers Association in 2013.

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Photo of a fox wandering in the dewy forest of Klaus Echle.

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Christoph Kaula's photo of the hamster returned home when it was dark and won the third prize in the category of mammalian beauty.

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Tens of thousands of flowers blooming and blooming on the field of photographer Sandra Bartocha won the second prize in the category of natural beauty.

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Image of "Piano Grande" by Heinz Buls won the 3rd prize in the natural beauty category. Each year the Association of German Nature Photographers organizes this competition to find and honor the beautiful works of creation from around the world.

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The photo of the partridge on photographer Klaus Echle's grassland won the first prize in the category of animal portrait.

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The photograph of the lion's mother in the pasture by photographer Carsten Ott won the second prize in the category of animal portrait.

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The penguins returned to the nest after hunting the sea by Michael Lohmann to win the second prize in the bird species category.

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Seabirds resting on photographer Bernd Nill's Arctic ice sheet won first place in the bird species category.

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A strange spider with a molting image in the photographer Klaus Tamm's work "Spotligh" also won the photo category of other animals.

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Maple leaves stand out in the dewy forest of photographer Joachim Wimmer in the category of beautiful photos of plants and mushrooms.

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Beautiful photo of bubble escape by photographer Sigi Zang won the prize in the beautiful photo category taken in the studio.