Prizes for beautiful wild photos

The swirling image of a falcon plunging into the starling flock gave Manuel Presti a prize for Wild Photographers of the Year, one of the most prestigious awards in photography.

This Italian photographer captured Sky Chase (or The Sky Hunt ) on a park in the city of Rome.

The photo won the prize for Animal Behavior, the scene of a falcon plunging into a flock of starling birds, in Rome.
" Sky Chase is a picture of strength, something you will never forget, " said Mark Carwardine, one of the judges.

The Wild Photographers Award of the Year is organized by BBC Wildlife Magazine and London Natural History Museum, bringing together 17,000 thousand contestants from over 55 countries around the world.

Manuel Presti is an engineer, but has held the camera in his spare time for the past 20 years. Through his work, he wanted to show the simple beauty of nature and hoped it would awaken people interested in conservation. Across Europe, starling populations have declined rapidly. However, thousands of children find homes in Rome's parks - where the weather is warmer than the surrounding countries and are often safer - except for falcons. The photo won the Animal Behavior Award.

Elephant herd at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro

A magical moment on the African meadow, under one of the world's greatest peaks.
The photo of Martyn Colbeck (England) captures a magical moment on the African meadow, at the foot of one of the world's greatest peaks. The clear weather to the top of Kilimanjaro can be seen clearly even up to 40 km away. The image is made up of three classic parts found in many other successful works, in this case the distant mountain, cloud layer and the dusty elephant group close-up. Soon after Martyn caught the sight, the cloud faded into the mountains and the elephants were disturbed. Photos of the Nature category in a series of black and white photos.

The swan cry at dawn

The swans in Hokkaido, Japan, where temperatures can drop to -20 degrees Celsius.
Martin Eisenhawer from Germany, but a photo of him photographing swans in Hokkaido, Japan. It was a cold February morning, and the lake surface was partially covered by ice. But the lake is still a warm lake, and there are water surfaces exposed to the birds swimming. Photos won under the category Animal in their environment.

Herd of fish

The fish has a terrifying appearance, one of the largest carnivores in the Red Sea reef.
The scene that Alexander Mustard blinks in the water is one of the rare depths. The eyes were immediately attracted by the face of a predator in the Red Sea coral reef. Only slowly do you realize that this threatening creature is surrounded by a crowd of other fish. Alexander, the British, arrived at the tip of the Sinai peninsula, Egypt in June, dedicated to photographing fish and other fish during their breeding season. Tilapia often live alone, but in the breeding season, they gather into large groups. The winning photo belongs to the category of Animal Portrait.

The banquet of toad

To get this picture, Ruben put the camera on the pond bottom.
The photo of Dutch photographer Ruben Smit recorded one of the basic behaviors of animals: sex. Every spring, large migratory frogs mate in the Veluwe lake, on the outskirts of the city of Arnhem.

T. An ( according to BBC )