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PHOTOS: Best Wild Animal Pictures of 2009 Announced
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| October 22, 2009-
Posted on 10/26/2009 3:37:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono
Overall Winner "The Storybook Wolf"
This nighttime shot of a wolf leaping into a farm in northern Spain has been named overall winner of the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 competition.
The picture, by Spanish photographer Josi Luis Rodrmguez, was selected from more than 43,000 entries. Iberian wolves--a subspecies of the gray wolf--are extremely wary of humans after centuries of persecution. Rodrmguez captured the photograph using motion sensors and an infrared barrier to operate the camera.
"This wolf jumping over the farmer's enclosure with the supposed intent of killing his livestock speaks for itself--thousands of years of history are frozen in this masterfully executed moment," competition judge and nature photographer Jim Brandenburg said in a statement.
The winning image was announced at London's Natural History Museum, which jointly owns the annual photo competition with BBC Wildlife Magazine.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: contest; jpb; photo; photos; wildanimal; wildlife
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JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Thank you - the overall winner did it for me.
Hugs !!!
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To: Osage Orange
REally - no excuse on the wolf shot - he knew how much light there was and the distance - should have been a snap.
To: JoeProBono
That is one incredible shot. The eyes, and the framing of the manatee's face by that silt are incredible. Did you take it?
Here's a macro of a juvenile Red Irish Lord I took at the Keystone ferry jetty on Whidbey Island.
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That is my baby. Odd, her name is Shyla!!!
All she wants is to be hugged....
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It is one remarkable shot.
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