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PHOTOS: Best Wild Animal Pictures of 2009 Announced
nationalgeographic ^ | 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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41 posted on 10/26/2009 6:49:33 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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42 posted on 10/26/2009 6:54:42 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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43 posted on 10/26/2009 7:03:48 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Hold on buster. I don't think so.............

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44 posted on 10/26/2009 7:10:28 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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45 posted on 10/26/2009 7:13:42 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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46 posted on 10/26/2009 7:16:57 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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47 posted on 10/26/2009 7:27:31 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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48 posted on 10/26/2009 7:30:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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The Oklahoma State Cheerleaders are a little wild, so I think they fit in.

49 posted on 10/26/2009 7:33:23 PM PDT by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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More! More!

Leni

50 posted on 10/26/2009 7:33:36 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Bill O'Reilly: 9/8/09: "Communism is not a threat to us anymore"-10/20/09: "Obama is not a Marxist")
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51 posted on 10/26/2009 7:39:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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This isn't "quite right"


52 posted on 10/26/2009 7:39:37 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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53 posted on 10/26/2009 7:40:51 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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54 posted on 10/26/2009 7:42:27 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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55 posted on 10/26/2009 7:43:42 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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56 posted on 10/26/2009 7:45:07 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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57 posted on 10/26/2009 7:47:01 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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58 posted on 10/26/2009 7:47:24 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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Sashimi on the hoof! Its gotta be fresh!!
59 posted on 10/26/2009 7:48:02 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If you cant tell if I'm being sarcastic...maybe I'm not.)
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60 posted on 10/26/2009 7:50:51 PM PDT by Daffynition (What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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