Stunning wildlife images featured in London's Natural History Museum photography competition
Twist and Jump by Jose Manuel Grandío, SpainHighly Commended, Behaviour: Mammals /Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Wildlife Photographer of the Year is developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.
A sneak peek at stunning photos from the Natural History Museum, London’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition are here.
This year marks the 60th competition and will showcase 100 photographs from around the world.
To celebrate the competition’s 60th anniversary, the museum’s flagship exhibition will feature a timeline of key moments in the competition’s history, according to a news release.
Here’s a look at some of this year’s "Highly Commended" images.
Tens of thousands of entries
This year’s competition attracted a record-breaking 59,228 entries from photographers of all ages and experience levels. Entries came in from 117 countries across the world, the museum said.
Among the entries are the Highly Commended images, which were released by the museum on Thursday.
There are several categories for the competition which include Grand Title an Young Grand Title, the museum said.
The winners won’t be announced until Oct. 8 during a ceremony hosted by wildlife TV presenters and conservationists Chris Packham and Megan McCubbin.
This year, there's been an addition of a new award in both the young and adult competitions called the Impact Award. This award recognizes a conservation success story.
"In this selection you see species diversity, a range of behavior and conservation issues. These images represent the evolution of the competition through the years, from pure natural history to photography that fully embraces representation of the natural world - the beauty and the challenges. It is a powerful selection with which to kickstart a milestone anniversary," said chair of the judging panel, Kathy Moran.
The exhibit will be open to the public on Oct. 11 and will be available to view until June 29, 2025.