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Details for the 2016 competition will be announced soon.
The 2015 winners are:
Overall winner:
The expression goes “slowly, slowly catch the monkey”, as this leopard could attest to.
Image by Chris Renshaw. Wildlife/Scenic category.
See the photographer’s notes here.
Audience favourite (winner of most votes):
Image by Ari Beser. Wildlife/Scenic category.
Category winners:
1.Wildlife / scenic
The expression goes “slowly, slowly catch the monkey”, as this leopard could attest to.
Image by Chris Renshaw. Wildlife/Scenic category.
See the photographer’s notes here.
2. People / culture
A Suri child finds protection during a rainstorm in Ethiopia.
Image by Trevor Cole. People/Culture category.
See the photographer’s notes here
3. Travel
A school of fish towers over a diver at Pinnacles off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa.
Image by Aaron Gekoski. Travel category.
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Finalists:
Aerial view over a bend in Zambia’s Luangwa River.
Image by Shirli Carswell. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A graphic journey of giraffes in Kenya’s Maasai Mara.
Image by Jan Vermeer. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A baby mountain gorilla basks in the steely gaze of an adult.
Image by Byron Thomas. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A black-backed jackal pursues a Burchell’s sandgrouse in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
Image by Willem Kruger. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A frenetic river crossing during the annual migration through Kenya’s Maasai Mara.
Image by Shirli Carswell. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A Queen finds her throne.
Image by Ana Zinger. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A locust takes flight in Walter Sisulu Botanical Gardens in Roodepoort, South Africa.
Image by Ernest Porter. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A lion’s claws fixed on the leg of its giraffe prey in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania.
Image by Stijn Cavens. Wildlife/Scenic category.
A black-backed jackal ensconced in an elephantine meal in Addo National Park, South Africa.
Image by Thinus Maritz. Wildlife/Scenic category.
Hamar woman in the market town of Turmi in Ethiopia.
Image by Trevor Cole. People/Culture category.
A young Himba boy runs to catch up with a family member in the arid Kunene region of Namibia.
Image by Devon Macrae. People/Culture category.
Negotiating the sands of Namibia.
Image by Pavol Straňák. Travel category.
