Photographer Of The Year Contest

The Winners Of The 2016 National Geographic Nature Photographer Of The Year Contest   National Geographic has just announced the results of the prestigious 2016 Nature Photographer of the Year contest. As you can see from the pictures below, the judges had a hard time choosing the very best image!     Honorable Mention, Environmental Issues: No Snow, No Ice? Barter Islands       Third Place Winner, Landscape: Pacific Storm, Pacific Ocean       First Place Winner, Landscape: Struggle Of Life, Netherlands       Honorable Mention, Landscape: Serendipitous Green Meteor, India         First Place Winner, Animal Portraits: Dragging You Deep Into The Woods!         Honorable Mention, Animal Portraits: Puffin Studio, United Kingdom         Grand Prize Winner: Sardine Run, South Africa           Third Place Winner, Action: Changing Fortunes Of The Great Egret, Hungary         Second Place Winner, Action: Approach, Wray, Colorado         Honorable Mention, Action: Jellyfish Feast, New South Wales, Australia       Honorable Mention, Animal Portraits: Crow Chasing Puffy Owl         First Place Winner, Environmental Issues: Life And Death, Svalbard And Jan Mayen         Honorable Mention, Environmental Issues: Wildfire At The Beach, Spain         Second Place Winner, Landscape: Wild Rink, Italy       Third Place Winner, Animal Portraits: Friendship Knows No Color, Spain         Honorable Mention, Environmental Issues: American Flowers #1, Greenland       Second Place Winner, Animal Portraits: Proud Momma, Florida         Third Place Winner, Environmental Issues: Toxic Vanity, United Kingdom         Second Place Winner, Environmental Issues: The View Outside Facebook Hq, California