26 impressive shots of the winners Nature World Photography Awards

Announced the winners of the Nature World Photography Awards this year. The best picture was called the work of canadian photographer Thomas Vijana, which caught in his camera sight borrascoso orangutan, descending from the tree. Photographer spent several hours in the hope of making the frame you want — and it worked!

"The world turned upside down". Thomas Vijayan. The main prize of the competition

Elephant named Ulysses, Kenya. Harry Skeggs

"The kiss". Common brown frogs in the natural Park of aveto, Genoa, Italy. Vittorio Ricci

Freediving with a shoal of fish. Coast of Hawaii. Andre Fajardo

Nephrolepis pine nature reserve in the Three Sisters Wilderness Area, Oregon, USA. Robert Novak

Northern giant Petrel. Naomi Rose. 2 place in category "People and nature"

Buffalo. Hoedspruit, South Africa. , Heiko Menigen

Fox walking on a log in the cold night. Vladimir Cech, Czech Republic

Great horned owl in all its glory. Alberta, Canada. Dale Floors. 1st place in the category "Animals in their environment"

Ants weavers who live in the trees and build nests of larval silk. Janus Of Olajuwan Of Boediman, Indonesia

Butterfly-skipper. Leigh-on-sea, Essex, UK. Joseph Shaffery

Green crested lizard. Andy, Singapore. The entered the top three in the category of "Behavior of amphibians and reptiles"

White Rhino, South Africa. Darren Donovan

Bengal tiger in the reserve Tadoba Andhari in India. Nick Dale

Eurasian red squirrel. Femke Van Willigen. 3 place in category "Portraits of animals"

Swimming tiger cubs. Nabarun Majumdar, India

Mountain Cavallazza, South Tyrol, Italy. Alessandro Grucza

Burnt pine wood. Surrey, UK. Jasper Goodall

"Toad on the road", Tyndrum, Scotland. Graham The Moon. 2nd place in the category "the Behavior of amphibians and reptiles"

Sedge Wren doing the splits, Falkland Islands. Andy Pollard

"You are my sunshine". Lisa Roeder, California, United States

Sea slug. Colorado, USA. Melissa Robertson. 2nd place in the category of "Behavior of invertebrates"

Battle of lions. The Serengeti, Tanzania. Patrick Novotny. 1 place in category "mammal Behavior."

Swamp cypress, is the South-Eastern United States. Doron Talmi. 1 place in category "Plants and mushrooms"

The Peaks Of Alaska. Mark McInnis

African antelope Komori national Park Murchison falls, Uganda. Arlette Magiera