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Sardine Run ... During the sardines’ migration along the coast of South Africa, all marine predators are looking for sardines! I was lucky to be at the right place at the right time to photograph their capture. Location: South Africa. Picture: Greg Lecoeur (FR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
1/20Sardine Run ... During the sardines’ migration along the coast of South Africa, all marine predators are looking for sardines! I was lucky to be at the right place at the right time to photograph their capture. Location: South Africa. Picture: Greg Lecoeur (FR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Sensazioni, Etna In Eruzione ... This image shows the magnificence of erupting magma, ash and gas, during the first days of December 2015, which rose to a height of several kilometers above the summit of Mount Etna. Location: Cesarò (ME). Picture: Giuseppe Mario Famiani (IT)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
2/20Sensazioni, Etna In Eruzione ... This image shows the magnificence of erupting magma, ash and gas, during the first days of December 2015, which rose to a height of several kilometers above the summit of Mount Etna. Location: Cesarò (ME). Picture: Giuseppe Mario Famiani (IT)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Smile ... During a Dharma assembly in the monastery of Labrang Lamasery, due to the heavy snow, all the monks’ robes were covered with a thick layer of snow. When a young Lama was looking back with a smile, the photographer captured his smiling face. Location: Labrang Lamasery, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, Gansu Province, China. Picture: Jianjun Huang (CN)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
3/20Smile ... During a Dharma assembly in the monastery of Labrang Lamasery, due to the heavy snow, all the monks’ robes were covered with a thick layer of snow. When a young Lama was looking back with a smile, the photographer captured his smiling face. Location: Labrang Lamasery, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Gannan, Gansu Province, China. Picture: Jianjun Huang (CN)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Orangutan In The Rain ... I was taking pictures of some Orangutans in Bali when it started to rain. Just before I put my camera away, I saw this Orangutan take a taro leaf and put it on top of its head to protect himself from the rain, and I immediately caught the moment. Location: Bali, Indonesia. Picture: Andrew Suryono (ID)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
4/20Orangutan In The Rain ... I was taking pictures of some Orangutans in Bali when it started to rain. Just before I put my camera away, I saw this Orangutan take a taro leaf and put it on top of its head to protect himself from the rain, and I immediately caught the moment. Location: Bali, Indonesia. Picture: Andrew Suryono (ID)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Arctic Urban Skiing ... A friend skiing at night, descends a 10 meter high clifftop in Tromso, Norway. The challenge was quite demanding because the night was much darker than it appears in the photo. So much so, that it was impossible to see where one might land. The image is the result of a long exposure and the use of a specific flash pointed to capture the subject during action. Location: Tromsø, Norway. Picture: Audun Rikardsen (NO)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
5/20Arctic Urban Skiing ... A friend skiing at night, descends a 10 meter high clifftop in Tromso, Norway. The challenge was quite demanding because the night was much darker than it appears in the photo. So much so, that it was impossible to see where one might land. The image is the result of a long exposure and the use of a specific flash pointed to capture the subject during action. Location: Tromsø, Norway. Picture: Audun Rikardsen (NO)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Relationship ... The polar bear spends most of its time on land. When it gets too hot, it slowly slides into the pool and swims as if it were floating in weightlessness. Everything changes at feeding time, when the polar bear becomes very active and can be very interesting to watch. Location: Singapore Zoo. Picture: Alla Sokolova (FR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
6/20Relationship ... The polar bear spends most of its time on land. When it gets too hot, it slowly slides into the pool and swims as if it were floating in weightlessness. Everything changes at feeding time, when the polar bear becomes very active and can be very interesting to watch. Location: Singapore Zoo. Picture: Alla Sokolova (FR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Osprey Fishing ... This picture was taken on a summer evening from a hut in the Osprey Foundation’s Pohtiolampi Osprey Center in Kangasala, Finland. The Osprey was successful and captured a fish. Location: Kangasala, Finland. Picture: Tommi Kurkela (FI)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
7/20Osprey Fishing ... This picture was taken on a summer evening from a hut in the Osprey Foundation’s Pohtiolampi Osprey Center in Kangasala, Finland. The Osprey was successful and captured a fish. Location: Kangasala, Finland. Picture: Tommi Kurkela (FI)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
The Make Up ... This little boy was being painted like Lord Krishna as preparation for acting in a village drama, while little Radha was looking on with intense curiosity. Location: India. Picture: Sanghamitra Sarkar (IN)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
8/20The Make Up ... This little boy was being painted like Lord Krishna as preparation for acting in a village drama, while little Radha was looking on with intense curiosity. Location: India. Picture: Sanghamitra Sarkar (IN)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Sharing Resources ... During winter in northern Norway, large biomasses of herring have overwintered in fjords during 3-4 dark winter months in recent years. This has attracted hundreds of whales and fishing vessels. The killer whales have learned the sound of the boats when they haul their herring bag nets and get attracted to the boats in hopes of an easy meal of leftover herring. A single exposure where Audun has used a self-made underwater housing. Location: Tromsø, Norway. Picture: Audun Rikardsen (NO)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
9/20Sharing Resources ... During winter in northern Norway, large biomasses of herring have overwintered in fjords during 3-4 dark winter months in recent years. This has attracted hundreds of whales and fishing vessels. The killer whales have learned the sound of the boats when they haul their herring bag nets and get attracted to the boats in hopes of an easy meal of leftover herring. A single exposure where Audun has used a self-made underwater housing. Location: Tromsø, Norway. Picture: Audun Rikardsen (NO)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Dialogue ... Don’t expect it will be easier or simpler in the future. It won’t be. There will always be difficulties. Learn to be happy right now, otherwise, it might be too late. Location: Singapore Zoo. Picture: Alla Sokolova (FR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
10/20Dialogue ... Don’t expect it will be easier or simpler in the future. It won’t be. There will always be difficulties. Learn to be happy right now, otherwise, it might be too late. Location: Singapore Zoo. Picture: Alla Sokolova (FR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Playing In The Sky ... This is Monte Piana (2324m) in the Italian Dolomites, above the small town of Misurina during the International Highline festival. The mountain is popular with walkers, and in particular slack liners, who come to take advantage of the mountains’ numerous buttresses, suspending thin lines between the spectacular cliffs and then attempting to walk over the gaps. Location: Monte Piana. Picture: James Rushforth (GB)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
11/20Playing In The Sky ... This is Monte Piana (2324m) in the Italian Dolomites, above the small town of Misurina during the International Highline festival. The mountain is popular with walkers, and in particular slack liners, who come to take advantage of the mountains’ numerous buttresses, suspending thin lines between the spectacular cliffs and then attempting to walk over the gaps. Location: Monte Piana. Picture: James Rushforth (GB)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Firefalls ... For two weeks out of the year, the sun aligns just right with Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park where the waterfall glows like lava a few minutes before sunset. To get prime real estate for this shot, I set up my tripod six hours before sunset along the bank of the Merced river with over 200 other photographers. I waited for the swirling mist to rise up the waterfall, and on the second evening produced this magical image. Location: Yosemite National Park, CA. Picture: Nicki Frates (US)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
12/20Firefalls ... For two weeks out of the year, the sun aligns just right with Horsetail Falls in Yosemite National Park where the waterfall glows like lava a few minutes before sunset. To get prime real estate for this shot, I set up my tripod six hours before sunset along the bank of the Merced river with over 200 other photographers. I waited for the swirling mist to rise up the waterfall, and on the second evening produced this magical image. Location: Yosemite National Park, CA. Picture: Nicki Frates (US)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
A Man Feeding Swans In The Snow ... This photograph was taken in Krakow, from the Grunwald bridge. The nature-created contrast of white snow and dark water, separated by the straight line of the waterfront, serves as a reflection of the Yin-Yang symbol which represents opposing yet complementary forces. Location: Poland (Krakow). Picture: Marcin Ryczek (PL)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
13/20A Man Feeding Swans In The Snow ... This photograph was taken in Krakow, from the Grunwald bridge. The nature-created contrast of white snow and dark water, separated by the straight line of the waterfront, serves as a reflection of the Yin-Yang symbol which represents opposing yet complementary forces. Location: Poland (Krakow). Picture: Marcin Ryczek (PL)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Song In Tea House ... A tea plantation in Jinlu village , Yinjiang Town, Yingjiang District of Ningbo City, which is famous for its tea production in the Zhejiang Province. Among thousands of acres of high-quality, ecological tea plantations, between large waves of luxuriant green, the presence of working girls gives the scene liveliness. Location: Jinlu village, Yinjiang Town, Yingjiang District of Ningbo City, China. Picture: Hong Ding (CN)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
14/20Song In Tea House ... A tea plantation in Jinlu village , Yinjiang Town, Yingjiang District of Ningbo City, which is famous for its tea production in the Zhejiang Province. Among thousands of acres of high-quality, ecological tea plantations, between large waves of luxuriant green, the presence of working girls gives the scene liveliness. Location: Jinlu village, Yinjiang Town, Yingjiang District of Ningbo City, China. Picture: Hong Ding (CN)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Strawberry Greenhouses ... To take this shot, I had to climb a relief which allowed me to include interesting, colored greenhouses located near Nazilli. To make the picture more interesting, I waited for the moment when a Turkish peasant who was working with the strawberries entered the frame. Location: Nazilli - Aydin - Turkey. Picture: Leyla Emektar (TR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
15/20Strawberry Greenhouses ... To take this shot, I had to climb a relief which allowed me to include interesting, colored greenhouses located near Nazilli. To make the picture more interesting, I waited for the moment when a Turkish peasant who was working with the strawberries entered the frame. Location: Nazilli - Aydin - Turkey. Picture: Leyla Emektar (TR)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Pilots ... During Djibouti’s winter season, juvenile whale sharks aggregate in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Tadjoura. As part of a research team studying these juvenile sharks, I had the opportunity to photograph them and their associated fauna. Here, a school of golden pilot fish accompanies a juvenile whale shark and forms a memorable and colourful line in front of the shark’s mouth. Location: Djibouti. Picture: David Robinson (AE)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
16/20Pilots ... During Djibouti’s winter season, juvenile whale sharks aggregate in the coastal waters of the Gulf of Tadjoura. As part of a research team studying these juvenile sharks, I had the opportunity to photograph them and their associated fauna. Here, a school of golden pilot fish accompanies a juvenile whale shark and forms a memorable and colourful line in front of the shark’s mouth. Location: Djibouti. Picture: David Robinson (AE)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Phan Rang Fishing Net Making ... In a small village in southern Vietnam near Phan Rang, a woman wearing a typical cone hat is creating a fishing net in their traditional manner. The manufacturing of handmade nets is still a typical Vietnamese activity for women which they carry on while their husbands are out fishing. Location: Vietnam. Picture: Danny Yen Sin Wong (MY)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
17/20Phan Rang Fishing Net Making ... In a small village in southern Vietnam near Phan Rang, a woman wearing a typical cone hat is creating a fishing net in their traditional manner. The manufacturing of handmade nets is still a typical Vietnamese activity for women which they carry on while their husbands are out fishing. Location: Vietnam. Picture: Danny Yen Sin Wong (MY)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Heaven And Earth ... Jellyfish under the Aurora Borealis off the coast of Northern Norway, close to Tromsø. Single exposure, focus and opening adjusted during the exposure. Location: Tromsø, Norway. Picture: Audun Rikardsen (NO)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
18/20Heaven And Earth ... Jellyfish under the Aurora Borealis off the coast of Northern Norway, close to Tromsø. Single exposure, focus and opening adjusted during the exposure. Location: Tromsø, Norway. Picture: Audun Rikardsen (NO)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Scream Of Death ... The snake in this photograph is curled in defense, knowing that its best chance for survival lies in attacking the much larger Crested Serpent Eagle. Location: South Borneo. Picture: Antonius Andre Tjiu (ID)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
19/20Scream Of Death ... The snake in this photograph is curled in defense, knowing that its best chance for survival lies in attacking the much larger Crested Serpent Eagle. Location: South Borneo. Picture: Antonius Andre Tjiu (ID)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
Warp Speed ... I took this shot while traveling to Tokyo on the Yurikamome Line which takes its name from the common black-headed gull which populates the bay of said Japanese capital. Location: Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Mike Hollman (NZ)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
20/20Warp Speed ... I took this shot while traveling to Tokyo on the Yurikamome Line which takes its name from the common black-headed gull which populates the bay of said Japanese capital. Location: Tokyo, Japan. Picture: Mike Hollman (NZ)/Siena International Photo Awards 2016
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