Beauty of the animal

The unparalleled beauty of the animal world summed up through 33 beautiful photographs of the National Geographic contest

The National Geographic site is currently inviting photographers around the world to sign up for their annual contest and deliver their best shots.

Before knowing the winners, the annual "National Geographic Nature 

Photographer of the Year" contest invites photographers to submit their best photographs for several weeks.

 The participation will end on November 17 and already, we can discover a lot of beautiful shots on nature and wildlife.

The contest is divided into four categories: Wildlife, Landscapes, Aerial and Underwater. We invite you to discover thirty snapshots of animals competing in this contest:

1 -

ERNIE BLACK

2 –

HENRY CHAN

3 –

GE XIAO

4 –

M. ENGELMANN

5 –

SHANE GROSS

6 –

PEDRO CARRILLO

7 –

SHANE KALYN

8 –

AMY GULICK

9 –

DAN CHARITYKATIA BENINI

10 –

GE XIAO

11 –

HARRY COLLINS

12 –

CAROLYN WATSON

13 –

ADAM ZAFF

14 –

LUKASZ PRAJZNER

15 –

GARY ZENG

16 –

MARIO SUAREZ PORRAS

17 –

MANISH MANDHYAN

18 –

MIKE KOROSTELEV

19 –

DAN CHARITY

20 –

KANT LIANG

21 –

BO DABI

22 –

STEVEN KOVACS

23 –

LARS LYKKE

24 –

ANUAR PATJANE FLORIUK

25 –

SONALINI KHETRAPAL

26 –

ANAT GUTMAN

27 –

FLORIAN LEDOUX

28 –

AARON BAGGENSTOS

29 –

JENNIFER STONE

30 –

JAYAPRAKASH JOGHEE BOJAN

31 –

JOËL FISCHER

32 –

CHAN KWOK HUNG

33 –

LANCE MCMILLAN

Source : National Geographie