No damsel in distress. Professional Joe Petersburger of Pécs, Hungary won first place for this picture of a damselfly known formally as the Formosan jewelwing.
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"This dramatic scene from Botswana’s Nxai Pan National Park looks like the end for this zebra," according to photographer Nicholas R. Bryan of Hong Kong who won first place in the mammal, amateur, category. But Bryan says the wounded zebra actually, miraculously, escaped the lioness.
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Min-Hsiung Huang of Taiwan was a grand prize winner in the amateur category for this picture of a kingfisher, shot from a photo blind Huang built near a wildlife refuge.
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Another grand prize winner, this photo of a manatee was taken at Florida's Crystal River by David B. Fleetham of Lahaina, Hawaii. Fleetham is a professional wildlife photographer.
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Durand J. Johnson of Layton, Utah shows that moonlighting as a photographer can pay dividends. This image of the Milky Way Zion National Park was taken at 3 a.m. It won him first place in the amateur category for landscapes.
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National Wildlife Announces Winners Of Photo Contest

Dazzling Images Judged Tops From Nearly 50,000 Entries

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How deep is the visual connection between people and animals?  One metric is the unquantifiable number of photographs taken of wildlife. Shooters, professional and amateur alike, take pride in their interpretations, and the best of thebest are extraordinary.

Every year since 1971, the magazine published by the National Wildlife Federation ha shosted a wildlife photo contest. Winning images have solidified the reputationof pros and helped to launch careers of weekend lenspeople capturing definingmoments in nature.

In 2010, NWF received almost 50,000 entries in a range of categories.  Wildlife Art Journal offers a small sampling of some of the winners, above, in the gallery and we encourage readersto visit the NWF site to see the full list.  The federation has a tips page to guide prospective shooters thinking of entering the 2011 competition.
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'A sampling of winners from the 2010 National Wildlife Federation's photography contest that attracted over 50,000 entries.  '

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