Winners of Nature's Best Photography
Through January 2013, the Natural History Museum is home to stunning photographs of wildlife around the world
- By Smithsonian.com
- Smithsonian.com, May 24, 2012
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(Peter Lik)
Plant Life Winner: Japanese Maple
“Standing beneath the canopy of this Japanese maple was an incredible feeling. I was in awe as the late afternoon light backlit the delicate leaves. Every branch told its own story, and I felt this special tree had so much to tell. As the sun sank toward the horizon, the tree came to life with an incredible display of color, shape, and texture—the rays burst into a star within the tree.” - Photographer Peter Lik
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Comments (10)
I'd love to have a calendar of some of these pics
Posted by Neal Becker on December 12,2012 | 05:52 PM
Beautiful birds. Their beaks are outstanding. I wonder, in the background if those are Albatross as well? Only the photographer know's that I guess. Either way I would have liked the photo more if it were pointed out towards the water, so all that you could see was the two subject bird's.
Posted by Bdouble on July 17,2012 | 10:39 PM
Nice shot. Just seeing their profile like that without seeing their prominent colors really makes them look big and powerful. They look like they are pre-historic. Exellent photograph.
Posted by Bdouble on July 17,2012 | 10:30 PM
Great photo. Very impressive view of the beetles jaws in action. I would have liked to see the whole body of the beetle as well. Their thorax is very large and interesting. I think it would have added to the shot. But still very good.
Posted by Bdouble on July 17,2012 | 10:25 PM
I absolutely love this photograph. I love the color and detail, especially in the fly. It's as perfect, if not more perfect than a model posing for the camera. And it also shows the broadness of nature. You see the wonder that are the two large, clear, popped out eye's of the snake, and on top with the fly, the mystery of what it must look like to see thru 99 eyes. Once in a lifetime photograph.
Posted by Bdouble on July 17,2012 | 10:17 PM
No disrespect intended but I don't think zoo or other "captive" shots should be included in "Nature's" Best Photography.
Posted by Robert on June 2,2012 | 06:32 AM
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Posted by Mary Edwards on June 1,2012 | 10:57 AM
Perfect timing
Posted by Francisco Olazabal on June 1,2012 | 09:20 AM
nice tree
Posted by Joel Arrington on May 31,2012 | 08:02 PM
Fabulous. Dangerous. Courageous. Delicately deadly yet simply real. I love this photo and the two forces taken. The photographer truly captures two entities in a perfect state of harmonic unison. Great shot!
Posted by Hannah yoo on May 25,2012 | 12:59 PM