2008最佳野生动物图片 - 老虎吧

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总冠军
印度荷米斯国家公园（Hemis National Park），一头雪豹正隐蔽潜行。在美国摄影师史蒂芬·温特（Steve Winter）的这幅国家地理杂志获奖图片中，雪豹恰如其名。
2008年10月30日，“暴风雪中的豹”在2008野生动物年度摄影家大赛中被评为所有组别最佳图片。这项赛事由伦敦自然史博物馆和BBC野生动物杂志举办。
“这是我做过的最艰难的题材，因为山脉的海拔和险峻，”这位美国摄影师告诉国家地理，“夜里温度是零下30度（华氏温标）（摄氏温度约为零下34度，译者注）。”
超过十个月的时间里，温特的14个“照相机陷进（camera traps）”拍摄了超过30，000张图像，以追踪这种濒危的大猫。
野生的雪豹数量只剩下3500只左右。
Overall Winner
Stalking India's Hemis National Park, a snow leopard lives up to its name in U.S. photographer Steve Winter's award-winning National Geographic magazine image.
On October 30, 2008, "Snowstorm Leopard" was named best overall photo in the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Natural History of London and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
"This is the hardest story I have ever done because of the altitude and the steepness of the mountains," the U.S. photographer told National Geographic. "At night it was 30 below zero [Fahrenheit]."
Over ten months Winter's 14 "camera traps" shot more than 30,000 frames in pursuit of the endangered cat. (See more snow leopard photos by Winter.)
As few as 3,500 snow leopards remain in the wild.
(The National Geographic Society owns both National Geographic News and National Geographic magazine.)
--James Owen
—Photograph by Steve Winter/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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“水下世界”组别冠军
这张人与鲸鱼体型相映成趣的图片获得了本次大赛水下世界组别的冠军。
图片是作者布莱恩·斯克里（Brian Skerry）受国家地理杂志委派前往新西兰奥克兰群岛附近拍摄的。那里有一个南脊美鲸“原生态种群”，用斯克里的话来说，在10年前才刚刚被发现。
这位美国摄影师说他安排了助手毛利西奥·汉德勒（图中人）作为这头友好的70吨重庞然大物的诱饵。
“这些鲸对我们很好奇。他们中的许多之前还从没有见过人类。”斯克里告诉国家地理新闻。
Winner, "Underwater World" Category
Man and whale size each other up in the winner of the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition's underwater category, announced on October 30, 2008.
The photo was taken by Brian Skerry on assignment for National Geographic magazine off New Zealand's Auckland Islands, where a "pristine population" of southern right whales, in Skerry's words, was discovered only ten years ago (more right whale photos by Skerry).
The U.S. photographer said he had deployed his assistant Mauricio Handler (pictured) as bait for this friendly 70-ton giant.
"The whales were highly curious of us. Many of these animals had never seen a human before," Skerry told National Geographic News.
(The National Geographic Society owns both National Geographic magazine and National Geographic News.)
—Photograph by Brian Skerry/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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“动物行为：哺乳动物”组别冠军
法国摄影师西里尔·鲁沃索在坦桑尼亚贡贝国家公园的密林中追逐着捕猎中的黑猩猩的尖叫声——并拍下了这张2008野生动物年度摄影师大赛的获奖作品，奖项于10月30日在伦敦发布。
中间那只处于统治地位的家伙，并不愿意分享他的半只野猪。这是一只31岁的雄性，唤作弗雷多，是他所在群体的领头猎手。
“弗雷多是个战士，”鲁沃索说，“在80%的时间里是他抓住了猎物。”
对于贡贝的黑猩猩来讲，像这样大的猎物是很少见的，他们的目标多是小猴子，鲁沃索说。
Winner, "Animal Behavior: Mammals" Category
French photographer Cyril Ruoso pursued the screams of hunting chimpanzees through dense forests in Tanzania's Gombe National Park--and captured this winner of the 2008 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, announced October 30, 2008, in London.
The central and dominant figure, unwilling to share his half of a wild pig, is a 31-year-old male known as Frodo, lead hunter of his group.
"Frodo is a warrior," Ruoso said. "He catches the prey 80 percent of the time." (Learn more about Frodo.)
Such a large catch is rare for Gombe's chimpanzees, which usually target small monkeys, Ruoso said. (See more photos of Gombe chimps.)
—Photograph by Cyril Ruoso/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

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