Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Portfolio 31

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Cruising along the seabed in the protected waters of Pangatalan Island in the Philippines, a horseshoe crab is accompanied by a trio of golden trevallies. ii) breach any of the ethical obligations set out below in Section 4 or Photograph Specification requirements set out below in Section 5. An entry fee waiver has been introduced for photographers entering the adult competition who live in these 50 countries.

Any entry that cannot be authenticated or is not of an acceptable quality will be disqualified. We reserve the right to ask you to supply a range of ‘before’ and ‘after’ original files for any photograph that requires further authentication. A further twenty-five (25) photographs from the Final Round of the Adult Competition and the Young Competition will be selected by the Jury and made available to the public for three (3) months for an online vote. These entries will be specially promoted including via social media and through any of our print or commercial partners. The entry with the most votes will receive the People’s Choice Special Award, with the next four (4) most popular entries being Highly Commended. However, the winner of the People’s Choice Special Award will not be considered for Wildlife Photographer of the Year. The tri-spine horseshoe crab is typically found living in the tropical waters off southeast Asia. There are actually four living species of horseshoe crabs, three of which can be found in the waters of the Pacific Ocean and one that is found along the Atlantic coastline of North America.Encouraging entries from around the world for the sixtieth edition, Wildlife Photographer of the Year will extend the entry fee waiver to photographers who live in Africa, Southeast Asia and Central and South America. These are three regions the competition has historically received less entries from. The WPY Exhibition, Touring Exhibitions and Related Exhibitions shall together be referred to as "the Exhibitions" in these Rules. Section 8 below sets out the specific license rights regarding the use of photographs given Awards. Kathy Moran, the Chair of the jury and editor, says, ‘To see a horseshoe crab so vibrantly alive in its natural habitat, in such a hauntingly beautiful way, was astonishing.’ iii) photographs must not portray captive, restrained, manipulated animals, animal models, taxidermy animals, and/or any other animal being exploited for profit. The only exception is when reporting on a specific issue regarding the treatment of animals by a third party, in which case you must make clear that the animal was captive, restrained, a model or a taxidermy animal. ii) an original photograph captured on camera by a photographer but submitted by you on behalf of the photographer, in which case you must inform us of the name of the photographer, and on request by us must provide written confirmation from the photographer that you are entitled to act on their behalf and that they fully accept and are bound by these Rules themselves.

After the launch of the flagship exhibition at the Natural History Museum, the exhibition will embark on a UK and international tour, bringing the emotive power of wildlife photography to millions of people. Your entry must be uploaded in JPEG format. High-quality scans of transparencies or negatives are also acceptable. Looking almost like an extraterrestrial spaceship, the gilded carapace of the arthropod gliding through the dark waters took the judging panel by surprise. When it comes to the tri-spine horseshoe crab specifically, there is a fossil from Lebanon dating to 100 million years old that is thought to belong to the same group as the living species. This means that the ancestors of the beautiful golden arthropod photographed by Laurent were swimming around the warm shallow seas whilst Tyrannosaurus rex stalked the land and pterosaurs soared in the skies.The Natural History Museum’s touring Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition displays the spectacular work of the competition winners before touring internationally. Along with a substantial cash prize for the Grand Title award winners, the 100 selected photographs will also feature in a limited-edition hardcover book, on digital platforms and across global media. Visit, join and support the Natural History Museum today. Protecting the planet. It's in our nature. The trunk that survives is the marine species, but I think that an important part of the story of these animals is that lost diversity, partly in what they were looking like but also in the lost ecologies.’ In consideration for the chance to win an Award for an photograph you submit to the Competition, you hereby grant to us and the Museum the right to reproduce, publicise and exhibit that photograph in any medium (including but not limited to physical copies, electronic copies and on social media) to enable it to be judged for an Award by the Jury or a public vote. Rules and categories will be translated into 15 languages: Chinese, Japanese, Russian, French, Arabic, Finnish, German, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Swahili, Italian, Bengali, Hindi and Portuguese.

iii) that you will be liable to us, and the Museum in respect of any damages or losses incurred as a result of a breach of the Rules by you. The Competition comprises an Adult Competition open to photographers aged 18 and over, and a Young Competition open to photographers aged 17 and under. Dr Greg Edgecombe is a palaeontologist at the Natural History Museum who specialises in the early evolution of arthropods, which includes horseshoe crabs.

The annual Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is free to enter for photographers aged 17 and under, and cash prizes will be awarded to each winner of the three categories in the young competition. To further inspire and support the next generation of wildlife photographers, the young Grand Title winner will also receive a two-day masterclass with a professional photographer. You can submit a maximum of twenty five (25) photographs in total regardless of how many of the above categories you submit entries for. This includes: These early animals had the characteristic curved shield-like carapace, but whether or not they are classed as horseshoe crabs is open to debate. An entry fee waiver has been introduced for photographers entering the adult competition from countries in Africa, Southeast Asia, and Central and South America. i) between six (6) and ten (10) photographs for the Photojournalist Story Award per story. You may submit up to two (2) stories only to this category. A maximum of six (6) images will be selected by the Jury per story.