SIPA 2017, The World’s Most Prestigious Photo Contest Has Just Announced Its Winners and The Photographs Are Mind-Blowing

By Andrew Alpin, 11 December 2017

7Journeys and Adventures-3rd place-Eve teasing-Pronob Ghosh-Ind (BD)

Taken in Lalbagh, Bangalore India, this is an incredible shot with a very suitable caption symbolic of the harassment and eve teasing women face in India.

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8Animals in the Environment-1st place-Attack-Sergey Gorshkov (RU)

Take in Wrangel Island, Russia where millions of snow geese come to nest from North America. The area is the world’s largest breeding ground for snow geese where arctic foxes regularly come to prey in the eggs.

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9Animals in the Environment-2nd place-Pandas gone-wild-Ami Vitali (US)

This was taken in Wolong China and is a shot of YeYe a 16-year-old Panda in Wolong conservation center. Her Cub was recently released into the wild after two years of special training.

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10Animals in their Environment-3rd place-Baby Sea Lion-Fillipo Borghi-(IT)

While the photographer was diving in the waters off Mexico, he came across this baby sea lion and clicked the photo instantly.

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11Animals in their Environment-honorable mention-different ways-Panos Laskarakis-(GR)

A spectacular photo taken on a winter morning on the border of Namibia and Angola. These are antelopes that usually cross this area of the desert to locate water.

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12Animals in the wild-Remarkable award- L’ora Del Lunch-Marco Mercuri (IT)

This is a fantastic shot of bears having just climbed out of the water searching for fish. The guy in the middle has a real mean expression on his face too.

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13Animals in their environment-remarkable award-Peak-Peter Sabok (HR)

Truly deserving of a remarkable award, this shot of a kingfisher with its food and sitting o a branch even as the frost is melting is beyond words.

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