Beautiful images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

14 Oct 2016 11:20 AM IST

The images bring out the beauty of the wilderness.

The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year is the most prestigious competition in its category (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
Photographer Sam Hobson spent two months to get acquainted with a family of foxes in Bristol to click this picture (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
It took photographer Audun Rikardsen around 18 months to finally get this shot of an orca feeding near Norway (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
This horrifying image sheds light on the armadillo trade in China and Indonesia, as the species faces extinction due to demand for it's meat and scales (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
The photographer followed this linnet until it settled down in Bulgaria's Rila mountains (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
This image of a wolverine was taken in a remote forest of Kajaani, Finland (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
Indian photographer Dhyey Shah is a finalist for this image of a Golden Langur, which is found in Assam and Bhutan (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)
The competition was started in 1962 and is organised by the National History Museum in London (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)

The Wildlife Photographer Of The Year is the most prestigious competition in its category (Photo: Facebook/Wildlife Photographer Of The Year)

The images bring out the beauty of the wilderness.