Photographer Greg du Toit was named Wildlife
Photographer of the Year 2013 by the panel of international judges, on 17
October 2013 at the awards ceremony held at Natural History Museum in London.
He was given the award for his image Essence
of elephants-an energetic and lively portrait of African elephants in the
Northern Tuli Games Reserve in Botswana. Greg du Toit is from South Africa. He
won the award beating almost 43000 contestants from across 96 countries. Chair
of the judging panel was wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg.
Fourteen-year-old photographer from India Udayan Rao Pawar
won the award as Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2013 for his image Mother’s
little headful. This image depicts
the gharial crocodiles on the banks of the Chambal River in Madhya Pradesh,
India. This area is increasingly under threat from illegal sand mining and
fishing.
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