Among the 25 most beautiful nature photos of the year, two French people are selected

PHOTOS – And you, what is your favorite photograph? The Natural History Museum in London has selected 25 striking images for the People's Choice Award for the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year prize. As the name suggests, it's up to the public to choose the image they think deserves to win the title of best wildlife photo of the year.

Among the contenders for the title, four British, five Americans, but also two French: Samuel Bloch and Vincent Premel. The first, as you can see in the photo at the top of the article, immortalized a northern giant petrel, sitting on its nest at the edge of a forest on Enderby Island, New Zealand. As Sky News points out, these large seabirds can fly above the waves for weeks without returning to dry land.

Vincent Premel, for his part, offers a hypnotic photograph of a Suriname tree frog with golden eyes. Puffing out her cheeks, which are actually vocal bags, she prepares to croak loudly to call for a partner. This sound is so powerful that it can be heard hundreds of meters away, explains Sky News, which specifies that this moment was immortalized after the first rains in French Guiana after a long period of drought.

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The other photographs are just as breathtaking. The writing of the HuffPost for example, has a crush on this ermine that you could miss without a careful look. Immaculate, in snow which is just as immaculate, she stands facing the camera (bottom left). It is the Belgian Michel d'Oultremont who is the author of this whiter than white photo, taken in Belgium.

Michel d’Oultremont/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Among the 25 most beautiful nature photos of the year, that of Belgian Michel d'Oultremont

The British David Northall, for his part, photographed a bloody honeycomb that looked like a cactus after tasting the thorny tusk of a Cape porcupine. He finally had to give up his hunt.

David Northall/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Among the 25 most beautiful nature photos of the year, that of the British David Northall

The Czech Ivan Ivanek offers the shot of an intimate moment, that of the frolic of a couple of red-footed doucs in the forests of the Son Tra peninsula in Vietnam. These critically endangered primates are only found in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, says Sky News.

Pic : Ivan Ivanek/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Among the 25 most beautiful nature photos of the year, that of Czech Ivan Ivanek

The following photo took 27 days to see the light of day. Hungarian Bence Mate waited patiently to photograph this European Roller defending its territory against a small owl in Kiskunság National Park, Hungary.

Bence Mate/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Among the 25 most beautiful nature photos of the year, that of Hungarian Bence Mate

This heartbreaking look of distress from a cheetah was immortalized by the Portuguese Jose Fragozo. This young feline was waiting to be sold in Ethiopia after being captured on its native plains in the Somali region. This little female was calling her mother when the photo was taken. The British media explains that she was transported for several days by camel to the northern coast of Somaliland.

Jose Fragozo/Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Among the 25 most beautiful nature photos of the year, that of the Portuguese Jose Fragozo

You can see the other photographs in the selection on the British museum website here and vote for your favorite until January 29. The winning image will be announced in February.

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