CAPTURING LIFE, DEATH

Credit: Adrian Bailey

Winners At Beholding: The Veolia Environment Photo Awards

By Elizabeth C.

A BABOON STUDIES A DEAD BIRD AT Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park. The photo was taken by Adrian Bailey, among the winners of this year's Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

"He was almost circumspect, gazing at the body as though in deep thought,' said Adrian.

Bailey's snap was honored in the adult photography category.

More winners on the jump.

Credit: Fergus Gill

Fergus Gill was 17 years old when he snapped this photo he titled "The Frozen Moment." The thrush is eating a berry from a rowan tree on a day when the temperature outside was -17 degrees Celcius outside.

Credit: Bence Mate

Bence Máté of Hungary won for this image entitled "Fire on the Pantanal." Mate called the scene "'the awe-inspiring sight."

Credit: Jordi Chias Pujo

A cautionary tale for us all. The photographer Jordi Chias Pujo came across this turtle while sailing the Balearic Islands.

"The poor creature must have been trapped for some days, it was so badly knotted up,'' said Pujo."I felt as though it were looking at me for help as it tried to bite through the netting."

Jordi saved the endangered turtle; how many more have been lost?