Take a walk on the #Wild2020 side and discover the best photos from Agora's latest photography contest, featuring the world's best wildlife photography with more than 9219 photos submitted. A professional photographer from Indonesia @cymot won the contest with his photo 'Need to drink' that gathered the most votes during the 5 voting rounds on the free-to-use photography app.
The #Wild2020 contest was launched on February 21st on Agora, the mobile app where photographers, whether amateur or professional, can participate to international photo contests and express their own point of view through their incredible images for a chance to win recognition and cash prizes (from $1,000 to $25,000), and where the global audience can vote for the best creations of Humanity.
Octavi Royo, Agora's CEO and Co-founder said: "Free of rules, free of systems, free of plans. Living the present with full attention. This is what we see in the incredible pictures of the year from #Wild2020: life in its purest form."
@cymot's wild animals' photo 'Need to drink' gathered the most votes on the Agora app, crowning him with the #Wild2020 'Hero' title and rewarding him with a $1,000 cash prize.
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#21 Contemplating And Taking Pictures Of Puffins Is One Of The Best Experiences I Ever Had
Location: Faroe Islands
"During the early morning, I had the opportunity to see some puffins waking up and flying from the ocean to the cliffs. An early wake up did the magic after walking some kilometers uphill. I took the picture just before one of them was trying to land. The connection is emotion. Just me and one of my colleagues were there. That isolation made the connection even better."
@javito80 (Spain)
72points
#22 Wild Stag
Location: Scotland, UK
"Scotland has some of the most diverse wildlife in the UK. Seeing a wild stag up so close is magical, and capturing it on camera in the battering weathers even more so."
@joncleave (UK)
71points
#23 One Of These Special Moments...
Location: Hofen canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland
"I was observing this deer in the early morning, even before the first light sneaks over the field. With my binoculars, I could only spot its ears. I tried to get closer, slowly crept to the edge of the field and focused on its ears. First try... the deer lifted its head. The second try was this shot, after that the deer ran away: a lucky shot after all! With this image I want to sensitize people to care about our nature and its habitat... we live together with them and not against them."
@rizzolophotography.ch (Switzerland)
70points
#24 The Look In His Eyes Says Everything
Location: China
@michelle.wandering (Netherlands)
70points
#25 Humpback Whale
Location: Vava'u, Tonga
"He was a young humpback whale about 4 months old. He was very active, sometimes frying and hitting the fins of the sea surface. The whale's mom will support the calf up to about four months of age when the calf can breathe and swim well on its own. At the time, his mom was watching him. 2 years ago, I swam with him: an unforgettable memory."
@Reiko.takahashi (Japan)
67points
#26 Gura
"I was walking through the Katandra Treetops in Loro Park, a big area full of plants and trees where the birds move freely. You must be patient and lucky to get close to the birds. Thanks to my tele-zoom lens and a lot of patience I was able to spot this Gura."
@santiagolopezfotografia (Spain)
66points
#27 Nature Is Wild
Location: Peniche, Portugal
"When I looked at so much natural beauty and so much grandeur I thought how beautiful and wild nature is. We humans don't interfere in it, nature just renews and transforms itself..."
@olgacristal (Portugal)
66points
#28 Family Walk
Location: Kamchatka, Russia
"A mother bear was walking with two small cubs. There was a feeling of danger and tension all around, but at the same time, we could feel the force and the majesty coming out of the family moving forward with all the confidence of the cubs under the care of their mother."
@artur’s (Poland)
65points
#29 Gnaw And Gnaw
Location: Krasnoyarsk Territory, Russia
"Here, the endless tundra winter lasts for half a year and the temperature drops below - 50 degrees Celsius. During a work trip to the far north, far from civilization, it is sometimes possible to meet these local inhabitants. This time, I was lucky to meet with a furry polar predator - the Arctic fox. The fluffy handsome man made it possible to take several photographs with his participation in the rays of the rising polar sun and, having obtained a crust of bread, he disappeared into the nearest spill. Wildlife and its inhabitants are beautiful in their nature! Wild animals are in constant motion, even being in one place. If I had not put the camera in the serial shooting mode in advance, I would have simply missed everything."
@nik_kupchenko (Russia)
62points
#30 The Python
Location: Local snake handlers, USA
"The snake in my picture is a Python, he was approximately 100 lbs, and 14 feet long. The shot was taken while he was looking for his meal that was going to be handed to him shortly. This snake is of a local owner/snake handler who owns many exotic and interesting animals, amphibians and insects. The snake pictures here had just been taken out of his enclosure to be fed. The handler had several chickens and rats to feed the snake and another snake. While sniffing out his food the snake arched his head upward clearly aware that the food was available and ready for him to eat. I was wanting to picture the curiosity and strength of these incredible snakes. They are smart, curious, and very large! There is an ominous feeling as the snake begins to slither out of his enclosure to grab the animals to eat. The strength and power of his jaw and subsequently him swallowing it whole was quite a sight! Prize money would be used further my education in photography, and also help exotic animals such as this snake that are not living in their natural habitats and need rehabilitation, or need to be moved back into their natural homes around the world."
@hwilson8 (USA)
54points
