Steve spent 10 months in remote Indian mountains using remote-controlled cameras to take pictures of snow leopards. One freezing May morning, he found this snow leopard gazing back at him. "I was thrilled to have finally captured the shot I had dreamed of – a wild snow leopard in its true element" Photograph: Steve Winter/PR
This young adult Sulawesi black-crested macaque, nicknamed Troublemaker, was more interested in the photographer than foraging for food, so getting a close-up wasn’t difficult. Troublemaker’s expression captures, Stefano says, "the spirit of these wonderful monkeys", and the setting makes it an unforgettable portrait Photograph: Stefano Unterthiner/PR
The winter in Poland had been particularly cold and snowy, making it difficult for the eagles to find prey. So when Antoni found a dead moose hit by a train, he knew it would be the ideal bait. A struggle broke out between an adult and an immature white-tailed eagle. The older bird won, forcing the loser to wait its turn for more than an hour Photograph: Antoni Kasprzak/PR
Catriona’s image pictures a lion launching a risky attack on an adult giraffe at a waterhole in Namibia. "Perhaps a twitchy, solitary giraffe was just too much of a temptation for a bored lion, because every time the giraffe got anywhere near the water, the lion loped down and chased it away," said the 15-year-old Photograph: Catriona Parfitt/PR
Cece had gone to Lake Martin in Louisiana, USA, to photograph roseate spoonbills. But what fascinated her was this isolated stand of ancient swamp cypress, perhaps half a century old and dripping with Spanish moss. "In the early morning mist, there was something mystical, almost eerie about them," she says Photograph: Cece Fabbro/PR
