YOU watch for one penguin after which three come alongside without delay, as nature photographer Stefan Christmann found with this excellent snap.
It exhibits an Adélie penguin approaching an emperor penguin and its chick throughout feeding time in Antarctica’s Atka Bay – and now Stefan is hoping to p-p-pick up first prize.
It’s one in all 25 pictures chosen by the Nationwide Historical past Museum and a world judging panel from almost 50,000 entries submitted to its Wildlife Photographer of the Year Folks’s Alternative
All 25 of the pictures are at the moment on show on the museum in South Kensington and other people can vote for his or her favorite picture by visiting www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy/peoples-choice.
Voting closes on January 31 and the winner shall be introduced on February 7.
Right here, we choose the decide of the pics from this 12 months’s shortlist.