Federico Veronesi (Grand Prize 2011)
Buffalo
Why (gold background, close up interaction, texture and shape of horn, eye red, pain/danger metaphor)

Denise (Winner, Bird Category, Entrance banner)
Penguin
Why (gold background, stunning feather, metaphor (angry and mystery), close up details, triangle)

Andy Rouse (Winner, nature)
Giraffe
Why (red5, metaphor (hope))

Daisy Gillardini (Grand prize)
Polar bear
Why (3 unexpected factor, upside down, cub on belly, cub in arm (peeking from occlusion), triangle, metaphor (protection, love) to contrast with cold habitat)

Sergey Gorshkov (winner, Wildlife category)
Arctic Fox 
Why (close up head shot, clean background, with egg, unexpectedness)

Sandesh Kadur (winner, Animal Antics category)
Fox 
Why (creamy background, special interaction, eye level)

Benjamin Olsen (highly honored, Wildlife category)
Red fox
Why (yawning, creamy background, closeup head shot)