Urban Wildlife

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Sam Rowley spent Five Nights flat on the platform trying to be the image

who traveled on London's subway network will be, you know - the little black mice scurrying to rise along the rail and under the rail.

Sam Rowley was so rodents fascinated by the underground, he spent a try for a week through The Tube , image you.

And One night, he conquered an image of the two of them literally fighting over a morsel of food fell from a passenger.

the durability, the snap Sam has won the Wildlife photographer of the year LUMIX People's Choice award.

Fans of the annual International famous WPY competition were asked to rank some of the images that do not win have been their top prices last October , but nevertheless, fabulous Shots .

A few of the Jaguar, an Anaconda address, - Michel Zoghzhog

Some 28,000 have for Sam's "Station to the dispute" as their favorite in this "best of the rest" category.

He spent long nights in a Central London Underground stop to try down, on his belly, the perfect low-angle view.

His two subjects had been separated search of food, until you happen to be the same bite of food. For the fraction of a second, you argued about who should have it before then go our separate ways.

"you know I get a burst of photos, and I had said to lucky with this shot, but then I had to spent Five Days lying on a platform, so it was likely to happen sometime," Sam.

London is currently in Bristol as a researcher for the BBC Natural History film-making unit.

Sam says to photograph Urban Wildlife , is his passion. He believes that people have a connection with The Animals that these creatures live in our towns and communities, because Among Us .

He also admired the tenacity of The Animals , an existence periods in a very difficult environment.

"This is a pipe-mice, for example, are born and spend their entire life without ever seeing The Sun or the feeling of a blade of grass. On one level, it is a desperate situation - along the gloomy passages for a couple of months, maybe a year or two, And Then die. And because there are so many mice and so few resources that they have to fight about something so irrelevant, like a Crumb . "

This Orang-Utan has been exploited for the Performance of Aaron Gekoski

London Natural History Museum for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is Running .

Sir Michael Dixon , the institution, the Director, said of the picture: "Sam's image offers a fascinating insight into the animal world functions in a human-dominated environment. The Mice behavior is shaped by our daily routine, the transport we use and the food we discard. This image reminds us that, while we were Hiking, maybe you pass it Every Day , people are, by nature, closely connected with the nature on our doorstep - I hope it inspires you to think of people and the value this relationship more. "

There were four runners-up or Highly Commended images in the LUMIX-survey.

This included an unfortunate Orang-Utan exploited for the Performance of Aaron Gekoski; a dramatic image of A Mother and cub jaguar in the management of an Anaconda , captured by Michel Zoghzhogi; a moving portrait of a nature reserve ranger and The Baby black Rhino he looks, photographed by Martin Buzora ; and a group of white Arctic reindeer pictured in The Snow , by Francis De Andres.

The 56th WPY competition is currently being judged by a panel of experts, and the grand prize winner will be revealed in October .

This group of white Arctic reindeer was mapped by Francis De Andres. A touching portrait of a nature reserve ranger and a baby black Rhino - Martin Buzora

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Source of news: bbc.com