Nature & Wildlife category (open competition winner) —
"Wildlife in the city" by Antoine Weis
Photographer's description: The image depicts a grey pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) in front of a city skyline element. The shot was taken in January 2014 in Colombo (capital of Sri Lanka) at the end of a three-week trip through the island's national parks and rainforests. The bird stands out with a slight touch of warm color tones against (a) gray city background. The tension in the picture arises from the opposition of the bird's round shapes against the predominantly horizontal and vertical structures of the man-made structures, together with the animal's seemingly lost and seeking gaze and its "weird" posture.