Nature, 1st prize
Steve Winter
National Geographic
National Geographic
25 May, 2007
A snow leopard walks a high mountain trail in the Hemis National Park, near Ladakh, in the Indian Himalayas. It is photographed using a remotely operated camera trap. Secretive, solitary and well-camouflaged among the snow-covered rocks of their mountainous habitats, snow leopards are among the most elusive creatures on earth. The camera recorded just a single image in five months.
Steve Winter
American photographer Steve Winter started taking photos as a child while growing up in rural Indiana. After graduating from the Academy of Art and the University of San Francisc...
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