Check out the amazing photos from the 2022 Wildlife Photographer Contest 0:42
London (CNN) --
A snow-covered deer, an underwater wonderland and a tree frog pool party are some of the photos that have received high praise in the 2022 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Before the award ceremony for the 58th edition of the competition, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum in London, a selection of 14 images was published.
An upcoming exhibition, to be shown at the museum before going on tour, will feature 100 of the best images, judged for creativity, originality and technical excellence.
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Brandon Güell documents a rare tree frog breeding frenzy in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
These spectacular mass-breeding events occur only in a few remote locations, a few times a year.
Each female lays about 200 eggs, and eventually the hatched tadpoles fall into the water.
Credit: Brandon Güell/ Wildlife Photographer of 2022
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Tiina Törmänen encountered a school of European perch on her annual dive in a lake in Finland.
She framed orange-fin fish flying through clouds of algae.
Although they are beautiful, the excessive growth of algae is a consequence of climate change and warming waters and can cause problems for aquatic fauna.
Credit: Tiina Törmänen/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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American photographer Suzi Eszterhas captures an encounter between a brown-throated sloth and a dog in Costa Rica.
The dog, who had participated in a sloth training program, just sniffed at it.
Sloths live in trees and rarely descend, but have been forced to settle in urban areas due to habitat loss.
Credit: Suzi Eszterhas/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Srikanth Mannepuri takes a sobering look at the scale of unsustainable fishing in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mannepuri was surprised to see so many freshly caught billfish and sailfish at a fish market in one morning.
He used a drone to take the image from a bird's eye view.
Sailfish and marlin are the top predators in the ocean, essential to ecosystems.
Credit: Srikanth Mannepuri / 2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Samuel Sloss received a special mention in the 15-17 year old category for his image of a coconut octopus peeking out of a clam shell.
He took the image while diving in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
The octopus closed the lid of the shell as Samuel approached, but then slowly opened it, revealing colors and spirals.
Credit: Samuel Sloss/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Richard Robinson's main challenge was swimming far enough away from the curious calf to photograph it.
Now protected, New Zealand's southern right whales, known as "tohorā" in Maori, were hunted to near extinction by European whalers in the 19th century, and then by Soviet whalers in the 20th century.
Credit: Richard Robinson/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Morgan Heim reveals an intimate encounter between a beetle and a rabbit in the Columbia Basin in Washington state.
Heim placed camera traps next to pygmy rabbit burrows to observe them.
He was delighted to see how one of the rabbits sniffed out a stink beetle that had taken refuge in his burrow.
Credit: Morgan Heim/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Joshua Cox frames a red deer rearing majestically as snow falls.
It had just started to snow when 7-year-old Joshua and his father arrived at Richmond Park in London, England.
They were following the deer at a safe distance when suddenly the snow thickened and one of the deer stopped.
Credit: Joshua Cox/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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José Fragozo, from Portugal, captures the contrast between the natural world and human infrastructures.
Dwarfed by the gigantic pillars of Kenya's new standard gauge railway running through Nairobi National Park, the gray blocks contrast with the unmistakable pattern of nature's tallest land mammal.
Credit: José Fragozo/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Canadian Jo-Anne McArthur shows American mink pups fighting for space in a small cage on a Swedish fur farm.
The sign above indicates that two have died.
Due to changes in legislation since this photo was taken, farms now have somewhat larger cages, but the quality of life remains poor.
Credit: Jo-Anne McArthur/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Jasper Doest took a portrait of Lubinda Lubinda, Zambezi River Authority station manager, revealing the impact of the drought on the floodplain.
The fauna depends on regular flooding, as do the Barotse people.
The lowering of the water level means that Lubinda's new house (on the right) does not have to be as tall.
Credit: Jasper Doest/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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After years of visiting the Finnish river, Heikki Nikki knew all the rocks preferred by dippers.
He chose one hidden under running water and sat quietly on the bank.
Suddenly, the place became the subject of heated discussion.
Credit: Heikki Nikki/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Dmitry Kokh used a low-noise drone to capture this image of a polar bear on the small island of Kolyuchin in the Russian High Arctic.
With climate change reducing sea ice, hunting is becoming more difficult, pushing these bears to search for food.
Credit: Dmitry Kokh/2022 Wildlife Photographer
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Britta Jaschinski uses a flashlight to highlight the impact of mining coltan, a component of phone and laptop batteries.
Here Jaschinski surrounds her with mining tools and the remains of animals affected by the industry, all of them seized by customs authorities: a gorilla skull, vertebrae and leg bones, and porcupine quills.
Credit: Britta Jaschinski/2022 Wildlife Photographer
According to the organizers, the contest was attended by photographers of all ages and experiences from 93 countries.
Roz Kidman Cox, president of the jury, said in a press release: "What has stuck with me is not only the extraordinary mix of themes in this year's collection, a vast panorama of the natural world, but the emotional force of many of the images.
Other highly praised images that have been released include a polar bear encounter in Russia and a thought-provoking photograph of unsustainable fishing in India.
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In the press release, Doug Gurr, director of the Natural History Museum, also commented: "These inspiring images convey the human impact on the natural world in a way that words cannot: from the urgency of the decline of biodiversity to the inspiring recovery of a protected species".
Meet the photo that the public chose in the 2021 Wildlife Photographer Award
Winners will be announced on October 11 at a ceremony hosted by wildlife presenter Chris Packham.
The exhibition will open three days later.
Photographers will be able to submit their photos for the 2023 contest starting October 17.
Wildlife Photography Contest