See the 2009 winners at the Veolia Environnment Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition
Exhibition tickets
The winning and commended images from the 2009 competition are now on show in a stunning new exhibition space at the Natural History Museum.
Find out more about the exhibition
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2009 winners
Find out who was named Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2009 and browse all the winning and commended images in our online gallery. You can leave comments and vote for your favourite image too.
Browse our online gallery
The competition
Each year the competition finds the very best wildlife images taken by the world's top professional and amateur photographers. This year we received more than 43,000 entries from 94 countries. The 2010 competition launches in January.
More information about the competition
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The Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year is owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a proud partner of WildPhotos 2009
Awards ceremony
The 2009 awards ceremony, held at the Natural History Museum on 21 October, was attended by an international audience of nature photographers, competition judges and respected industry figures.
See photos from the night