The Australian Photographic Prize Wildlife category was judged on Saturday, 19 July. This year, I decided to enter the single-image Wildlife category of the Australian Photographic Prize at the last minute due to my hectic travel schedule. I just caught up on the results on You-Tube this morning during some downtime here in Melbourne. Of the four photographs I chose to enter this year, all four made the final round of judging (top 35 entered images in the category). Two of the four received highly coveted Gold Awards, and the remaining two images both earned Silver with Distinction awards, with the Polar Bear being only 1 point shy of a third Gold award. I am not sure what held back the Polar Bear from Gold, as the average scores from the judges is 90.4, which should be a Gold Award? Screenshots of the judge’s scores and images are included below. The overall winner of the category will be announced in the next few days.