The finalists of the photo contest have been announced
The semi-final voting of the Professional Jury of the Golden Turtle photo contest was completed.
The finalists of the Golden Turtle XVI photo contest are as follows:
"Passing scores" of the Photo contest are (the highest and lowest scores for each work are not included in the final score):
Animal Behaviour - 17
The Portrait of the Animal - 20
Animal in the Environment - 16
The underwater world - 21
Microcosm - 18
Magic of Plants - 18
Landscape - 19
Humans and nature - 17
Mobile Photography - 15
Art and Nature's Image - 17
Reserved Russia - 16
Nature through the eyes of youth - 16
Nature through the eyes of children - 12
The finalists of the Golden Turtle XVI photo contest are as follows:
| Sergey Adamov | Russia |
| Esteban Argerich | Argentina |
| Miquel Angel Artus Illana | Spain |
| K M Asad | Bangladesh |
| Natalya Bachkova | Russia |
| Igor Bartashov | Russia |
| Alessandro Beconi | Italy |
| Andrey Belavin | Russia |
| Denis Budkov | Russia |
| Elena Canessa | Italy |
| Kristhian Castro | Colombia |
| Claudio Ceresi | Italy |
| Veronica Chai | Singapore |
| Partha Chakraborty | India |
| Nathalie Chanteau | France |
| Yevgenia Cherentaeva | Russia |
| Sushil Chikane | India |
| Teo Chin Leong | Singapore |
| Sergey Chumakov | Russia |
| Hector Cordero | Spain |
| Nicolas de Vaulx | France |
| Marina Deriglazova | Russia |
| Swapnil Deshpande | India |
| Fabien Dubessy | France |
| Anirban Dutta | India |
| Lalith Ekanayake | Sri Lanka |
| Anne-Marie Etienne | France |
| Alexander Fedosov | Russia |
| Julian Fernandez Quilez | Spain |
| Csongor Fussi-Nagy | Hungary |
| Nikolay Gernet | Russia |
| Mandar Ghumare | India |
| Andrey Gilev | Russia |
| Vitaly Gorshkov | Russia |
| Lorenzo Gottardo | Italy |
| Andrey Grachev | Russia |
| David Greyo | Switzerland |
| Guanghui Gu | China |
| Judit Hencz | Hungary |
| Philippe Henry | Canada |
| Nathalie Houdin | France |
| Mi Huixia | China |
| Egoitz Ikaza Gonzalez | Spain |
| Yury Ivanov | Russia |
| Andrea Izzotti | Italy |
| Feng Jiang | China |
| Arnfinn Johansen | Norway |
| Nikolai Karanov | Russia |
| Gergo Kartyas | Hungary |
| Asela Karunaratne | Sri Lanka |
| Norbert Kaszas | Hungary |
| Yevgenia Kirpichenkova | Russia |
| Kai Kolodziej | Austria |
| Anton Komlev | Russia |
| Alexey Korolev | Russia |
| Mike Korostelev | Russia |
| Vladislav Kostylev | Russia |
| Annick Lardeau | Switzerland |
| Inaki Larrea | Spain |
| Pallavi Laveti | India |
| Tibor Litauszki | Hungary |
| Tim Loic | USA |
| Vyacheslav Lozhkin | Russia |
| Minqiang Lu | China |
| Vladimir Lyapin | Russia |
| Lincoln Macgregor | Australia |
| Krisztina Macsai | Hungary |
| Rostislav Mashin | Russia |
| Vitaly Matveev | Russia |
| Igor Metelsky | Russia |
| Zsolt Moldovan | Romania |
| Abdul Momin | Bangladesh |
| Kallol Mukherjee | India |
| Suranjan Mukherjee | India |
| Mohammad Murad | Kuwait |
| Ivan Naumenko | Russia |
| Yegor Nikiforov | Russia |
| Andrey Nosik | Russia |
| Mikhail Omelko | Russia |
| Leonardo Papera | Italy |
| Alexey Perelygin | Russia |
| Alexander Perov | Russia |
| Sergey Pesterev | Russia |
| Melchiorre Pizzitola | Italy |
| Anatoly Plechisty | Russia |
| Alexander Plakida | Russia |
| Yevgeny Polonsky | Russia |
| Angela Poggioni | USA |
| Olga Potapova | Russia |
| Imre Potyo | Hungary |
| Yuri Pritisk | Russia |
| Ben Pulletz | United Kingdom |
| Sitaram Raul | India |
| Lena Remy | Australia |
| Geoffrey Reynaud | Canada |
| Phil Ricordel | France |
| Luc Rooman | Belgium |
| Sergey Savvi | Russia |
| Andy Schmid | Switzerland |
| Martijn Schouten | Netherlands |
| Melesan Serge | France |
| Sergey Shanin | Russia |
| Konstantin Shatenev | Russia |
| Lorenzo Shoubridge | Italy |
| Andrey Shpatak | Russia |
| Nina Slashchilina | Russia |
| Prelena Soma Owen | South Africa |
| Lam Soon Tak | Malaysia |
| Chamara Sulakkhana | Sri Lanka |
| Tom Svensson | Sweden |
| Irma Szabo | Hungary |
| Geza Attila Szabo | Hungary |
| Krisztina Szakolczai | Hungary |
| Hosein Tahavori | Iran |
| Maxim Tarasov | Russia |
| Zitian Tian | China |
| Csaba Tokolyi | Hungary |
| Janos Torok | Hungary |
| Victor Tyakht | Russia |
| Helga Urban | Hungary |
| Andrey Vedernikov | Russia |
| Francisco Antonio Vicaria Rumin | Spain |
| Thomas Vijayan | Canada |
| Pavel Vorobiev | Mexico |
| Roman Willi | Switzerland |
| Vasily Yakovlev | Russia |
| Zeyu Zhai | China |
| Qiang Zhang | China |
| Xingchao Zhu | China |
| Valeria Zvereva | Russia |
"Passing scores" of the Photo contest are (the highest and lowest scores for each work are not included in the final score):
Animal Behaviour - 17
The Portrait of the Animal - 20
Animal in the Environment - 16
The underwater world - 21
Microcosm - 18
Magic of Plants - 18
Landscape - 19
Humans and nature - 17
Mobile Photography - 15
Art and Nature's Image - 17
Reserved Russia - 16
Nature through the eyes of youth - 16
Nature through the eyes of children - 12