FINALIST:

Sloth hanging out by Luciano Candisani, Brazil

Luciano had to climb the cecropia tree, in the protected Atlantic rain forest of southern Bahia, Brazil, to take an eye-level shot of this three-toed sloth.

Sloths like to feed on the leaves of these trees, and so they are often seen high up in the canopy.

Nikon D800 + 24-70mm f2.8 lens; 1/800 sec at f11; ISO 640.