Wildlife photographers submitted their best work in the 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition — and the results did not disappoint.
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1 of 24An Arabian red fox kit explores the streets of Kuwait city. This photograph won second place in the Mammals category of the competition.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
2 of 24Extreme close-up of a species of dragonfly-like butterfly.Stefan Imig/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 3 of 24Proboscis monkey mid-flight.Bernhard Schubert/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 4 of 24Exquisite details of the colorful feathers of a Mandarin duck.Christoph Kaula/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 5 of 24A serene blue mist floating amid a dead forest in Bavaria. Bark beetles have devastated this forest, but some of the trees are making a comeback. This photo won first place in the Plants and Fungi category. Radomir Jakubowski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 6 of 24An American dipper captured while perched on a stone.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 7 of 24A bird’s silhouette.Thomas Hempelmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 8 of 24Hungry crane catching a fish.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 9 of 24Crocodile captured submerged inside a drying pool of mud.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 10 of 24A swarm of insects.Florian Smit/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 11 of 24Elephant herd splashing through the water.Siegmar Bergfeld/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 12 of 24Extreme close-up of a rabbit.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 13 of 24Frog emerging from under water.Kevin Prönnecke/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 14 of 24Reflection of the chalk coast. Second place winner of the Special Category: Water.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 15 of 24Close-up photo of Pulsatilla pratensis (or Wiesen-Kuhschelle), a flower genus native to central and eastern Europe.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 16 of 24Contrast between a lava flow and snowy landscape.Kerstin Langenberger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 17 of 24Cheetah attacking prey on a hunt. Winfried Wisniewski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 18 of 24Snapshot of mossy trees during a hike through the Raso de la Bruma–Risquillos de Corgo Walk on the Canary Islands.Stefan Pütz-Cordes/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 19 of 24Chaos of birds in flight. This entrancing photo won first place in the Birds category.Flurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 20 of 24School of mackerel in the waters near Cocos Island in Costa Rica. This photo took third place in the Other Animals category.Henry Jager/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 21 of 24Slithering snake captured in motion.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
22 of 24Group of starfish during low tide.Melanie Arndt/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 23 of 24Details of water streams at Hraunfossar, a series of waterfalls in Iceland. This photograph won the Special Category Award.Britta Strack/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 24 of 24Like this gallery?Share it:
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There is nothing more breathtaking than the natural splendor of our planet. But, these candid moments in nature often elude us humans.
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1 of 24An Arabian red fox kit explores the streets of Kuwait city. This photograph won second place in the Mammals category of the competition.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
2 of 24Extreme close-up of a species of dragonfly-like butterfly.Stefan Imig/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 3 of 24Proboscis monkey mid-flight.Bernhard Schubert/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 4 of 24Exquisite details of the colorful feathers of a Mandarin duck.Christoph Kaula/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 5 of 24A serene blue mist floating amid a dead forest in Bavaria. Bark beetles have devastated this forest, but some of the trees are making a comeback. This photo won first place in the Plants and Fungi category. Radomir Jakubowski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 6 of 24An American dipper captured while perched on a stone.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 7 of 24A bird’s silhouette.Thomas Hempelmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 8 of 24Hungry crane catching a fish.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 9 of 24Crocodile captured submerged inside a drying pool of mud.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 10 of 24A swarm of insects.Florian Smit/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 11 of 24Elephant herd splashing through the water.Siegmar Bergfeld/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 12 of 24Extreme close-up of a rabbit.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 13 of 24Frog emerging from under water.Kevin Prönnecke/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 14 of 24Reflection of the chalk coast. Second place winner of the Special Category: Water.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 15 of 24Close-up photo of Pulsatilla pratensis (or Wiesen-Kuhschelle), a flower genus native to central and eastern Europe.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 16 of 24Contrast between a lava flow and snowy landscape.Kerstin Langenberger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 17 of 24Cheetah attacking prey on a hunt. Winfried Wisniewski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 18 of 24Snapshot of mossy trees during a hike through the Raso de la Bruma–Risquillos de Corgo Walk on the Canary Islands.Stefan Pütz-Cordes/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 19 of 24Chaos of birds in flight. This entrancing photo won first place in the Birds category.Flurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 20 of 24School of mackerel in the waters near Cocos Island in Costa Rica. This photo took third place in the Other Animals category.Henry Jager/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 21 of 24Slithering snake captured in motion.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
22 of 24Group of starfish during low tide.Melanie Arndt/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 23 of 24Details of water streams at Hraunfossar, a series of waterfalls in Iceland. This photograph won the Special Category Award.Britta Strack/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 24 of 24Like this gallery?Share it:
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1 of 24An Arabian red fox kit explores the streets of Kuwait city. This photograph won second place in the Mammals category of the competition.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
2 of 24Extreme close-up of a species of dragonfly-like butterfly.Stefan Imig/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 3 of 24Proboscis monkey mid-flight.Bernhard Schubert/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 4 of 24Exquisite details of the colorful feathers of a Mandarin duck.Christoph Kaula/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 5 of 24A serene blue mist floating amid a dead forest in Bavaria. Bark beetles have devastated this forest, but some of the trees are making a comeback. This photo won first place in the Plants and Fungi category. Radomir Jakubowski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 6 of 24An American dipper captured while perched on a stone.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 7 of 24A bird’s silhouette.Thomas Hempelmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 8 of 24Hungry crane catching a fish.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 9 of 24Crocodile captured submerged inside a drying pool of mud.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 10 of 24A swarm of insects.Florian Smit/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 11 of 24Elephant herd splashing through the water.Siegmar Bergfeld/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 12 of 24Extreme close-up of a rabbit.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 13 of 24Frog emerging from under water.Kevin Prönnecke/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 14 of 24Reflection of the chalk coast. Second place winner of the Special Category: Water.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 15 of 24Close-up photo of Pulsatilla pratensis (or Wiesen-Kuhschelle), a flower genus native to central and eastern Europe.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 16 of 24Contrast between a lava flow and snowy landscape.Kerstin Langenberger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 17 of 24Cheetah attacking prey on a hunt. Winfried Wisniewski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 18 of 24Snapshot of mossy trees during a hike through the Raso de la Bruma–Risquillos de Corgo Walk on the Canary Islands.Stefan Pütz-Cordes/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 19 of 24Chaos of birds in flight. This entrancing photo won first place in the Birds category.Flurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 20 of 24School of mackerel in the waters near Cocos Island in Costa Rica. This photo took third place in the Other Animals category.Henry Jager/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 21 of 24Slithering snake captured in motion.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
22 of 24Group of starfish during low tide.Melanie Arndt/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 23 of 24Details of water streams at Hraunfossar, a series of waterfalls in Iceland. This photograph won the Special Category Award.Britta Strack/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 24 of 24Like this gallery?Share it:
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1 of 24An Arabian red fox kit explores the streets of Kuwait city. This photograph won second place in the Mammals category of the competition.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
2 of 24Extreme close-up of a species of dragonfly-like butterfly.Stefan Imig/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 3 of 24Proboscis monkey mid-flight.Bernhard Schubert/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 4 of 24Exquisite details of the colorful feathers of a Mandarin duck.Christoph Kaula/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 5 of 24A serene blue mist floating amid a dead forest in Bavaria. Bark beetles have devastated this forest, but some of the trees are making a comeback. This photo won first place in the Plants and Fungi category. Radomir Jakubowski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 6 of 24An American dipper captured while perched on a stone.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 7 of 24A bird’s silhouette.Thomas Hempelmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 8 of 24Hungry crane catching a fish.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 9 of 24Crocodile captured submerged inside a drying pool of mud.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 10 of 24A swarm of insects.Florian Smit/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 11 of 24Elephant herd splashing through the water.Siegmar Bergfeld/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 12 of 24Extreme close-up of a rabbit.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 13 of 24Frog emerging from under water.Kevin Prönnecke/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 14 of 24Reflection of the chalk coast. Second place winner of the Special Category: Water.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 15 of 24Close-up photo of Pulsatilla pratensis (or Wiesen-Kuhschelle), a flower genus native to central and eastern Europe.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 16 of 24Contrast between a lava flow and snowy landscape.Kerstin Langenberger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 17 of 24Cheetah attacking prey on a hunt. Winfried Wisniewski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 18 of 24Snapshot of mossy trees during a hike through the Raso de la Bruma–Risquillos de Corgo Walk on the Canary Islands.Stefan Pütz-Cordes/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 19 of 24Chaos of birds in flight. This entrancing photo won first place in the Birds category.Flurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 20 of 24School of mackerel in the waters near Cocos Island in Costa Rica. This photo took third place in the Other Animals category.Henry Jager/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 21 of 24Slithering snake captured in motion.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
22 of 24Group of starfish during low tide.Melanie Arndt/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 23 of 24Details of water streams at Hraunfossar, a series of waterfalls in Iceland. This photograph won the Special Category Award.Britta Strack/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 24 of 24Like this gallery?Share it:
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1 of 24An Arabian red fox kit explores the streets of Kuwait city. This photograph won second place in the Mammals category of the competition.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
2 of 24Extreme close-up of a species of dragonfly-like butterfly.Stefan Imig/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
3 of 24Proboscis monkey mid-flight.Bernhard Schubert/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
4 of 24Exquisite details of the colorful feathers of a Mandarin duck.Christoph Kaula/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
5 of 24A serene blue mist floating amid a dead forest in Bavaria. Bark beetles have devastated this forest, but some of the trees are making a comeback. This photo won first place in the Plants and Fungi category. Radomir Jakubowski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
6 of 24An American dipper captured while perched on a stone.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
7 of 24A bird’s silhouette.Thomas Hempelmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
8 of 24Hungry crane catching a fish.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
9 of 24Crocodile captured submerged inside a drying pool of mud.Jens Cullmann/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
10 of 24A swarm of insects.Florian Smit/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
11 of 24Elephant herd splashing through the water.Siegmar Bergfeld/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
12 of 24Extreme close-up of a rabbit.Hermann Hirsch/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
13 of 24Frog emerging from under water.Kevin Prönnecke/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
14 of 24Reflection of the chalk coast. Second place winner of the Special Category: Water.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
15 of 24Close-up photo of Pulsatilla pratensis (or Wiesen-Kuhschelle), a flower genus native to central and eastern Europe.Sandra Bartocha/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
16 of 24Contrast between a lava flow and snowy landscape.Kerstin Langenberger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
17 of 24Cheetah attacking prey on a hunt. Winfried Wisniewski/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
18 of 24Snapshot of mossy trees during a hike through the Raso de la Bruma–Risquillos de Corgo Walk on the Canary Islands.Stefan Pütz-Cordes/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
19 of 24Chaos of birds in flight. This entrancing photo won first place in the Birds category.Flurin Leugger/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
20 of 24School of mackerel in the waters near Cocos Island in Costa Rica. This photo took third place in the Other Animals category.Henry Jager/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
21 of 24Slithering snake captured in motion.Mohammad Murad/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
22 of 24Group of starfish during low tide.Melanie Arndt/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
23 of 24Details of water streams at Hraunfossar, a series of waterfalls in Iceland. This photograph won the Special Category Award.Britta Strack/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
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23 Of The Year’s Best Nature Photographs That Will Make You Marvel At The Beauty Of Our Planet View Gallery
23 Of The Year’s Best Nature Photographs That Will Make You Marvel At The Beauty Of Our Planet View Gallery
23 Of The Year’s Best Nature Photographs That Will Make You Marvel At The Beauty Of Our Planet View Gallery
23 Of The Year’s Best Nature Photographs That Will Make You Marvel At The Beauty Of Our Planet View Gallery
23 Of The Year’s Best Nature Photographs That Will Make You Marvel At The Beauty Of Our Planet
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Luckily, there are talented photographers who can capture these often-unseen moments in the wild so we can appreciate the wonders of our world from the comforts of home.
Over 5,000 stunning nature images were submitted to the Nature Photographer of the Year competition held under Gesellschaft für Naturfotografie or the German Society for Nature Photography (GDT). Entries for the prestigious photography competition were received from amateur and seasoned photographers from across Europe.
According to My Modern Met, the massive pile of entries was carefully narrowed down to the top 10 photographs chosen by a three-jury panel across seven separate categories, including Mammals, Birds, Plants and Fungi, and Landscapes. The special category featured in this year’s competition was water.
More than 300 members of the society logged on to vote for the winning image in a poll which was held online for the first time in the contest’s 20-year history due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Peter Lindel/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the YearPeter Lindel’s ‘A Hare’s Dream’ won him first place among the 5,000 entries submitted to the contest.
The overall winning photograph was titled “A Hare’s Dream,” a nature scene captured by photographer Peter Lindel from a series of photographs he took in the northern parts of the German city of Dortmund. The photograph portrays an inquisitive hare staring straight into Lindel’s lens as the early-morning sunlight paints an ethereal backdrop.
According to Lindel, the shot was a rare sighting he was fortunate to capture on camera.
“The European hare, once a common inhabitant of open country all over Germany, has become a rare sight,” Lindel said in a GDT press release of the competition results.
Lindel added: “While the large number of hares that I used to spot every morning on my way to work in the fields and meadows north of Dortmund, prompted me twelve years ago to explore this area with my camera, it has now become increasingly time-consuming to find hares and present them in an appealing photograph.”
Christian Zehner/2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the YearOne of the top picks in the Plants and Fungi category of the competition.
The photo, he shared, was taken in July of 2019 during a long search for the perfect shooting location amid the greenery. Lindel’s search led him to a simple dirt road where he discovered “the most beautiful morning light, lovely vegetation, and three hares.” Lindel described the furry subject in his stunning photograph using four words: dreamy, curious, careful, anxious.
As winner of the competition, Lindel, whose photographs mostly center on the themes of local and African fauna, is entitled to a cash prize and an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III 12-40mm kit which will certainly aid him during his future outdoor photoshoots.
Among the other winning portraits were an arresting scene of a crocodile nearly eye-deep underneath drying mud, a clear shot of a fearsome cheetah struggling with its prey mid-hunt, and picturesque details among water movements captured in a single shot.
Check out more mesmerizing nature photographs from the competition in the gallery above.
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