The German Society for Nature Photography has just announced the winners of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 contest, and the shots are absolutely beautiful.
Professional photographers competed in 7 categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, Nature’s Studio, and the special category — Water.
#1
Winner, Other Animals. Danger In The Mud. Crocodile In A Drying Pool By Jens Cullmann
#2
Overall Winner, Mammals. A Hare’s Dream By Peter Lindel
#3
4th Place, Other Animals. Toad King By Kevin Prönnecke
#4
3rd Place, Other Animals. School Of Mackerel, Cocos Island By Henry Jager
#5
Winner, Plants And Fungi. New Life In A Dead Forest. Dead Forest, Bavaria By Radomir Jakubowski
#6
2nd Place, Mammals. Glowing Fox. Arabian Red Fox In Kuwait City By Mohammad Murad
#7
5th Place, Mammals. Eyelashes By Herman Hirsch
#8
4th Place, Mammals. Curious Glances. Raccoons, North Hesse By Jan Piecha
#9
8th Place, Plants And Fungi. Raso De La Bruma By Stefan Pütz-Cordes
#10
5th Place, Birds. Song Of The Dawn By Maximillian Hornish
#11
Winner, Special Category: Water. The Play Of Water. Hraunfossar, Island By Britta Strack
#12
7th Place, Mammals. Close-Up By Dr. Siegmar Bergfeld
#13
4th Place, Nature’s Studio. Stargazer By Christian Wappl
#14
2nd Place, Nature’s Studio. The White Coastline. Meltwater Lake, Greenland By Stephan Fürnrohr
#15
2nd Place, Landscapes. Masai Mara Sky By Jose Fragozo
#16
Winner, Birds. Take-Off. Coyote Panics Geese By Flurin Leugger
#17
5th Place, Landscapes. Yukon Gold Rush By Axel Gomeringer
#18
4th Place, Landscapes. Into The Sea By Uwe Hasubek
#19
Winner, Nature’s Studio. Flooded With Light. Blackbird, North Hesse By Jan Piecha
#20
2nd Place, Special Category: Water. Milk And Honey, Reflection Of The Chalk Coast By Sandra Bartocha
#21
5th Place, Nature’s Studio. Refraction. Refraction Of Light In The Cobweb By Burkhard Hillert
#22
5th Place, Other Animals. Stefan Imig
#23
6th Place, Other Animals. Sunspider By Radomir Jakubowski
#24
7th Place, Birds. Summer’s Eve By Thomas Hempelmann
#25
3rd Place, Mammals. Cut And Run! By Winfried Wisniewski
#26
6th Place, Landscapes. Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Eruption By Kerstin Langenberger
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2nd Place. Plants And Fungi. Klaus Tamm
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8th Place, Birds. Walk Along The Beach By Karsten Mosebach
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3rd Place, Plants And Fungi. Max Fellerman
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4th Place, Birds. Ducks Tufted. Ducks And Pochards By Christoph Kaula
