The Winning Photos From The GDT Nature Photographer Of The Year 2020 And They’re Beautiful

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

#27 

2nd Place. Plants And Fungi. Klaus Tamm

#28 

8th Place, Birds. Walk Along The Beach By Karsten Mosebach

#29 

3rd Place, Plants And Fungi. Max Fellerman

#30 

4th Place, Birds. Ducks Tufted. Ducks And Pochards By Christoph Kaula

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