About NPOTY
Nature Photographer of the Year is a Nature Photography contest that celebrates the beauty of nature photography. We have some fantastic prizes for you to win including our top prize of € 3.000,- cash for the winner, plus other great cash prizes and cool photo equipment. When you enter our nature photo competition you will also support various nature conservations projects. The award ceremony took place at the yearly Nature Talks Photo Festival. The winning images will also be shown in a photo exhibition on the festival and afterwards it will be traveling through the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Let Nature Talk!
Winners 2023
OVERALL WINNER: Jacquie Matechuk | He Looks to the Heavens
Jacquie Matechuk
Category Birds
Zakariya Omran (BH) | Long necks
Runner-up
Manuel Enrique González Carmona (ES) |Hand fan
Highly Commended
Laura Becker (CH) | Lost in blooms
Highly Commended
Litauszki Tibor (DE) | Overflight
Highly Commended
Category Mammals
Jacquie Matechuk (CA) |He Looks to the Heavens
Category Winner
Sergey Gorshkov (RU) |Amur Leopard
Highly Commended
Christophe Vasselin (LU) | Wolf and iceberg
Highly Commended
Torie Hilley (USA) | Follow the Leader
Highly Commended
Category Other Animals
Imre Potyó (HU) | December moth
Category Winner
Minghui Yuan (CN) | Spider in frame
Runner-up
Simone Baumeister (DE) | Traffic intersection
Highly Commended
Litauszki Tibor (HU) | Between the stars
Highly Commended
Petr Bambousek (CZ) | Invisible Brookesia
Highly Commended
Category Plants and Fungi
David Maitland (UK) |Star Spangled
Category Winner
David Maitland (UK) | Spiral Galaxy
Runner-up
Gabriele Mannelli (IT) |Imaginary creatures
Highly Commended
Alexey Korolyov (RU) | Dandelions lineup
Highly Commended
Litauszki Tibor (HU) | Volcano eruption
Highly Commended
Category Landscape
Thomas Vijayan (CA) | Austfonna Ice Cap
Category Winner
Jens Lax (FI) | Sunset
Runner-up
Mauro Tronto (IT) | Fadeaway
Highly Commended
Magnus Reneflot (NO) | Iceforms around pine island
Highly Commended
Radomir Jakubowski (DE) | Inferno
Highly Commended
Category Underwater
Renee Capozzola (USA) | Paper Nautilus Rider
Category Winner
Luc Rooman (BE) | ALPENSALAMANDER
Runner-up
Andrea Michelutti (IT) | Dancing in the moonlight
Highly Commended
Mayumi Takeuchi-Ebbins (UK) | The Marriage of Moon jellyfish
Highly Commended
Luc Rooman (BE) | Pike
Highly Commended
Category Nature Art
J Fritz Rumpf (USA) | Fields of Dreams
Category Winner
Filippo Carugati (IT) |Black and green
Highly Commended
MIQUEL ANGEL ARTÚS ILLANA (ES) | Natural colors and reliefs
Highly Commended
Simone Baumeister (DE) | Psychedelic
Highly Commended
Category Human and Nature
XJ Toh (SG) | The Sad Poncho
Category Winner
Pruthvi B (IN) | No land for leopards
Runner-up
Wim van den Heever (ZA) | Ghost In The Darkness
Highly Commended
Geoffrey Reynaud (CA) | Threatened by the highway
Highly Commended
Filippo Carugati (IT) | Post-war chamois
Highly Commended
Category Black and White
Jodi Frediani (USA) | Heads or Tails
Category Winner
David Gibbon (UK) | The Charge
Runner-up
Risto Raunio (FI) | Swimming underwater
Highly Commended
Richard Li (USA) | Graceful turn
Highly Commended
Martin Broen (USA) | Mobula Ray Fever
Highly Commended
Category Animals portraits
Jonathan Lhoir (FR) | The Pen and Inkwell
Category Winner
Paul Mckenzie (CN) | Scrub hare
Runner-up
Amit Eshel (IL) | Master of Camouflage
Highly Commended
Henley Spiers (UK) | The Look
Highly Commended
Alessandro Beconi (IT) | Pelican storm
Highly Commended
Category Nature of “De Lage landen”
Alex Pansier (NL) | Big Wing
Category Winner
Johan de Ridder (BE) |Green triplets
Runner-up
Karin de Jonge (NL) |Information at sunrise
Highly Commended
Karin de Jonge (NL) | Colors of destruction
Highly Commended
Alex Pansier (NL) |Pond Perspectives
Highly Commended
Category Youth
Őrsi Ákos (HU) | Walk on the hill
Category Winner
Anton Trexler (DE) | The owls birch
Runner-up
Anton Trexler (DE) | Between day and night
Highly Commended
Anton Trexler (DE) | When the nightlife awakens
Highly Commended
Anton Trexler (DE) | Lantern gecko
Highly Commended
Category Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (ME) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner
Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar (MEX) | Balam, the endangered king of the Mayan jungle
Portfolio Award Winner