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 € 3000,- 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. During our yearly Nature Talks Photo Festival in the Netherlands we will annouce all the winners. The winning images will also be shown in a photo exhibition on the festival and afterwards it will be traveling through the Netherlands and Belgium. Let Nature Talks!
Winners 2017
Overall winner: Mike Korostelev (Russia) with Curious Bears
Category Birds
Pere Soler (EST) The Great Migration
Category winner
Andrew Parkinson (UK) Newborn
Runner-up
Jan Lessmann (DE) Midday Sun
Highly Commended
José Elias Rodriquez Vazquez (ESP)
Highly Commended
Jan Lessmann (DE) Heron at night
Highly Commended
Category Mammals
Mike Korostelev (RUS) Curious bears cubs
Winner category
Oscar Diez (ESP) The kingdom of stone
Runner-up
Oscar Diez (ESP) The vigilant
Highly commended
Tom Way (UK) Camouflage
Highly commended
Tom Way (UK) Sunbset “Sunset Giraffe”
Highly commended
Category Other Animals
Paul van Hoof (NL) Under the moon
Category winner
Perdita Petzl (DE) with “Flower Power Butterfly”
Runner-up
Uge Fuertes Sanz (ESP) with “Trapped Ant”
Highly commended
Ruben Perez Novo (ESP) with “The vigilant”
Highly commended
Category Plants and Fungi
Jan Smit (NED) with “Grass lines”
Category winner
José Luis Roldan Sosa (ESP) with “One of the last”
Runner-up
Perdita Petzl (DE) with ‘Lilly Of The Valley”
Highly commended
Uge Fuertes Sanz (ESP) with “Scabiosa and echium”
Highly commended
Pere Soler Isern (ESP) with “Fireworks”.
Highly commended
Jan Smit (NED) with “Mountain Structures”
Highly Commended
Category Landscape
Remo Savisaar (EST) with “Early morning fog”
Winner category
Wojciech Kruczynski (POL) “Eye of Stokksnes”
Runner-up
Pere Soler Isern (ESP) with “Mountains of ice”
Highly commended
Radomir Jakubowski (DE) with “Laurel Forest”
Highly Commended
Jan Smit (NED) with “Mountain Structures”
Highly Commended
Category Underwater
Shane Gross (CAN) with “ReefShark”
Winner category
Shane Gross (CAN) with “Squid Formation”
Runner-up
Caudio Contreras (MEX) with “Sea Lion in the forest”
Highly commended
Shane Gross (CAN) with “Lemon Shark Pup”
Highly commended
Francisco Javier Murcia Requena (ESP) with “Attacking”
Highly commended
Category Nature Art
Bastien Riu (FRA) with “Courbes” (Ant)
Winner category
Marco Gaiotti (ITA) with “Lake Nakuru”
Runner-up
Oscar Diez (ESP) with “Hot and cold”
Highly commended
Christian Spencer (AUS) with “Correllas forest”
Highly commended
Juan Jesus González Ahumada (ESP) with Abstraction in the olive grove”
Highly commended
Category Man and Nature
Britta Jaschinski (GER/UK) with “In The Name Of Traditional Chinese Medicine”
Winner category
Britta Jaschinski (GER/UK) “Rhino Family Confiscated”
Runner-up
Pere Soler Isern (ESP) with Green death
Highly commended
Marc Albiac (ESP) with “Crossing the Asphalt River”
Highly commended
Shane Gross (CAN) with “Terminator”
Highly commended
Roeselien Raimond (NED) with “The Murmuration”
Highly commended
Category Comedy
Andrew Parkinson (UK) with “Sibling Rivalry”
Winner category
Roie Galitz (ITA) with “The Three Tenors”
Runner-up
Andrew Parkinson (UK) with “High five”
Highly commended
Stefan Cruysberghs (BEL) with “Funny sifaka”
Highly commended
Category Youth
Rick van der Kraats (NED) with “Buzzard”
Winner category
Morgan Wolfers (USA) with “Aspen Leaf Dew”
Runner-up
Sem Jones (NED) with “King of the Road”
Highly commended
Rick van der Kraats (NED) with “chaotic”
Highly commended
Category Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
Theo Bosboom (NED) Storm selfie
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Frozen world
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Studio basalt
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) The lupine dream
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Got it
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Cool selfie
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Perfect wedding picture
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Att the waterfall
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Puffin approach
Winner
Theo Bosboom (NED) Another day at the waterfall
Winner
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