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 takes place at the yearly Nature Talks Photo Festival. The next contest will start on Monday, December 4th 2023 and end on Sunday April 7th 2024 (23.59 hrs CEST). 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 2021
OVERALL WINNER: TERJE KOLAAS (NO) | WINTER MIGRATION
TERJE KOLHAAS
website: terjekolaas.com
Category Birds
Terje Kolaas (NO) | Winter migration
Category Winner
Christian Spencer (AU) |Sundance
Highly Commended
Tomasz Szpila (PO) | Ostrich kindergarten
Highly Commended
Jolanda Vlastuin (NL) | Drowned Forest
Highly Commended
Category Mammals
Josef Friedhuber (AU) |Silverbach Chimanuka
Category Winner
Paul Goldstein (UK) | Storm warning
Highly Commended
Kovács Norbert (HU) | Twilight hunters
Highly Commended
Pam Dorner (USA) | Song Dog in the Snow
Highly Commended
Category Other Animals
Ruben Perez Novo (ES) | Walking among fennels
Category Winner
Ruben Perez Novo (ES) | Slow but safe
Runner-up
Gahdekar Prathamesh (IN) | The Night Watchman
Highly Commended
Csaba Daróczi (HU) | Circle Dance
Highly Commended
Csaba Daróczi (HU) | We are hanging on the web
Highly Commended
Category Plants and Fungi
Rupert Kogler (AT) |Heat of Hoar
Category Winner
Uge Fuertes Sanz (ES) | Inside a sequoia
Highly Commended
Silvano Paiola (IT) | City of Angels
Highly Commended
Ripan Biswas (IN | Zombified
Highly Commended
Category Landscape
Denis Budkov (RU) | Dragon's Lair
Category Winner
Andrea Pozzi (IT) | The prow
Runner-up
Georg Kantioler (IT) | Legendary towers in the Dolomites
Highly Commended
Stanislao Basileo (IT) | Islanda
Highly Commended
Michal Krause (CZ) | The Frozen Land
Highly Commended
Category Underwater
Georg Nies (DE) | Red in Red
Category Winner
Dmitry Kokh (RU) | Dolphins Home
Runner-up
Gaël Modrak (FR) | Water lilies marvelous world
Highly Commended
Tobias Friedrich (DE) | Icebreaker
Highly Commended
Peter McGee (AU) | Seahorse sanctuary
Highly Commended
Category Nature Art
Gheorghe Popa (RO) | Ice cell
Category Winner
Juan Jesús González Ahumada (ES) |Hero
Runner-up
Jodi Frediani (USA) |Dolphin Design
Highly Commended
Kovács Norbert (HU) | Fractal patterned lake
Highly Commended
Imre Potyó (HU) | Egg universe
Highly Commended
Category Human and Nature
Francisco Javier Murcia Requena (ES) | The king of the ocean
Category Winner
David Hup (NL) | Unusual Visitor
Runner-up
Földi László (HU) | Escape
Highly Commended
Andrew Upton (USA) | The Hand That Feeds
Highly Commended
Tom Svensson (SE) |At a price
Highly Commended
Category Black and White
Roie Galitz (IL) |White wedding
Category Winner
Gheorghe Popa (RO) | Yin and Yang
Runner-up
Csaba Daróczi (HU) | Shortness of breath
Highly Commended
Wayne Lai (CN) | Schooling Jacks
Highly Commended
Clement Kiragu (KE) | Cloud of Dust
Highly Commended
Category Animals portraits
William Burrard-Lucas (UK) | Black Leopard
Category Winner
Roie Galitz (IL) | Last embrace
Runner-up
Scott Portelli (AU) | Leafy Night
Highly Commended
Leugger Flurin (CH) | Nightfall
Highly Commended
Ignacio Medem (ES) | Great Crested Grebe Among Buttercups
Highly Commended
Category Nature of “De Lage landen”
Andius Teijgeler (NL) | Fox crossing the bridge
Category Winner
Richard Verroen (NL) | Bluebells and Beeches
Highly Commended
Sam Mannaerts (BE) | River Abstract
Highly Commended
Amanda Blom (NL) | Weevil on pink flower
Highly Commended
Category Youth
Levi Fitze (CH) | Beautiful world
Category Winner
Gergő Kártyás (HUN) | Contemplation
Runner-up
Emelin Dupieux (FR) | The lagoon lovers
Highly Commended
D'Artagnan Sprengel (NZ) | Self reflection
Highly Commended
Anton Trexler (DE) | Is there still space left?
Highly Commended
Category Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
Lea Lee Inoue (USA) | Emotional Range
Portfolio Award Winner
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