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 next contest will start on December 4th, 2023 and will end on Sunday April 7th, 2024. 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 2022
OVERALL WINNER: DMITRY KOKH (RU) | HOUSE OF BEARS
Category Birds
Knut-Sverre Horn (NO) | Urbankittiwakes
Category Winner
Rupert Kogler (AT) | Sound of Colors
Runner-up
Nitin Sonawane (IN) |Wings on fire
Highly Commended
Aare Udras (EE) | In the Morning Light
Highly Commended
Dag Røtytereng (NO) | Dead Song Thrush
Highly Commended
Category Mammals
Sascha Fonseca (DE/AE) |The World is Mine
Category Winner
James Gifford (UK/BW) |Fire_of_Creation
Runner-up
Stanislao Basileo (IT) |Stambecco
Highly Commended
Jens Cullmann (DE) | Observer
Highly Commended
Zsolt Moldovan (RO) | High jump
Highly Commended
Category Other Animals
Bernhard Schubert (AT) | An adaptation for death
Category Winner
Marco Maggesi (IT) | Shelter
Runner-up
Krisztina Mácsai (hu) | Stand by
Highly Commended
José Juan Hernández (ES) | Stained glass window in nature
Highly Commended
David Jerez Drager (ES) | Drager confinement in the seventh left
Highly Commended
Category Plants and Fungi
Soare Laurentiu (RO) |Cold and warm
Category Winner
Csaba Daróczi (HU) | Undertow
Runner-up
Iñaki Bolumburu (ES) |Resistance
Highly Commended
Imre Potyó (HU) | Eruption
Highly Commended
Gheorghe Popa (RO) | Yin and Yang
Highly Commended
Category Landscape
Helga Urbán (HU) | The island
Category Winner
Raul Mostoslavsky (AR/USA) | LightningUpTheGrandCanyon
Highly Commended
Heather Tonge (UK) | Waves on Waves
Highly Commended
Juan Garcia Lucas (ES) | TWISTED FREEZE
Highly Commended
Category Underwater
kazushige horiguchi (JP) | Kazuahige
Category Winner
Martin Broen (AR/USA) | Blue Crab
Runner-up
Jan van IJken (NL) | Daphnia
Highly Commended
Matthew Sullivan (USA) | Entering Hyperspace
Highly Commended
Yat Wai So (CN) | Xray
Highly Commended
Category Nature Art
Csaba Daróczi (HU) | Trees and stars
Category Winner
Javier Herranz Casellas (ES) |My lovely baby
Highly Commended
Juan Garcia Lucas (ES) | EXTRATERRESTRIAL WORLD IN RIO TINTO
Highly Commended
Juan Garcia Lucas (ES) | EXTRATERRESTRIAL WORLD IN RIO TINTO II
Highly Commended
Category Human and Nature
Dmitry Kokh (RU) | House of bears
Category Winner
Tamani Cédric (CH) | Flamingo_airport
Runner-up
László Tóth (HU) | Glance of death
Highly Commended
Sridhar Sivaram (IN) | Collision_Course
Highly Commended
Arne Bivrin (SE) |On_stage
Highly Commended
Category Black and White
Ernst Dirksen (NL) | Otter_in_icehole
Category Winner
Craig Elson (USA) | AWalkThroughtheDunes
Runner-up
Ernst Dirksen (NL) | Badger_walk_in_the_night
Highly Commended
Byron Grobler (ZA) | Impala Shower
Highly Commended
Irma Szabó (RO/HU) | Like a fun
Highly Commended
Category Animals portraits
Dmitry Kokh (RU) | Summer season
Category Winner
Zhengze Xu (CN) | Adelie Penguin
Runner-up
Zita Quentin (HU/USA) | Cross-Fox
Highly Commended
Andrey Savin (PH) | Family Circle
Highly Commended
Beconi Alessandro (IT) | Iberian lynx family portrait
Highly Commended
Category Nature of “De Lage landen”
Franka Slothouber (NL) | Coot
Category Winner
David Pattyn (NL) |Missed
Highly Commended
Bas van Laarhoven (NL) | Faint Egret
Highly Commended
Brenda Heyvaert (BE) | Sunrise at Brunssummerheide
Highly Commended
Category Youth
Till Clémence (CH) | First_flights_missed
Category Winner
Luca Lorenz (DE) | Female Pygmy Owl
Runner-up
Jomtup Charoenlapnumchai (TH) | whale and the city
Highly Commended
Till Clémence (CH) | Head_first
Highly Commended
Anton Trexler (DE) | View over world of colours
Highly Commended
Category Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner
David Hup & Michiel van Noppen (NL) | A bear in the backyard
Portfolio Award Winner