Splendidly stunning shots from the 2023 Nature Photography Contest winners
The Nature Photography Contest seeks to inspire awareness and appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us.
By Dean Murray via SWNS
These are the impressive winners of the Nature Photography Contest 2023.
The Photographer of the Year 2023 award went to Alain Schroeder for his "striking and attractive" pictures, which include a three-month-old female orangutan being prepared for surgery, an image that also won the Sharing the Planet category.
The Nature Photography Contest said: "Alain Schroeder's photographs stand out for his commitment to the environment, with captures such as the one that have led him to win, also, the category Sharing the planet.
"As part of his newly acquired title, the Photographer of the Year will be in charge of deciding the country in which the nearly 400 trees that The Nature Photography Contest, in collaboration with One Tree Planted, will plant."
Glenn Ostle's photograph "Sea Lion in Los Islotes" clinched the prestigious Photography of the Year award.
Organizers said: "Ostle's ability to capture the exact moment when the sea lion seems to be posing for him in front of a school of fish that forms an inimitable natural backdrop has astonished the jury.
"Not surprisingly, the naturalness of the animal and the complexity of the image perfectly illustrate the importance of our seabed and the care of its species."
Other categories included Funny Nature, Underwater and Plant Life.
Organisers added: "These photographs are not only exceptional images, but also a call to action to protect and preserve our planet.
"Through The Nature Photography Contest, we seek to inspire awareness and appreciation for the beauty that surrounds us."
The winners of the ten categories were:
- Natural Landscape: "Burning Flower" by Marek Biegalski.
- Wildlife: "Stories in the Sand" by Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya.
- Macro Photography: "The Dreamer - Philaeus chrysops" by Adrian Truchta.
- Underwater: "Tangle" by 家 住.
- Birds: "Puffin in Iceland" by Alessio Calviani.
- Plant Life: "Pandora" by Marcio Cabral.
- Night World: "Los Arcos y la Cueva" by Marc Marco.
- Environmental Impact: "Fatigue Sleep" by Muhammad Hossain.
- Sharing the Planet: "Saving Orangutans 01" by Alain Schroeder.
- Funny Nature: "Monday" by Panisara Sripratoom.
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