The contest, World Nature Photography Awards 2021 was held successfully and they have announced the winners from more than 50000 photographs that were submitted to competitions from all over the world. This world-famous photography challenge was organized by the National History Historical Center.
As we all know nature photography requires both talent and guts which means it needs a special skill set in addition the other photography. Imagine being so close to wild animals and harsh landscapes! In addition. Wildlife photographers rarely get a second chance! If they miss a chance, they miss. That’s how it goes.
The World Nature Photography Awards winners for 2021 have been announced, and all of the images are mesmerizing. Amos Nachoum from the United States received the grand prize of $1000 for his extraordinary shot of a leopard seal about to attack a penguin.
Here are more of the winning pictures. Scroll down to see them. You will obviously wonder how they choose one of them as the winner.
For more information visit www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com
#1 “Facing Reality Leopard Seal & Penguin” By Amos Nachoum, USA – Overall Gold Winner and the grand prize of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#2 “Rumble in the Jungle” By William Fortescue, United Kingdom – Overall Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#3 “Cheetahs Talek River” By Buddhilini de Soyza, Australia – Overall Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#4 “Family Moment” By Tom Vierus, Fiji – Animal portraits Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#5 “AP A Dotting Mother” By Neelutpaul Barua, India – Animal portraits Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#6 “Lessons for Life” By Amit Eshel, Israel – Animal portraits Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#7 “Pacific Tree Fog” By Shayne Kaye, Canada – Behaviour – Amphibians and reptiles Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#8 “American Crocodile” By Massimo Giorgetta, Italy – Behaviour – Amphibians and reptiles Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#9 “Green Jaguana” By Patrick Nowotny, USA – Behaviour – Amphibians and reptiles Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#10 “Vulture and Fox” By Ashok Behera, India – Behaviour – Birds Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#11 “Red Billed Queleas” By Robert J. Ross, USA – Behaviour – Birds Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#12 “Cormorant Uprising” By Robert Maynard, UK – Behaviour – Birds Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#13 “Ants Crossing” By Chin Leong TEO, Singapore – Behaviour – Invertebrates Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#14 “Hovering for Nectar” By Lincoln Macgregor, Australia – Behaviour – Invertebrates Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#15 “Green Huntsman Spider” By Irina Petrova Adamatzky, UK – Behaviour – Invertebrates Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#16 By Federico Testi, Italy – Nature Art Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#17 “Dandelions” By Monika Schneider, Germany – Nature Art Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#18 “Lettuce Coral Raja Ampat” By Gabriel Barathieu, Mayotte – Nature Art Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#19 “Ice Cave” By Sabrina Inderbitzi, Switzerland – People and Nature Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#20 “Capturing the Motion” By Mike Eyett, Austria – People and Nature Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#21 “Blenny Nest” By Dr Gaetano Gargiulo, Australia – People and Nature Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#22 “Abandoned House” By Gautam Kamat Bambolkar, India – Plants and Fungi Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#23 “Young Pine” By Vladislav Tasev, UK – Plants and Fungi Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#24 “Fungi” By Jan Czeczotka, Germany – Plants and Fungi Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#25 “Humpback Whale” By Matthijs Noome, USA – Urban Wildlife Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#26 “Arabian Red Foxes” By Mohammad Murad, Kuwait – Urban Wildlife Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#27 “Fox in the Netherlands” By Alex Pansier, Netherlands – Urban Wildlife Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#28 “New Zealand” By Sam Wilson, Australia – Planet Earth’s landscapes and environments Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#29 “Pumice Stone Field” By Alessandro Gruzza, Italy – Planet Earth’s landscapes and environments Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#30 “Ice Falls” By Rie Asada, Japan – Planet Earth’s landscapes and environments Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#31 “Arctic Fox Determination” By Vince Burton, UK – Black and white Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#32 “Mother’s Love” By Avanka Fernando, Sri Lanka – Black and white Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#33 “Elephants” By Michael Stavrakakis, Australia – Black and white Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#34 “Bornean Oran Gutan” By Thomas Vijayan, Canada – Animals in their habitat Gold Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#35 “OpenWide Sea Lion” By Celia Kujala, USA – Animals in their habitat Silver Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#36 “North of the Wall” By Christian Tuckwell-Smith, UK – Animals in their habitat Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#37 “Saving OranGutan” By Alain Schroeder, Belgium – Nature photojournalism Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#38 By Alexej Sachov, Ukraine – Nature photojournalism Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
#39 “Sickening Delicacy” By Bence Mate, Hungary – Nature photojournalism Bronze Winner of WORLD NATURE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
