Winners of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 Competition

“Jurassic Park” by Roberto Marchegiani (Italy). Overall Winner and Mammals Class Winner/NPOTY 2020.

Sense like you’re trapped indoors far too a lot these times? These spectacular illustrations or photos from the winners of the Character Photographer of the 12 months (NPOTY) contest will fulfill your wanderlust—and probably stimulate you to get exterior with your have digicam, be it a DSLR or your mobile phone. This year’s award winners are the fifth batch of talented photographers selected by the once-a-year opposition which held its inaugural contest in 2016. Run by the mother nature & images firm Character Talks, the contest draws the very best and brightest of out of doors pictures from all-around the globe.

This year, the overall winner—now identified as the Nature Photographer of the Year—is Roberto Marchegiani of Italy. The expert landscape photographer has been capturing due to the fact he was 14 a long time outdated. To get his dreamy successful shot of a giraffe in Nakuru Nationwide Park, Kenya, Marchegiani had to set up for a exclusive safari in dreary weather conditions. Applying the potent telephoto watch of a 600mm lens, Marchegiani set his gaze on a part of forest and waited. Thankfully, a team of close by giraffes happened to go his look at. “In the conclude,” he responses, “I was rewarded by my stubbornness: the giraffes handed accurately in the appropriate spot. The scene reminded me of a Jurassic landscape, with a herbivorous dinosaur in the same place as the giraffe.”

For the 2020 opposition, the jury panel judged 19,547 illustrations or photos from photographers in in excess of 70 nations. Categories provided Black and White, Animal Artwork, and a exclusive Portfolio competitors. There was even a Youth category for young ones more than 10 decades aged. If you’d like to check out your hand and post your possess do the job, think about entering the 2021 levels of competition. As a reward, your entry rate allows support conservation initiatives in the Netherlands and Belgium. Character Talks will also be internet hosting a 2-working day On the net Character Photography Journey on March 13 and 14, 2021. You will show up at amazing talks, masterclasses, and much more.

Scroll down to look at out this year’s magnificent winners of every single group in the Mother nature Photographer of the Calendar year awards. To see the full listing of runners up and counseled illustrations or photos, check out out the contest website page.

Mother nature Talks has announced the winners of their Nature Photographer of the Calendar year contest.

“Hope in a Burned Forest” by JoAnne McArthur (Canada). Person and Mother nature Class Winner/NPOTY.

“Nature’s Pitfall” by Samantha Stephens (Canada). Other Animals Class Winner/NPOTY.

“Welcome to Mexico,” Border Wall Task by Alejandro Prieto (Mexico). Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award/NPOTY.

“Dead Forest” by Radomir Jakubowski (Germany). Plants and Fungi Group Winner/NPOTY.

“In The Hiding” by Milos Prelevic (Serbia). Underwater Class Winner/NPOTY.

“Trapped” by Andrea Pozzi (Italy). Character Art Group Winner/NPOTY.

“Constellation of Eagle Rays” by Henley Spiers (United kingdom). Black and White Class Winner/NPOTY.

“I Can Pass” by Adriana Sanz (Argentina). Animal Portraits Class Winner/NPOTY.

“The Apocalypse” by Bart Siebelink (Netherlands). Animals of “De Lage Landen” Class Winner/NPOTY.

“Il Bosco Incantato” by Stanislao Basileo (Italy). Landscapes Class Winner/NPOTY.

“Brambling Togetherness” by Andreas Geh (Germany). Birds Category Winner/NPOTY 2020.

“Tiny Details” by Lili Sztreharszki (Hungary). Youth Classification Winner/NPOTY.

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