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The GDP Nature Photographer Of The Year 2020 Contest Is Over And Here Are The Winners (70 Pics)
The German Society for Nature Photography has just announced the winners of the Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 contest, and the shots are absolutely beautiful.
"Due to the coronavirus pandemic, voting was not carried out during the annual general meeting but was completed online for the first time ever in GDT's history with great participation by its members," the organization told Bored Panda in a statement.
Professional photographers competed in 7 categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, Nature's Studio, and the special category -- Water.
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Winner, Other Animals. Danger In The Mud. Crocodile In A Drying Pool By Jens Cullmann
"A total of 5,046 stunning pictures was submitted to the photo contest. After a pre-jury procedure (Alexandra Wünsch, Torsten Bittner und Jon A. Juarez), it was the GDT members' turn to make their choices from the ten best photos in each of the seven categories."
The overall winner as well as category winners and runners-up with their beautiful photos received generous prizes by AC-Foto, GDT's partner for many years. The overall winner of the photography contest also received an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III 12-40mm kit from the organization's premium partner, Olympus Europe.
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#2
Overall Winner, Mammals. A Hare's Dream By Peter Lindel
This year, the overall winner is Peter Lindel from Dortmund, Germany, with his photo of a European hare. Lindel is passionate about wildlife photography, focusing on local as well as African fauna. The winning image belongs to a series taken in the north of Dortmund. "Compared to many international nature photography hotspots, this region has little to offer," GDT said. "[But] Peter Lindel [invested] a lot of time and blood, sweat, and tears working on this project on his doorstep. In these times, as everyone is urged to stay home, the generally classic subject of a hare gains special significance. It is also a beautiful statement for long-term exploration of a single species and region."
#3
4th Place, Other Animals. Toad King By Kevin Prönnecke
#4
3rd Place, Other Animals. School Of Mackerel, Cocos Island By Henry Jager
#5
Winner, Plants And Fungi. New Life In A Dead Forest. Dead Forest, Bavaria By Radomir Jakubowski
#6
2nd Place, Mammals. Glowing Fox. Arabian Red Fox In Kuwait City By Mohammad Murad
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5th Place, Mammals. Eyelashes By Herman Hirsch
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4th Place, Mammals. Curious Glances. Raccoons, North Hesse By Jan Piecha
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8th Place, Plants And Fungi. Raso De La Bruma By Stefan Pütz-Cordes
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5th Place, Birds. Song Of The Dawn By Maximillian Hornish
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Winner, Special Category: Water. The Play Of Water. Hraunfossar, Island By Britta Strack
#12
7th Place, Mammals. Close-Up By Dr. Siegmar Bergfeld
#13
4th Place, Nature's Studio. Stargazer By Christian Wappl
#14
2nd Place, Nature's Studio. The White Coastline. Meltwater Lake, Greenland By Stephan Fürnrohr
#15
2nd Place, Landscapes. Masai Mara Sky By Jose Fragozo
#16
Winner, Birds. Take-Off. Coyote Panics Geese By Flurin Leugger
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 6 years ago
Wonderful actions shot- it looks like an abstract painting!
#17
5th Place, Landscapes. Yukon Gold Rush By Axel Gomeringer
#18
4th Place, Landscapes. Into The Sea By Uwe Hasubek
#19
Winner, Nature's Studio. Flooded With Light. Blackbird, North Hesse By Jan Piecha
#20
2nd Place, Special Category: Water. Milk And Honey, Reflection Of The Chalk Coast By Sandra Bartocha
#21
5th Place, Nature's Studio. Refraction. Refraction Of Light In The Cobweb By Burkhard Hillert
#22
5th Place, Other Animals. Stefan Imig
#23
6th Place, Other Animals. Sunspider By Radomir Jakubowski
#24
7th Place, Birds. Summer's Eve By Thomas Hempelmann
#25
3rd Place, Mammals. Cut And Run! By Winfried Wisniewski
Aunt Messy 6 years ago
That leopard is in trouble. Warthogs are fast and vicious. They'll kill anything they get close to...and that includes animals that are a lot larger than they are.
#26
6th Place, Landscapes. Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Eruption By Kerstin Langenberger
#27
2nd Place. Plants And Fungi. Klaus Tamm
#28
8th Place, Birds. Walk Along The Beach By Karsten Mosebach
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3rd Place, Plants And Fungi. Max Fellerman
#30
4th Place, Birds. Ducks Tufted. Ducks And Pochards By Christoph Kaula
#31
9th Place, Other Animals. Low Tide By Melanie Arndt
#32
3rd Place, Special Category: Water. Collision. Overlap Of Geometric Shape By Birgit Potthoff
#33
6th Place, Mammals. Proboscis Monkey In The Flight By Bernhard Schubert
#34
4th Place, Plants And Fungi. In The Realm Of The Snow Queen By Katja Manski
#35
7th Place, Landscapes. Fire And Ice By Kerstin Langenberger
#36
9th Place, Landscapes. Erosion By Claudius Shneider
#37
3rd Place, Nature's Studio. Prisma By Christopher Meyer
#38
9th Place, Mammals. Starring By Kai Kolodziej
#39
2nd Place, Other Animals. Night Killer By Mohammad Murad
#40
5th Place, Plants And Fungi. Fairytale World. Mushrooms, Northern Germany By Florian Smit
Deborah Orr 6 years ago
Amazing how perspective can make an otherwise banal object a thing of true beauty......
#42
8th Place, Landscapes. Nature Is Back By Oliver Richter
#43
10th Place, Landscapes. Mystic By Florian Smit
#45
6th Place, Special Category: Water. Rapaselet By Tillmann Fisher
#46
10th Place, Birds. Detail By Christoph Kaula
#47
8th Place, Other Animals. Death Awaits By Christian Wappl
#48
3rd Place, Landscapes. A Dream Within A Dream By Uwe Hasubek
#49
10th Place, Nature's Studio. Iceland Going Abstract. Painting Of A River, Iceland By Uwe Hasubek
Deborah Orr 6 years ago
This would make for a definite statement painting if it was 10ft by 4ft and hanging behind my couch!!!
#50
7th Place, Special Category: Water. Shilf By Sandra Bartocha
#51
2nd Place, Birds. Wave-Waching By Karsten Mosebach
#53
Winner, Landscapes. Magic Light. Tree In The Mist At The Albtrauf By Benjain Waldmann
Lyone Fein 6 years ago
It is unfortunate that this winner is not up higher, so that more people would see it.
#58
9th Place, Plants And Fungi. Ice Flower By Marcus Siebert
#59
10th Place, Plants And Fungi. Winterdream By Christian Zehner
#60
6th Place, Nature's Studio. Beach Secret By Dr. Siegmar Bergfeld
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Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 6 years ago
Spectacular photographs! I can no wait for the time until we can all go outside and explore the beauty of nature again.
Lorrie Finley 6 years ago
I have a tree outside my bedroom window & have been watching it it bud & leaf out day to day. It's something I would not have done otherwise. But I'm definitely going to buy some film for my 35mm & take it with me on my next walk. I'm in a new city & seeing for the first time.
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Rae of sun 6 years ago
I really enjoyed looking at the ones from the water category they wete really something else
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 6 years ago
Spectacular photographs! I can no wait for the time until we can all go outside and explore the beauty of nature again.
Lorrie Finley 6 years ago
I have a tree outside my bedroom window & have been watching it it bud & leaf out day to day. It's something I would not have done otherwise. But I'm definitely going to buy some film for my 35mm & take it with me on my next walk. I'm in a new city & seeing for the first time.
Load More Replies... Rae of sun 6 years ago
I really enjoyed looking at the ones from the water category they wete really something else
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