The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has chosen a winner to receive its Nature Photographer of the Year 2020 award, and this year's picture selection is exactly the corona remedy we've been looking for.
The GDT has bestowed its coveted Nature Photographer of the Year award on Peter Lindel. His photo, “A hare’s dream”, which captures a European Hare in a meadow in North Dortmund, was selected by a three-person jury as the winner of the “mammals” category, and Peter the overall winner of Nature Photographer of the Year 2020.
The jury, tasked with selecting the winner of the prestigious award, also selected a winning picture from seven different categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, Nature’s Studio and a special category: Water. The jury also selected their favourite photo to win the “Prize of the Jury” award.
The images are spectacular.
Winner: Flurin Leugger
Photo: Take-off
Image credit: Flurin Leugger / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Peter Lindel – Nature Photographer of the Year 2020
Photo: A hare’s dream
Image credit: Peter Lindel / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Jens Cullmann
Photo: Danger in the Mud
Image credit: Jens Cullmann / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Radomir Jakubowski
Photo: New life in a dead forest (Neues Leben im toten Wald)
Image credit: Radomir Jakubowski / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Benjamin Waldmann
Photo: Magic Light (Magisches Licht)
Image credit: Benjamin Waldmann / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Jan Piecha
Photo: Flooded with Light (Lichtdurchflutet)
Image credit: Jan Piecha / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Britta Strack
Photo: The Play of Water (Wasserspiel)
Image credit: Britta Strack / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
Winner: Florian Smit
Photo: Individual (Individuum)
Category: Other Animals
Image credit: Florian Smit / 2020 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year
You can check out the full gallery for each category on the GDT's website. Each category has 10 breath-taking photos denoting the jury’s top ten picks for each category. The pictures are mesmerising, thought-provoking and beautiful. Which one is your favourite?