Media Talks Falcon ‘florista’, blue bat and more: best nature photos of the year in European competition 17/04/2022 09:47

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London – The German Nature Photography Association presented the winners of its annual competition this week with a selection of photos of animals, plants and landscapes taken by professionals and amateurs from various countries.

The GDT Photo of the Year award went to 23-year-old German biology student Thomas Hempelmann.

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At The Florist, he painted the kestrel, a bird of prey with a sharp beak for catching its prey, in contrast with the delicate flowers of the forest.

The best nature photos in seven categories

The competition received more than 6,400 photos and awarded the best nature photos in seven categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Nature Studio, Landscapes, and 2022 Tree of the Year.

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Nature Photographer of the Year winner Thomas Hempelmann is 23 years old and studies ecology and environmental protection in Greifswald in northern Germany.

Interested in bird life since childhood, the artist started taking photographs to record birdwatching and eventually became an experienced nature photographer.

The image of the kestrel was obtained almost by accident after an unsuccessful photographic journey.

GDT 2022 nature photography competition
Nature Photo Contest GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Thomas Hempelmann

Hempelmann said he saw the kestrel on a pole on his way home with the equipment he kept in his backpack, but decided to stop the trip to photograph it.

And the bird of prey flew into the middle of the flowers and for a few seconds, when it was enough for the winning click, received an unexpected gift.

“I finished the day in a few seconds and came home whistling with happiness,” the young photographer said.


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See other award-winning nature photos from the competition

Night Circus, Robin Schulz, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT Nature Photographer 2022 Nature Photo Contest, Robin Schultz

Düsseldorf’s main street, the “Kö”, is famous for its hustle and bustle. It becomes extremely colorful and noisy when ring-necked parakeets invade the area at night.


Barn Owls for Karsten Mosebach Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2022 Nature Photo Contest, Heinz Buls

Barn Owl ( Tyto furcata) passes in front of a light bulb. At the end of the exposure time, a flash fires and the background darkens, emphasizing the owl.


Hippopotamus, Mara’s Whale, José Fragoso, Portugal
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
Nature Photo Contest GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Niklas Weber

Sunrise in Masai Mara National Park (Kenya) with a hippopotamus spewing out a cloud of water droplets like a whale.


Playing with seaweed, by CElia Kujala, WE
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Competition, Celia Kujala

A young California sea lion plays with algae off Islas Coronado, Mexico, while another watches.


bat time for Niklas Werber, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
Nature Photo Contest GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Niklas Weber

During a scientific expedition in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a colony of bats (Hipposideros sp.) was discovered in a large hollow tree.


Departure, by Heinz Buls, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2022 Nature Photo Contest, Heinz Buls

to fight Ritualized insects at sunset in the Swabian Alps, Germany.


Alien spaceship on planet plankton,Andy Schmid Switzerland
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Contest, Andy Schmid

Off the Maldives, a reef stingray (Mobula Alfred) swims open-mouthed in the middle of a cloud of zooplankton drawn to the water surface by the light of a boat at night.


Niklas Weber, Tree Frog, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
Nature Photo Contest GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Niklas Weber

tree frog (Leptopelis ocellatus) It was found deep in the tropical forests during a research expedition in the Republic of the Congo.


Plants and landscapes were also awarded in the nature photography competition

Foxglove and fern, for Felix Welsch, A.Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Competition, Felix Wesch

Foxglove and fern in a birch forest near Wahner Heath, West Germany.


spring dream Stefan Wagner Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT Nature Photographer 2022 Nature Photo Contest, Stefan Wagner

Every year in March, woodland anemones (nemorosa anemone) decorate the forest floor and invite you to dream after a usually gray winter.


Sun Dance, by. RI love Jakubowski, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Competition, Radomir Jakubowski

Woodland anemone glowing in forest night.


wasgau light, Steffen Jung, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Competition, Steffen Jung

Winter sunrise in Wegelburg, Palatinate, Germany.


Sunrise in an ice cave Uwe Hasubek, A.Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Competition, Uwe HasuBek

The first rays of sunlight hit the blue ice of an ice cave in Iceland’s Jökulsarlon glacier.


fire for Sigi Zang, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Competition, Sigi Zang

Sunset view of the rocky coastline of Devon, England.


wave for Rodomir Jakubowski,Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Competition, Radomir Jakubowski

A wave beat by the rising sun. Black lava rocks create a dark background.


fly away for Susanne Venditti Switzerland
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
Nature Photographer of the Year at GDT 2022 Nature Photography Contest, Susane Vendijoyful

Flying seagulls were photographed with the camera set to long exposure, creating the effect of movement.


for curved impostor Shit, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photo Contest, Frauke Fuck

Detail of a red mushroom (amanita muscaria), a fungus known as mosquito nets near Remscheid in the Bergisches Land region of Germany.


Glide in the fog by the S,tefan picture, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT Nature Photographer, 2022 Nature Photo Contest, Stefan Imig

An old beech tree in the Kellerwald-Edersee Nature Park.


for autumn Sigi Zang, Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT 2022 Nature Photographer of the Year Nature Photography Competition, Sigi Zang

Foggy atmosphere in the autumn beech forest of Jasmund National Park, Rügen


beech trees in the snow, Jens Kahlert Germany
GDT 2022 nature photography competition
GDT Nature Photographer 2022 Nature Photo Contest, Jens Kahlet

Lying on the forest floor, the photographer captured a gap between the treetops. The flash illuminated the snowflakes.

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