70 Of The Best Shots From The GDT Nature Photographer Of The Year 2020 Contest

The German Society for Nature Photography have 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.

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The 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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#1 Winner, Other Animals. Danger In The Mud. Crocodile In A Drying Pool By Jens Cullmann

Image credits: Jens Cullmann

This year, the overall winner is Peter Lindel from Dortmund, Germany, with his photo of a European hare. Lindel is a passionate photographer, 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.”

The overall winner as well as category winners and runners-up received generous prizes by AC-Foto, GDT’s partner for many years. The overall winner also received an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III 12-40mm kit from the organization’s premium partner, Olympus Europe.

#2 Overall Winner, Mammals. A Hare’s Dream By Peter Lindel

Image credits: Peter Lindel

#3 Winner, Birds. Take-Off. Coyote Panics Geese By Flurin Leugger

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#4 5th Place, Birds. Song Of The Dawn By Maximillian Hornish

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#5 7th Place, Mammals. Close-Up By Dr. Siegmar Bergfeld

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#6 Winner, Plants And Fungi. New Life In A Dead Forest. Dead Forest, Bavaria By Radomir Jakubowski

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#7 7th Place, Birds. Summer’s Eve By Thomas Hempelmann

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#8 2nd Place, Mammals. Glowing Fox. Arabian Red Fox In Kuwait City By Mohammad Murad

Image credits: Mohammad Murad

#9 5th Place, Mammals. Eyelashes By Herman Hirsch

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#10 4th Place, Birds. Ducks Tufted. Ducks And Pochards By Christoph Kaula

Image credits: Christoph Kaula

#11 3rd Place, Mammals. Cut And Run! By Winfried Wisniewski

Image credits: Winfried Wisniewski

#12 3rd Place, Other Animals. School Of Mackerel, Cocos Island By Henry Jager

Image credits: Henry Jager

#13 4th Place, Nature’s Studio. Stargazer By Christian Wappl

Image credits: Christian Wappl

#14 Winner, Special Category: Water. The Play Of Water. Hraunfossar, Island By Britta Strack

Image credits: Britta Strack

#15 4th Place, Mammals. Curious Glances. Raccoons, North Hesse By Jan Piecha

Image credits: Jan Piecha

#16 6th Place, Mammals. Proboscis Monkey In The Flight By Bernhard Schubert

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#17 5th Place, Other Animals. Stefan Imig

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#18 2nd Place, Landscapes. Masai Mara Sky By Jose Fragozo

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#19 4th Place, Landscapes. Into The Sea By Uwe Hasubek

Image credits: Uwe Hasubek

#20 6th Place, Landscapes. Eyjafjallajökull Volcanic Eruption By Kerstin Langenberger

Image credits: Kerstin Langenberger

#21 10th Place, Landscapes. Mystic By Florian Smit

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#22 Winner, Nature’s Studio. Flooded With Light. Blackbird, North Hesse By Jan Piecha

Image credits: Jan Piecha

#23 5th Place, Nature’s Studio. Refraction. Refraction Of Light In The Cobweb By Burkhard Hillert

Image credits: Burkhard Hillert

#24 3rd, Birds. Stone Dipper By Hermann Hirsch

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#25 4th Place, Other Animals. Toad King By Kevin Prönnecke

Image credits: Kevin Prönnecke

#26 2nd Place. Plants And Fungi. Klaus Tamm

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#27 2nd Place, Nature’s Studio. The White Coastline. Meltwater Lake, Greenland By Stephan Fürnrohr

Image credits: Stephan Fürnrohr

#28 2nd Place, Birds. Wave-Waching By Karsten Mosebach

Image credits: Karsten Mosebach

#29 8th Place, Birds. Walk Along The Beach By Karsten Mosebach

Image credits: Karsten Mosebach

#30 9th Place, Mammals. Starring By Kai Kolodziej

Image credits: Kai Kolodziej

#31 2nd Place, Other Animals. Night Killer By Mohammad Murad

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#32 6th Place, Other Animals. Sunspider By Radomir Jakubowski

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#33 8th Place, Other Animals. Death Awaits By Christian Wappl

Image credits: Christian Wappl

#34 4th Place, Plants And Fungi. In The Realm Of The Snow Queen By Katja Manski

Image credits: Katja Manski

#35 5th Place, Plants And Fungi. Fairytale World. Mushrooms, Northern Germany By Florian Smit

Image credits: Florian Smit

#36 8th Place, Plants And Fungi. Raso De La Bruma By Stefan Pütz-Cordes

Image credits: Stefan Pütz-Cordes

#37 10th Place, Plants And Fungi. Winterdream By Christian Zehner

Image credits: Christian Zehner

#38 Winner, Landscapes. Magic Light. Tree In The Mist At The Albtrauf By Benjain Waldmann

Image credits: Benjain Waldmann

#39 3rd Place, Landscapes. A Dream Within A Dream By Uwe Hasubek

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#40 9th Place, Landscapes. Erosion By Claudius Shneider

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#41 3rd Place, Nature’s Studio. Prisma By Christopher Meyer

Image credits: Christopher Meyer

#42 10th Place, Nature’s Studio. Iceland Going Abstract. Painting Of A River, Iceland By Uwe Hasubek

Image credits: Uwe Hasubek

#43 2nd Place, Special Category: Water. Milk And Honey, Reflection Of The Chalk Coast By Sandra Bartocha

Image credits: Sandra Bartocha

#44 3rd Place, Special Category: Water. Collision. Overlap Of Geometric Shape By Birgit Potthoff

Image credits: Birgit Potthoff

#45 6th Place, Birds. I’m Veborgenen By Jan Piecha

Image credits: Jan Piecha

#46 9th Place, Birds. Jealousy About Foods By Jenns Cullmann

Image credits: Jenns Cullmann

#47 9th Place, Other Animals. Low Tide By Melanie Arndt

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#48 3rd Place, Plants And Fungi. Max Fellerman

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#49 7th Place, Plants And Fungi. Christopher Meyer

Image credits: Christopher Meyer

#50 5th Place, Landscapes. Yukon Gold Rush By Axel Gomeringer

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#51 7th Place, Landscapes. Fire And Ice By Kerstin Langenberger

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#52 8th Place, Landscapes. Nature Is Back By Oliver Richter

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#53 6th Place, Nature’s Studio. Beach Secret By Dr. Siegmar Bergfeld

Image credits: Dr. Siegmar Bergfeld

#54 4th Place, Special Category: Water. Poseidons Wrath. Waves, La Palma By Christian Wappl

Image credits: Christian Wappl

#55 6th Place, Special Category: Water. Rapaselet By Tillmann Fisher

Image credits: Tillmann Fisher

#56 7th Place, Special Category: Water. Shilf By Sandra Bartocha

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#57 8th Place, Special Category: Water. Dance Of Light By Stefan Betz

Image credits: Stefan Betz

#58 10th Place, Special Category: Water. Sinnsro-Serenity By Christian Zehner

Image credits: Christian Zehner

#59 10th Place, Birds. Detail By Christoph Kaula

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#60 8th Place, Mammals. Mouse At Night By Christopher Meyer

Image credits: Christopher Meyer

#61 10th Place, Mammals. Kangaroos Paradise By Hermann Hirsh

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#62 7th Place, Prize Of The Jury, Other Animals. Individuum By Florian Smit

Image credits: Florian Smit

#63 10th Place, Other Animals. Waterproof By Steffen Jung

Image credits: Steffen Jung

#64 6th Place, Plants And Fungi. Sandra Bartocha

Image credits: Sandra Bartocha

#65 9th Place, Plants And Fungi. Ice Flower By Marcus Siebert

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#66 7th Place, Nature’s Studio. Pipelines By Birgit Potthoff

Image credits: Birgit Potthoff

#67 8th Place, Nature’s Studio. Blue Ice By Klaus Kerner

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#68 9th Place, Nature’s Studio. Lesser Dodder By Lukas Thiess

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#69 5th Place, Special Category: Water. Stingray By Jan Piecha

Image credits: Jan Piecha

#70 9th Place, Special Category: Water. Breakwater By Max Fellerman

Image credits: Max Fellerman

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