Spectacular Winners Of The Society Of German Nature Photographers’ Nature Photographer Of The Year 2019

During their annual general meeting last weekend, the Society of German Nature Photographers (Gesellschaft Deutscher Tierfotografen – GDT) selected the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2019. The overall winner is Klaus Tamm from Wuppertal, Germany with the photo of a yellow-collared mouse.


Winner, mammals and overall winner: Klaus Tamm, “Nuisance” (mouse and mosquito). (Photo by Klaus Tamm/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)

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Mammals, second place: Klaus Tamm, “Meeting at the edge of the forest” (hare). (Photo by Klaus Tamm/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Mammals, third place: Michael Winkmann, “My habitat” (musk ox). (Photo by Michael Winkmann/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Birds, winner: Stefan Christmann, “What‘cha got?” (emperor penguins). (Photo by Stefan Christmann/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Birds, second place: Klaus Tamm, “Berlin Alexanderplatz” (starling). (Photo by Klaus Tamm/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Other animals, winner: Antje Kreienbrink, “Those in darkness drop from sight” (ant). (Photo by Antje Kreienbrink/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Other animals, second place: Sebastian Vogel, “Hidden in the horsetail grass” (fly). (Photo by Sebastian Vogel/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Plants and fungi, winner: Heinz Buls, “Lily of the valley”. (Photo by Heinz Buls/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Plants and fungi, second place: Daniela Graf, “Fantasy of wood anemones”. (Photo by Daniela Graf/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Landscapes, winner: Kevin Prönnecke, “The meadow awakes” (Elbe valley meadows). (Photo by Kevin Proennecke/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Landscapes, second place: Florian Smit, “Rainforest” (Danum valley, Borneo). (Photo by Florian Smit/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Nature’s studio, winner: Kerstin Gumm, “I and I” (Sea foam at the North Sea). (Photo by Kerstin Gumm/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Nature’s studio, second place: Jan van der Greef, “Gull and light”. (Photo by Jan van der Greef/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Action, joint winner: Hermann Hirsch, “White flash” (Arctic hare, Scotland). (Photo by Hermann Hirsch/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)


Action, joint winner: Siegmar Bergfeld, “Bathing blackbird” (Hungarian nature reserve). (Photo by Dr Siegmar Bergfeld/2019 GDT Nature Photographer of the Year)

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