Spectacular Winning Photos From The 2021 Nature Photographer Of The Year Awards

Birds: Overall Winner by Terje Kolaas

Here are the 2021 winners and runner-ups of the Nature Photographer of the Year Competition. An initiative of Nature Talks, the organization is behind an annual photo festival as well as organizes masterclasses and portfolio reviews.

Nature Talks says that the Nature Photographer of the Year competition celebrates the beauty of nature photography and provides a top prize of €3,000 cash for the winner plus other cash and equipment prizes. This year saw 20,061 photos submitted to 13 categories, which the organization says is a record for the competition.

Terje Kolass from Norway took the Birds category as well as an overall competition winner.

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Birds: Runner-up By Miquel Angel Artús Illana

Mammals: Winner By Josef Friedhuber

Mammals: Runner-up By Aare Udras

Other Animals: Winner By Ruben Perez Novo

Other Animals: Runner-up By Ruben Perez Novo

Plants and Fungi: Winner By Rupert Kogler

Plants and Fungi: Runner-up By Audun Rikardsen

Landscape: Winner By Denis Budkov

Landscape: Runner-up By Andrea Pozzi

Underwater: Winner By Georg Nies

Underwater: Runner-up By Dmitry Kokh

Nature Art: Winner By Gheorghe Popa

Nature Art: Runner-up By Juan Ahumada

Human and Nature: Winner By Javier Murcia

Human and Nature: Runner-up By David Hup

Black and White: Winner By Roie Galitz

Black and White: Runner-up By Gheorghe Popa

Animals portraits: Winner By William Burrard-Lucas

Animals portraits: Runner-up By Roie Galitz

Nature of “De Lage landen”: Winner By Andius Teijgeler

Nature of “De Lage landen”: Runner-up By Ronald Zimmerman

Youth: Winner By Levi Fitze

Youth: Runner-up By Gergő Kártyás

Fred Hazelhoff Portfolio Award By Lea Lee Inoue