Spectacular Plants & Landscapes Winners from the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards

Winner: “Blaze of colours” by Check My Dream (FR)

The Landscape Winners category of the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards showed nature’s unique creations. From majestic mountain ranges shrouded in mist to serene coastal scenes, these images capture the awe-inspiring power of the natural world.

Some Plants and Fungi Winners’ entries demonstrate life’s astounding intricacy on a smaller scale. Some gorgeous mushrooms highlighted by gentle light and vivid vegetation surviving in their native environments show us ecosystems’ hidden wonders. All of these winning photos show the richness and resilience of our planet’s landscapes and life.

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Landscapes
This category includes everything from intricate details to broad views of habitats, as well as the dramatic impacts of weather and wind and water, from local cultural landscapes to global landscapes.

Runner up: “Of sand and wind” by Go Mellone (IT)

“Blood of the earth” by Salvo Orlando (IT)

“Instant of eternity” by Thomas Crauwels (CH)

“As time goes by” by Iñaki Bolumburu (ES)

“Sunrise in the mist” by Alexey Kharitonov (RU)

“Power, beauty and fragility” by Martin Köppert (DE)

“Alpine contrasts” by Tobias Büttel (DE)

“Dying paradise” by Kristin Weinhold (DE)

“Autumn Glory” by Lukas Schäfer (IT)

Plants and Fungi
This category celebrates plants and fungi’s beauty and adaptability to many habitats. It seeks photos that artistically employ light and modern composition to illustrate their beauty and ecological value.

Winner: “Curtain” by Svetlana Ivanenko (RU)

Runner up: “Final glow” by Katarzyna Gubrynowicz (PL)

“Ice tree” by Hannu Ahonen (FI)

“Backlit willows” by Pål Hermansen (NO)

“Algae pizza” by Csaba Daroczi (HU)

“Fairies” by Karl Adami (EE)

“Storm in a beech forest” by Helmut Elzenbaumer (IT)

“Cordyceps” by Jaime Culebras (ES)

“Soon the flowers will die, life hurries on” by Ádám Horváth (HU)

“Wild teasel” by Theo Bosboom (NL)