‘World Nature Photography Awards’ Found Its Winners

With the participation of 20 countries from six continents, the best nature photos that capture the fascinating natural life of our planet are determined. World Nature Photography Awards(WNPA) winners have been announced. In the competition, awards were given in 14 different categories, from landscape photography to animals in natural habitats, from photojournalism to human interaction with nature.

The photos competing in the competition show how much our planet actually is, despite all the destruction and negativity caused by us humans. extraordinary place He reminded us once again that The winner of the competition is the American photographer who managed to capture the moment of a leopard seal hunting a defenseless Gentoo penguin. Amos Nachoum it happened.

Here is the photo that won the grand prize

Nachoum, who won the grand prize of one thousand dollars, to capture the photo that brought him the first place, on Plano Island in the Antarctic Peninsula, where the tide is low and the seals sneak into a lagoon and hunt. right moment He waited patiently for hours.

In his statement “For hours, I waited for the tide to come along a shallow lagoon on a remote island on the Antarctic Peninsula,” using the expressions Nachoum, “Like an automatic clock, the leopard seal arrived just before the tide. When a young Gentoo penguin approaches, the seal lightning fast turning his head, he grabbed her by the feet and carried her into the deep waters. “ recorded as.

But what really surprised Nachoum was before the leopard seal ate the Gentoo penguin. quit twice dead. According to Nachoum’s account, the leopard seal was as if, on both occasions, playfully ran after the penguin; However, the penguin still did not manage to escape the death that awaited him.

Here are the other winners of the competition

Animal Portraits

Family Moment, Tom Voerus, Fiji

Brown bear mother and her cubs, Neelutpaul Barunaindia, India.

Determination, Vince Burton, UK.

Mothers Love, Avanka Fernando, Sri Lanka

Animal Behaviors

Rumble in the Jungle, William Fortescue, United Kingdom

Vulture and fox feasting on wildebeest, Ashok Behera, India

Red billed queleas, Robert J. Ross, USA.

Black Cormorants, Robert Maynard, United Kingdom

Pacific tree frog, Shayne Kaye, Canada

Ants Crossing, Teo Chin Leong, Singapore

Urban Wildlife and Human Life

Humpback whale, Matthijs Noome, USA.

Fox in the Netherlands, Alex Pansier, Netherlands.

Ice cave, Sabrina Inderbitzi, Switzerland.

Capturing the motion, Mike Eyett, Austria.

Nature Art and Landscapes

Landscape with trees, Federico Testi, Italy.

Dandelions, Monika Schneider, Germany

Landscape, Sam Wilson, Australia

Abandoned House, Gautam Kamat, India