The prestigious European nature photography competition has concluded with the overall winner being a photo of two birds perched on a power line, taken by a 58-year-old female photographer.
The German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has announced the winners of the “GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2023” competition.
This is considered the most prestigious wildlife photography award in Europe and one of the most anticipated competitions in the world of photography.
The GDT hosts this annual competition exclusively for its members. This year, nearly 7,000 images were submitted by 424 GDT members from 13 countries.
The contest featured entries in seven categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, Nature, and Urban Wildlife. The overall winning entry also claimed first place in the Urban Wildlife category.
The award-winning photo, titled Scenes of a Marriage, depicts a pair of birds perched on a power line looking in opposite directions. This image earned the title of “GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2023” for German photographer Silke Hüttche. Silke is a 58-year-old nature and wildlife photographer and is the second woman to win the overall title in the competition’s 51-year history.
In the Birds category, Christian Höfs won with a photo of a Eurasian Hoopoe taken on wasteland near Marburg, Germany. The photo was captured in early summer.
The photo of a herd of buffalo in Africa brought photographer Jens Cullmann the top spot in the Mammals category.
Sebastian Vogel captured a photo of a snail on a blade of grass, winning in the Other Animals category.
The first place in the Plants and Fungi category was awarded to Antje Kreienbrink for her impressionist-style flower photo.
The top spot in the Landscape category went to photographer Britta Strack for her mysterious photo of a glacier at the foot of Großglockner in Austria.
In the Nature category, Florian Smit was selected as the winner with a photo of a dead caterpillar on the surface of the Rio Tinto river in Spain.
