30-04-2025
The German Society for Nature Photography announces its 2025 competition winners
The German Society of Nature Photographers (GDT) revealed the winners and finalists of its annual Nature Photographer of the Year competition. Unlike its European Wildlife Photographer of the Year, open to all European residents, this competition is a members-only affair.
This year, 507 GDT members from 11 countries submitted over 8,000 images for consideration. Following a pre-selection process from a jury, members were allowed to vote for 10 images, each, across categories including Birds, Mammals, Landscapes and Other Animals.
Patience and persistence paid off for Konrad Wothe. He was declared the Overall Winner for his image "Dipper flying through waterfall." A vision spanning over two decades, Wothe credits advances in camera technology for finally making the shot a reality. He initially attempted to capture his vision on film. It took thousands of exposures and countless trips to the dipper's nesting site to get the desired result.
To learn more about Wothe's background, the jury and to view all of the selected images, from the present and past, make sure to visit the GDT's website.
Image description: White-throated dipper flying through waterfall.
Image description: Territorial fight between two male redstarts in the orchard in front of my house.
Image description: Puffin courtship display during the mating season in Newfoundland.
Image description: Chamois photographed through blades of dew-covered grass in the Vosges.
Image description: An ibex silhouetted against a lake and the blue evening sky in the Alps.
Image description: Wind and waves create striking patterns in the sand along the west coast of Fuerteventura. This dragonfly was a perfect eye-catcher.
Image description: Unidentified weevil (Curculionidae) on the stem of a mushroom.
Image description: A beautiful rainbow of colours caused by the diffraction of sunlight on the fine, silken threads of a spider's web.
Image description: Quiver trees (Aloe dichotoma) are native to southern Africa. This photo was taken in Namibia near Keetmanshoop.
Image description: I discovered this spoonleaf sundew in a bog in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Image description: Even today, old-growth forests in Sweden are regularly cut down and replaced with commercial plantations. Undisturbed forests can harbour over 2000 species (many of which are endangered) and must be preserved at all costs.
Image description: For just a brief moment, the sun broke through the dark clouds and illuminated a waterfall on the Faroe Islands.
Image description: Photographed during a doors off helicopter flight over Iceland's highlands at an altitude of approx. 300 metres - a rare spectacle.
Image description: Long-exposure photography unifies the movements of the waves, reeds and camera into an abstract image (Bornholm).
Image description: Spider webs in Kochelmoos.
