AMAZING WINNERS

 

The Amazing Winners From Nat Geo's Photography Contest                      

National Geographic has just published the results of their prestigious 2016 Nature Photographer of the Year competition. Once you see the photographs below, you will realize just how difficult it must have been for the judges to choose the winners. After much deliberation, the jury awarded the grand prize, which included a 10-day trip for two to the Galapagos Islands, two 15-minute portfolio reviews with professional photo editors and $2,500 in cash, to Greg Lecoeur for his superb shot of various predators hunting underwater.

 

This esteemed competition attracts thousands of entries from across the globe. The respected judges included National Geographic's senior photo editor, Kathy Moran, as well as the magazine's photographers, Jim Brandenburg and Joe Riis. The images were split into four categories - Action, Landscapes, Animal Portraits and Environmental Issues. There were prizes for the best three photos in each category, with first place winning $2,500, the runner-up winning $750 together with a signed National Geographic book, and third place winning $500. View the winners from each category, together with some honorable mentions, below: 

Landscape Category 

 

1^st Place - A little beech tree trying to survive a flood in the Netherlands.

2^nd Place - Frozen pond near 

Mt. Cimon de la Pala, Italy.

3^rd Place - A colossal cumulonimbus over the Pacific Ocean.

Honorable mention - A green meteor captured over the Sky Islands, India. 

Animal Portraits Category

1^st Place - A Green Vine snake, Amboli, Maharashtra, India.

2^nd Place - A Peacock Bass and her offspring, Florida, United States.

3^rd Place - Two Empusa Pennata, Madrid, Spain.

Honorable mention - A Crow chasing 

away a Puffy Owl.

Action Category

1^st Place and Grand Prize Winner - Predators preying upon sardines, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

2^nd Place - A tornado closes in on a house, Wray, Colorado, United States.

3^rd Place - Great Egrets courting, Zala, Hungary. 

Honorable mention - Green turtles devouring a jellyfish , Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

             

Environmental Issues Category

1^st Place - The remains of a polar bear, Svalbard, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

2^nd Place - Salt ponds, Ravenswood, California, United States.

3^rd Place - Magnification of plastic particles in eyeliner, Falmouth, England, United Kingdom.

Honorable mention - A young woman watches a fire near the beach, son Serra de Marina, Balearic Islands, Spain.

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