The Winners Of The 2021 Nature Photography Competition

Herbert Huffner Photography September 4, 2022

The World Nature Photography Awards Announced This Year’s Winners That Showcased The Beauty Of Nature Around The World In Different Categories.

The World Nature Photography Competition (WNPAs) was founded to encourage conservation on the belief that everyone can take a small, positive step toward the future of the Earth.

This organization believes that photography can help people see the world from a different perspective and change their habits to benefit the planet’s future.

This year’s event received works from 20 countries on six continents. This competition has 14 categories: landscape photography, animals in their natural habitat, news photography, human interaction with nature, etc.

Among these 14 categories, the photographer with the highest score will receive the title of world nature photographer and be awarded a cash prize of 1000 dollars.

World nature photographer

Amos Nachum

Amos Nachum of the United States took home the top prize for his image of a leopard seal about to hunt a gentoo penguin. Nachum’s photo also won in the Behavior: Mammals category.

He waited patiently for hours on the remote island of Plano near the Antarctic Peninsula, waiting for the right moment. Nachum explains this photo:

The leopard seal reached the lagoon just before low tide. It put my head in the water like a rock submerged in water. Young gentoo penguins only venture into the water when the water is shallow, so Fook knew what he was doing. When the penguins got close enough to the seal, the seal turned its head with lightning speed, grabbed one of them by the leg, and dragged it into the water.

To his surprise, he released the penguin twice, as if he was enjoying the game. In the continuation of the game, the frightened penguin tried to escape, But soon, the game ended in Fook’s favor.