20 Amazing Photos from GDT 2024 That Showcase Nature’s Majesty

Nature is a beautiful and ever-changing scene that many photographers try to capture. To honor these artists, the German Society for Nature Photography (GDT) has announced their best photos of 2024.

#1 Category Birds, 2nd Place Winner: “Incoming” By Marion Vollborn

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#2 Category Mammals, 2nd Place Winner: “Eyes Shut And Waiting For Spring” By Flurin Leugger

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#3 Category Mammals, 3rd Place Winner: “Pandemonium” By Manfred Foeger

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#4 Overall Winner: “Winter Flood In A Riparian Forest” By Dieter Damschen

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#5 Category Birds, 1st Place Winner: “Surfing On The Other Side” By Levi Fitze

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#6 Category Landscapes, 1st Place Winner: “Birches In Autumn” By Felix Wesch

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#7 Category Mammals, 8th Place Winner: “In The Eye Of The Cheetah” By Monika Morlak

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#8 Category Mammals, 5th Place Winner: “Whiskers” By Luca Lorenz

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#9 Category Plants And Fungi, 3rd Place Winner: “Chaos” By Jan Lessmann

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#10 Category Landscapes, 2nd Place Winner: “Marble” By Florian Smit

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#11 Category Nature’s Studio, 8th Place Winner: “Tree Ballet” By Hermann Hirsch

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#12 Category Mammals, 1st Place Winner: “Bubblenet” By Scott Portelli

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#13 Category Nature’s Studio, 2nd Place Winner: “Aerobatics In The Morning Light” By Christian Brinkmann

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#14 Category Other Animals, 2nd Place Winner: “Tasting The Air” By Kai Kolodziej

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#15 Category Other Animals, 1st Place Winner: “Thread Winged” By Gerald Haas

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#16 Category Plants And Fungi, 2nd Place Winner: “Frozen Bell(E)” By Sigi Zang

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#17 Special Category: All Things Flow – Germany’s River Landscapes, 2nd Place Winner: “Isar Floodplain In Morning Fog” By Andreas Volz

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#18 Category Plants And Fungi, 7th Place Winner: “Blue Hour” By Wolfgang Veeser

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#19 Category Nature’s Studio, 1st Place Winner: “Flag Tree” By Marte Engelbrecht

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#20 Prize Of The Jury: “Predator And Prey” By Jan Sohler

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