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. Photographers could enter their work in seven categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants and Fungi, Landscapes, and Nature's Studio. This year, Dieter Damschen won Photographer of the Year with his picture "Winter flood in a riparian forest". Below, we have shared some winners from all the categories. To see more photos, you can visit their website. More info: gdtfoto.de | Instagram

#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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