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Celerity

(53,106 posts) Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:48 AM Oct 28

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025: winners capture hidden beauty

The results of the 61st edition of the awards have been announced by the Natural History Museum. Which is your favourite?

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/photography-uk/article/wildlife-photographer-2025-awards-results-pictures-2s2mkjtnx

https://archive.ph/Z9YPQ

A brown hyena lurks in the ruins of an abandoned diamond-mining town in Kolmanskop, Namibia WIM VAN DEN HEEVER (SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN WILDLIFE)

The dewy web of an orb weaver spider in central Wales JAMIE SMART (UK; 10 YEARS AND UNDER)

Synchronised fishing in the once-polluted Yudlang Lake, southeast China QINGRONG YANG (CHINA; BEHAVIOUR: BIRDS)

A caracal clutches a lesser flamingo snatched from Ndutu Lake in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania DENNIS STOGSDILL (USA; BEHAVIOUR: MAMMALS)

A shadowy Eurasian pygmy owl in Germany LUCA LORENZ (GERMANY; RISING STAR AWARD)

Another orb weaver spider is caught in a kaleidoscope of headlights in Ibbenbüren, north Germany SIMONE BAUMEISTER (GERMANY; NATURAL ARTISTRY)

In the Lepini Mountains, central Italy, a longhorn beetle keeps watch over an abandoned logging machinery ANDREA DOMINIZI (ITALY; 15-17 YEARS)

Carnivorous pitcher plants lure in their prey by reflecting UV light in Kuching, Borneo CHIEN LEE (MALAYSIA; PLANTS AND FUNGI)

An Alpine ibex observes the sunrise over the foggy mountain pass of Col de la Colombière, France LUBIN GODIN (FRANCE; 11-14 YEARS)

A tiny red springtail among peat-bog algae in Platzertal, Austria SEBASTIAN FRÖLICH (GERMANY; WETLANDS: THE BIGGER PICTURE)

Three peppered moray eels hunt for dead fish at low tide off D’Arros Island, the Seychelles SHANE GROSS (CANADA; ANIMALS IN THEIR ENVIRONMENT)

Lesser tree frogs gather for a rain-triggered breeding event on Kaw Mountain, French Guiana QUENTIN MARTINEZ (FRANCE; BEHAVIOUR: AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES)

The egg case of a swell shark tethered to a giant kelp off Monterey Bay, California RALPH PACE (USA; UNDERWATER)

Western diamondback rattlesnakes at the annual rattlesnake round-up in Sweetwater, Texas JAVIER AZNAR GONZALEZ DE RUEDA (SPAIN; PHOTOJOURNALIST STORY AWARD)

The head capsules of a gum-leaf skeletoniser caterpillar block the sun setting over Torndirrup National Park, Western Australia GEORGINA STEYTLER (AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOUR: INVERTEBRATES)

Feeding time for the gulls as they raid the nets of a fishing vessel in Kvaenangen Fjord, Norway AUDUN RIKARDSEN (NORWAY; OCEANS: THE BIGGER PICTURE)

Sphagnum moss rests on one of the icy northern swamps of Russia ALEXEY KHARITONOV (ISRAEL/RUSSIA; PORTFOLIO AWARD)

The Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition is at the Natural History Museum, London, SW7, from October 17. Visit https://www.nhm.ac.uk/wpy

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Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025: winners capture hidden beauty (Original Post) Celerity Oct 28 OP

Fascinating photos! Thanks for posting this. Ocelot II Oct 28 #1

Oh wow! SARose Oct 28 #2

Incredible photography UpInArms Oct 28 #3

Loved them all except for the snakes. I screamed. sinkingfeeling Oct 28 #4

You would really scream popsdenver Oct 28 #11

I once had a manager in Tucson, AX that decided to hang a rattlesnake skin in his office. I refused to enter. sinkingfeeling Oct 28 #13

Ooooh a pitcher plant? Never seen that before! Nittersing Oct 28 #5

📌 TY Wildlife Photo bookmark. littlemissmartypants Oct 28 #6

Disturbing Cirsium Oct 28 #7

"Sphagnum Moss" resembles an Impressionist painting. Van Gogh, for instance. Auggie Oct 28 #8

Thanks for posting this KT2000 Oct 28 #9

Absolutely brilliant... ultralite001 Oct 28 #10

These are absolutely stunning! Thank you Celerity JMCKUSICK Oct 28 #12

Love them all ! (Ah..snakes..not so much) chouchou Oct 28 #14

The Rattlesnake Roundup gave me the willies. Ilsa Oct 28 #15

"rain-triggered breeding" Celerity Oct 28 #17

Doesn't it? And don't forget Ilsa Oct 28 #18

All of the photos were exceptional. flashman13 Oct 28 #19

Fantastic photographs democrank Oct 28 #16

Amazing! snot Oct 28 #20

Ocelot II

(128,335 posts)

1. Fascinating photos! Thanks for posting this.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:52 AM

Oct 28

SARose

(1,822 posts)

2. Oh wow!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 10:55 AM

Oct 28

Just the lift I needed this morning. Thank you!

UpInArms

(53,740 posts)

3. Incredible photography

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 11:01 AM

Oct 28

Thank you for posting

sinkingfeeling

(56,796 posts)

4. Loved them all except for the snakes. I screamed.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 11:02 AM

Oct 28

popsdenver

(1,048 posts)

11. You would really scream

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #4)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:41 PM

Oct 28

if you saw one in person......Many are 6-8 feet long, and as big around as your forearm or more.......One of the most poisonous snakes, if not THE most poisonous snakes in the U.S.

sinkingfeeling

(56,796 posts)

13. I once had a manager in Tucson, AX that decided to hang a rattlesnake skin in his office. I refused to enter.

Reply to popsdenver (Reply #11)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:07 PM

Oct 28

Nittersing

(7,919 posts)

5. Ooooh a pitcher plant? Never seen that before!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 11:28 AM

Oct 28

And the owl photo made me chuckle.

littlemissmartypants

(30,917 posts)

6. 📌 TY Wildlife Photo bookmark.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:11 PM

Oct 28

❤️

Cirsium

(3,159 posts)

7. Disturbing

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:15 PM

Oct 28

I find most of those images very disturbing for a variety of reasons. I do think they reflect our dysfunctional relationship with the natural world and with other life forms.

Auggie

(32,723 posts)

8. "Sphagnum Moss" resembles an Impressionist painting. Van Gogh, for instance.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:15 PM

Oct 28

I see a moon in the night sky and trees below.

KT2000

(21,823 posts)

9. Thanks for posting this

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:25 PM

Oct 28

So many worlds we are barely aware of - surviving.

ultralite001

(2,284 posts)

10. Absolutely brilliant...

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:36 PM

Oct 28

Thank you for lifting our eyes... our hearts + minds...

May photos like these be a reminder that the world
we live in is a remarkable place... + we should strive
to keep it so...

JMCKUSICK

(4,604 posts)

12. These are absolutely stunning! Thank you Celerity

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:56 PM

Oct 28

chouchou

(2,619 posts)

14. Love them all ! (Ah..snakes..not so much)

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:20 PM

Oct 28

Ilsa

(63,612 posts)

15. The Rattlesnake Roundup gave me the willies.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 01:45 PM

Oct 28

No thank you, sir!

The colorful orb weaver spider pic was beautiful. The synchronized fishing pic was engaging and incredible. The pitcher plants were absolutely new for me and make me appreciate the wonders of our incredible planet all over again.

The phrase "rain-triggered breeding" got my imagination stirred up.

Celerity

(53,106 posts)

17. "rain-triggered breeding"

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:04 PM

Oct 28

sounds like fun!!!

Ilsa

(63,612 posts)

18. Doesn't it? And don't forget

Reply to Celerity (Reply #17)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:56 PM

Oct 28

some messy mud afterwards!

flashman13

(1,777 posts)

19. All of the photos were exceptional.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #15)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 05:07 PM

Oct 28

However, I really can't say I think a photo of a public event that exploits rattlesnakes belongs in a wildlife photo contest. Of course that's just the opinion of a crotchety old dude. Feel free to disagree.

democrank

(11,946 posts)

16. Fantastic photographs

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 02:03 PM

Oct 28

Such talent….

snot

(11,370 posts)

20. Amazing!

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 07:02 PM

Oct 28

Thanks!

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