The Winners of the 2022 Nature TTL Photographer of the Year Competition
A caracal and a flamingo. Overwall winner and winner in the Animal Behavior category | Dennis Stogsdill
The winners of the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2022 have been announced, with an image of a falmingo in the mouth of a caracal by Dennis Stogsdill taking the top prize.
Nature TTL calls itself one of the world’s leading nature photography resources, providing free tutorials and features that are enjoyed by photographers everywhere. The organization hosts this annual photography competition and this year over 8,000 entries were submitted with nature photographers competing for top honors in eight different categories.
Stogsdill, from the United States, won PS1,500 ($1,835) for his picture taken in Ndutu, Tanzania of the wild cat that had just successfully hunted down the wading bird. The image shows the caracal “walking off with its prize.”
“This is nature at its most raw. The caracal is soaked from chasing the flamingos through the waters, but has come out on top,” says Will Nicholls, founder of Nature TTL.
This image really pops with the contrast of dark colors and its surroundings. It was a wonderful scene that I was able to witness and capture .”
. Below are other winners from the categories.
A lion in Botswana. Winner in the Wild Portraits category | Tomasz SzpilaA dog fox in Switzerland. Runner-up in the Wild Portraits category | Matt EngelmannAn african elephant in Tanzania. Runner-up in the Animal Behavior category | Michael SnedicA bear in Canada. Winner in the Camera Traps category | Geoffrey ReynaudA snow leopard in Ladakh, India. Runner-up in the Camera Traps category | Sascha FonsecaA sunset ray in the Maldives. Winner in the Underwater category | Andy SchmidA male eastern gobbleguts. Runner-up in the Underwater category | Talia GreisThe Milky Way in Australia. Winner in the The Night Sky category | Josselin CornouNorthern lights in Iceland. Runner-up in the The Night Sky category | Mauro TrontoA moth in Hungary. Winner in the Small World category | Tibor LitauzkiA micro-moth in the United Kingdom. Runner-up in the Small World category | Tim CrabbStormy skies in Sotuh Africa. Winner in the Landscapes category | Bertus HanekomLava in Iceland. Runner-up in the Landscapes category | Marek BiegalskiA city hare in Germany. Winner in the Urban Wildlife category | Jan PiechaGlow worms in Australia. Runner-up in the Urban Wildlife category | Josselin CoronouTwo malabar parakeets in India. Winner in the Under 16 category | Achintya MurthyGreat crested grebe in Poland. Runner-up in the Under 16 category | Maksymilian Paczkowski
Detailed information on the winning photographers and their images can be found on Nature TTL’s website.
Image credits: All photos are individually credited and provided courtesy of Nature TTL.
