The European Nature Photographer of the Year 2024 competition has revealed winning images illustrating nature photography’s diversity and artistry.
Top honors go to Jaime Rojo for his beautiful image “In the Forest of Monarchs”, which captures the ethereal beauty of monarch butterflies.
There were awe-inspiring images across different categories, reflecting photographers’ dedication to revealing the raw, often unseen aspects of Europe’s natural environment.
Nature’s fragility and resilience are captured in these 20 photos, reflecting the technical skill and deep passion of photographers committed to preserving and sharing our planet’s beauty.Scroll down for inspiration. For more information, visit their website.
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- Jaime Rojo’s “In the Forest of the Monarchs” wins overall
Mexico’s El Rosario Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary is home to overwintering monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus). The monarch butterflies have adapted to live in these low elevations where the oyamel fir trees, mostly Abies divino, are cold and humid.
A delicate microclimate has been adapted to by the butterflies, and even the slightest changes in the forest canopy can adversely affect this microclimate.
The sanctuary was founded in the early 2000s because of conservation efforts, but deforestation remained a problem. Mexico-led international coalition created a trust fund in this period to work with local communities to reduce deforestation, which has steadily declined since 2009.”
- “Approach” by Luca Melcarne (FR) wins
- “Angry bird by Kjell” Vikestad (NO) runner up
- Winner: “Twilight Wanderer” by Robert Canis (GB)
- “Shaking off the snow” by Daniel Valverde Fernandez (ES).
- Theo Bosboom (NL) won with “Christo was here”
- Ingo Arndt (DE) “Fireworks” Runner up
- Svetlana Ivanenko (RU) wins with “Curtain”
- Katarzyna Gubrynowicz (PL): “Final glow”
- “Blaze of colors” by Check My Dream (FR) winner
- Runner up: Ugo Mellone’s “Of sand and wind”
- Nightcrawler is the winner of Underwater World
- Runner up: Francesco Visintin’s “Blue and Red”
- Jaime Culebras (ES) wins award for “Nurturing Hope”
- “Man and Nature” by Grzegorz Dugosz (PL) Runner up
- “Flowers at the bottom of the lake” by Ádám Fáth (HU)
- Winner: “Flamingo” by Jan Leßmann & Hermann Hirsch (DE)
- Up to 14-year-olds – Winner: Alberto Román Gómez (ES)
- Winner: Louis Werner (DE) for “Great Spotted Woodpecker Meeting”
- By Staffan Widstrand, winner of the Rewilding Europe Award
