{"id":27059,"date":"2023-04-21T12:29:04","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=76419"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:35:41","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T11:35:41","slug":"gdt-nature-photographer-of-the-year-2023-see-the-winning-pictures","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/gdt-nature-photographer-of-the-year-2023-see-the-winning-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2023 \u2013\u00a0see the winning pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

The GDT Nature Photographer of the Tear is perhaps Europe’s most prestigious wildlife photography competition \u2013\u00a0here’s our selection of the best of the winners and runners-up <\/p>

By Paul McGuinness\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 21 April 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The prestigious GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition<\/a> is one of the most hotly anticipated competitions in world photography, and this year\u2019s selection shows why so many photographers dream of winning.<\/p>\n

What is the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year competition?<\/h2>\n

Every year the competition is exclusively run for the Society\u2019s members (unlike the GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is open to all photographers resident in Europe).<\/p>\n

This year, a total of nearly 7,000 images were submitted by 424 GDT members from 13 countries. After a pre-jury procedure by Christine Averberg, Stephan Amm and Felix Wesch, it was the GDT members\u2019 turn to make their choices from ten images in each of the seven categories: Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants & Fungi, Landscapes, Nature\u2019s Studio and this year\u2019s special category Urban Nature.<\/p>\n

The winning image, entitled Scenes of a Marriage, was taken by German photographer Silke H\u00fcttche. Silke is only the second woman to be elected overall winner in the 51-year history of this competition. The organisers believe that this, as well as the constantly growing number of female participants<\/a> who are able to successfully position themselves with their images, is a good sign that the historically male-dominated genre of nature photography is increasingly reflecting society in a more realistic way.<\/p>\n

Overall winner<\/h2>\n
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Scenes of a marriage. \u00a9\u00a0Silke H\u00fcttche\/GDT 2023<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

\u201cI have this habit of constantly looking for birds wherever I am,\u201d explains winning photographer,\u00a0 Silke H\u00fcttche of Germany. \u201cSo every time I pass this electricity pole I take a look up for there is always some kind of bird sitting there. As was the case on this somewhat dull day in September 2021 when I glanced up and spotted the kite sitting there on the one end and shortly after a second one arriving to settle on the opposite end.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis seemed to get exciting \u2013 were\u00a0 the two a pair or rivals? Hoping for some action-filled photography, I took out my camera and waited. Initially my wish was for some kind of interaction between them. But they just seemed to have nothing to say to each other and kept looking in opposite directions. In the end I was fascinated by this scene of perfect symmetry, and luckily both birds remained still for long enough until I had the picture I wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

See more of Silke\u2019s work at www.sh-naturfotografie.de<\/a><\/p>\n

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