Hotshots
Our selection from GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2020
Highlights from the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2020
OVERALL WINNER (Original category: Mammals)
A Hare’s Dream Peter Lindel
“Months of searching for a suitable location led me to a dirt road, which offered the most beautiful morning light, lovely vegetation and… three hares,” recalls Peter. “Since at least two of them were not disturbed by my presence and followed their routine as usual, a series of photos with different light situations was created, and I was able to capture these striking heads once more with my camera.
“Dreamy, curious, careful, anxious: these are the adjectives that I find describe the expression of my hare best.”
Winner, Other Animals Danger in the Mud Jens Cullmann
“I was in Zimbabwe’s Mana Pools National Park. I saw this particular pool go from having water to being pretty much dried out. I realised the crocs didn’t move much anymore. I was able to crawl pretty close to get much closer images than I ever had before.”
Camera: Canon EOS-1D X
Lens: Canon EF-600mm f/4L
IS II USM + 1.4x extender
Exposure: 1/800 sec at f/5.6, ISO 500
Third Place, Other Animals School of Mackerel Henry Jager
“Water is a source of uncountable secrets,” says Henry. “High-speed photography allows me to unveil moments of milliseconds of a fleeting art of physics, not visible by the eyes of humans.”
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Lens: M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Exposure: 1/200 sec at f/2.8, ISO 200