Every year the “Nature Infocus” competition surprises us with the most extraordinary images of wildlife, which, in addition to being aesthetically impeccable, offer an important starting point to reflect on the challenges that biodiversity is forced to face.
Also this year the winning photographs are all incredible, starting from the “Trapped Beteween Worlds” series of Supun Dilshan, which highlights the growing difficulties of Sri Lanka elephants in the face of the unstoppable urban expansion. His images tell how these animals are now trapped in their natural habitat, hindered by lamps of barbed wire and high -speed trains.
In the “Young Photographer” category won Salahuddin Ahmed, with a photo that strikes for the contrast between the delicate form of the insect and the plot of the leaf from which it emerges.
Turning to the “Animal Behaviour” category, Angela Albi and August Paula stands out “Sharks in School”. Photography captures a bench of fish which, in perfect synchrony, changes direction to escape a group of sharks in the crystal clear waters of the Maldives.
“Wings in Chaos” by Rajan Desai is one of the winners of the “Creative Nature Photography” category. This extraordinary image consists of over 50 shots, which spectacularly capture the swirling mass of birds in flight, creating a dynamic and suggestive effect.
Turning to the “Animal Portrait” category, among the winners we find Prashanthan Yogendranhathan with “Crowned by Nature”, which portrays a buffaloes while it emerges from the waters of the Wilpattu National Park, with a garland of floating weeds around the muzzle.
The Japanese landscape portrayed by Hira Punjabi for the “Wildscape & Animals in Their Habitat” category, which portrays a group of cranes while moving through fog, is suggestive and fascinating.
Somenath Mukhopadhyay triumphed with “Sacred Waters, Toxic Reality“, A photograph that captures a faithful that offers prayers to the sun in the Yamuna river. Unfortunately, this river, one of the most sacred in India, is also among the most polluted in the world, due to industrial waste, waste water and agricultural outflow.
If you want to find out which are the other winners of this edition, we advise you to take a look at the official website of the competition here.
SOURCE: Natureinfocus
