<\/p>\n
The Nature inFocus Photography Awards<\/a> winners have been announced. Over 1,250 photographers from nearly 40 countries entered nearly 16,000 images this year, competing across eight categories. <\/p>\nWinning images this year include a dramatic portrait of an Arctic wolf encounter with a herd of muskox, a lounging chimpanzee, a group of feeding flamingoes, a poignant portrait of a leopard amidst litter and garbage, and much more. <\/p>\nVarma adds that the Nature inFocus Photography Awards, which started primarily as a competition among photographers in India, has grown considerably and become an international affair. The contest celebrates photographers who document natural history moment and highlight conservation issues. <\/p>\n\u201cWhat began as a national platform has evolved into a diverse international community of photographers,\u201d says Rohit Varma, co-founder of Nature inFocus. \u201cEvery year, the submissions reveal fresh perspectives on the natural world and shed light on urgent conservation challenges. The growing number of participants and the expanding geographical reach reflect just how global this platform has become.\u201d <\/p>\n Category Winners <\/p>\nThe Nature inFocus Awards 2025 features eight categories: Animal Behavior, Animal Portraits, Coexistence (a new category this year), Conservation, Creative Nature, Wildscape and Animals in Their Habitat, Young Photographer (17 Years Old and Younger), and Portfolio. The winners and runners-up for each category are featured below, except for the Portfolio category, which features only the winner. <\/p>\n Animal Behavior Winner \u2014 \u2018Ancient Rivals\u2019 by Amit Eschel | Nature inFocus Awards 2025\n Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Catch of the Day\u2019 by Kashyap Naresh Raval | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Animal Portraits Winner \u2014 \u2018The Canopy Watcher\u2019 by Federica Cordero | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018The Curious Six\u2019 by Amit Eshel | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Coexistence Winner \u2014 \u2018Urban Oasis\u2019 by Sarthak Agrawal | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Everyone\u2019s Field\u2019 by Kasim Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award Winner \u2014 \u2018Edge of Two Worlds\u2019 by Rajat Chordia and Vidhan Dwivedi | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018After the Offering\u2019 by Guru Raju | Nature inFocus Awards 2025\n Creative Nature Winner \u2014 \u2018Blue Aura\u2019 by Bidyut Kalita | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Patterns in the Sky\u2019 by Raghuvamsh Chavali | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Wildscape and Animals in Their Habitat Winner \u2014 \u2018Thief in the Spotlight\u2019 by Sergey Bystritsky | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Green Within Green\u2019 by Pratik Pradhan | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Young Photographer Winner \u2014 \u2018Nautilus on the Move\u2019 by Tinnapat Netcharussaeng | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Race to the Forest\u2019 by Dana Palihawadana | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Portfolio Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025\n Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025<\/p>\nAlongside these winning photos, the six-person jury also selected Special Mentions, all of which can be seen on Nature inFocus\u2019 website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\u2028Image credits: Nature inFocus Awards. Individual photographers are credited in the captions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nature inFocus Photography Awards winners have been announced. Over 1,250 photographers from nearly 40 countries entered nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1313,449,458,459,64,63,22279,2929,5428,460,134,40119,2270,168510,168511,168512,59518,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-293290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-au","13":"tag-australia","14":"tag-competition","15":"tag-conservation","16":"tag-contest","17":"tag-design","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-landscapes","20":"tag-nature","21":"tag-natureinfocus","22":"tag-natureinfocusawards","23":"tag-natureinfocusawards2025","24":"tag-photocontest","25":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Winning images this year include a dramatic portrait of an Arctic wolf encounter with a herd of muskox, a lounging chimpanzee, a group of feeding flamingoes, a poignant portrait of a leopard amidst litter and garbage, and much more. <\/p>\n
Varma adds that the Nature inFocus Photography Awards, which started primarily as a competition among photographers in India, has grown considerably and become an international affair. The contest celebrates photographers who document natural history moment and highlight conservation issues. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhat began as a national platform has evolved into a diverse international community of photographers,\u201d says Rohit Varma, co-founder of Nature inFocus. \u201cEvery year, the submissions reveal fresh perspectives on the natural world and shed light on urgent conservation challenges. The growing number of participants and the expanding geographical reach reflect just how global this platform has become.\u201d <\/p>\n
Category Winners <\/p>\n
The Nature inFocus Awards 2025 features eight categories: Animal Behavior, Animal Portraits, Coexistence (a new category this year), Conservation, Creative Nature, Wildscape and Animals in Their Habitat, Young Photographer (17 Years Old and Younger), and Portfolio. The winners and runners-up for each category are featured below, except for the Portfolio category, which features only the winner. <\/p>\n
Animal Behavior Winner \u2014 \u2018Ancient Rivals\u2019 by Amit Eschel | Nature inFocus Awards 2025\n Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Catch of the Day\u2019 by Kashyap Naresh Raval | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Animal Portraits Winner \u2014 \u2018The Canopy Watcher\u2019 by Federica Cordero | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018The Curious Six\u2019 by Amit Eshel | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Coexistence Winner \u2014 \u2018Urban Oasis\u2019 by Sarthak Agrawal | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Everyone\u2019s Field\u2019 by Kasim Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award Winner \u2014 \u2018Edge of Two Worlds\u2019 by Rajat Chordia and Vidhan Dwivedi | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018After the Offering\u2019 by Guru Raju | Nature inFocus Awards 2025\n Creative Nature Winner \u2014 \u2018Blue Aura\u2019 by Bidyut Kalita | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Patterns in the Sky\u2019 by Raghuvamsh Chavali | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Wildscape and Animals in Their Habitat Winner \u2014 \u2018Thief in the Spotlight\u2019 by Sergey Bystritsky | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Green Within Green\u2019 by Pratik Pradhan | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Young Photographer Winner \u2014 \u2018Nautilus on the Move\u2019 by Tinnapat Netcharussaeng | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Race to the Forest\u2019 by Dana Palihawadana | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Portfolio Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025\n Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025<\/p>\n
Alongside these winning photos, the six-person jury also selected Special Mentions, all of which can be seen on Nature inFocus\u2019 website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\u2028Image credits: Nature inFocus Awards. Individual photographers are credited in the captions. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Nature inFocus Photography Awards winners have been announced. Over 1,250 photographers from nearly 40 countries entered nearly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293291,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1313,449,458,459,64,63,22279,2929,5428,460,134,40119,2270,168510,168511,168512,59518,338],"class_list":{"0":"post-293290","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-artsanddesign","12":"tag-au","13":"tag-australia","14":"tag-competition","15":"tag-conservation","16":"tag-contest","17":"tag-design","18":"tag-entertainment","19":"tag-landscapes","20":"tag-nature","21":"tag-natureinfocus","22":"tag-natureinfocusawards","23":"tag-natureinfocusawards2025","24":"tag-photocontest","25":"tag-wildlife"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/293291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Winner \u2014 \u2018Ancient Rivals\u2019 by Amit Eschel | Nature inFocus Awards 2025![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Runnerup_AnimalBehaviour_Kashyap_Naresh_Raval-800x600.jpg\")
Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Catch of the Day\u2019 by Kashyap Naresh Raval | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Animal Portraits ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Winner_AnimalPortraits_Federica_Cordero-800x534.jpg\")
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Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018The Curious Six\u2019 by Amit Eshel | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Coexistence ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Winner_Coexistence_Sarthak_Agrawal-800x479.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Urban Oasis\u2019 by Sarthak Agrawal | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Runnerup_Coexistence_Kasim_Mohammed-800x533.jpg\")
Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Everyone\u2019s Field\u2019 by Kasim Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Winner_ConservationFocus_Rajat_Chordia_Vidhan_Dwivedi-800x534.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Edge of Two Worlds\u2019 by Rajat Chordia and Vidhan Dwivedi | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Runnerup_ConservationFocus_Guru_Raju-800x534.jpg\")
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Winner \u2014 \u2018Blue Aura\u2019 by Bidyut Kalita | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Runnerup_CreativeNature_Raghuvamsh_Chavali-800x450.jpg\")
Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Patterns in the Sky\u2019 by Raghuvamsh Chavali | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Wildscape and Animals in Their Habitat ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Winner_WildScapesAnimalInHabitat_Sergey_Bystritsky-800x534.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Thief in the Spotlight\u2019 by Sergey Bystritsky | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Runnerup_WildScapesAnimalInHabitat_Pratik_Pradhan-800x524.jpg\")
Runner-Up \u2014 \u2018Green Within Green\u2019 by Pratik Pradhan | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 Young Photographer ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Winner_YoungPhotographer_Tinnapat_Netcharussaeng-800x639.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Nautilus on the Move\u2019 by Tinnapat Netcharussaeng | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Runnerup_YoungPhotographer_Danuja_Palihawadana_Arachchi_The-Rush-of-Survival_HR-800x450.jpg\")
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Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0643-1-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0571-1-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0650-1-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0733-1-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0748-1-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"Aerial](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0894-1-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025 ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Rukhiya_Mohammed_DJI_0754-3-800x533.jpg\")
Winner \u2014 \u2018Echoes From the Eastern Ghats\u2019 by Rukhiya Mohammed | Nature inFocus Awards 2025<\/p>\n