“It has been more than two decades since I was witnessed for the first time of a dipper shot through a waterfall,” says photographer Konrad Wothe. “The small passerin bird flew back and forth to a nest that was safely tucked away behind a dense curtain of water. Of course I tried to catch the dipper on film, but my analogue camera equipment did not suggest that this group of a second in sharp focus was freezing.”
Twenty years later and armed with a faster camera, Wothe conquered the magical moment that a white-throatedipper crashed through a waterfall. The image (shown below) deserved top honors on the 2025 GDT (German Society for Nature Photography) Nature photographer of the year Prices.
Witdiated Dipper flies through waterfall.
Credit: Konrad Wothe / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025 Konrad Wothe
More than 8,000 images were submitted to this year’s prices for consideration. Visit Gdt photo For a complete gallery of the winners and scroll some of our favorites below.
Puffin Courtship Display during the mating season in Newfoundland.
Credit: Karsten Mosebach / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025 Karsten Mosebach
A herd of ostriches photographed on the way to the Hoop Nature Reserve in South Africa.
Credit: Peter Masheek / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025
The Pallas cat (Otocolo bus manul) Lives in the wilderness of Mongolia, where this photo was taken at -35 ° Celsius.
Credit: Dr. Beate Oswald / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025 Beate_oswald
While I was looking for fallow deer and Stonechats, I was surprised by this red fox.
Credit: Angelika Krikava / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025
A stray dog ​​from Rumbak in Hemis National Park (Ladakh) is attacked by a snow leopard.
Credit: Ulrich Heermann / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025
Painted cliffs on Maria Island (Tasmania, Australia)
Credit: Uwe Hasubek / GDT Nature Photographer of the year 2025
The body of a melanistic adder is a risky place for a wolf spider to warm up.
Location: Wurzacher Ried (one of the most important peat areas in South Germany)
Credit: Ulrich Hopp / GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2025
Dr. Ulrich Hopp
Photographed during a doors for helicopter flight over the highlands of Iceland at an altitude of approximately. 300 meters – a rare spectacle.
Credit: Peter Schwager / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025
With this photo I tried to display the family interaction between two sea turtles of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.
Credit: Joshi Nichell / GDT Nature photographer of the year 2025 Joshi Nichell
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