Indian photographers win awards at prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Sriram Murali and Vishnu Gopal, two photographers from India, won awards under different categories in Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023.

The prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is hosted each year by the Natural History Museum. People from across the world submit their incredible photographs that show the world of wild animals in a whole new light. This year, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award was claimed by Nima Sarikhani. He bagged the award for his picture titled ‘Ice Bed’. It shows a polar bear peacefully napping on ice. However, that is not the only category in the competition. There are also other categories in which people have won with their well-composed photographs of wild animals. The list includes two photographs from India. One of them won with his picture of fireflies, the other person impressed judges with a photo of a tapir.

Lights Fantastic

Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition: This image showing fireflies was captured by Sriram Murali at Annamalai Tiger Reserve. (Sriram Murali )

This photo by Sriram Murali from India won first place in the Behaviour: Invertebrates category. Captured at Anamalai Tiger Reserve, the picture shows “a night sky and a forest illuminated with fireflies”.

Lights Fantastic: Captured at Anamalai Tiger Reserve, this image shows fireflies.

Face of the Forest

“I'm absolutely thrilled to announce that I've been awarded with the most prestigious NHM Wildlife Photographer of the Year award -2023 in the Animal Portraits category,” photographer Vishnu Gopal wrote as he announced his win on Instagram. His award-winning picture shows a tapir in a dimly lit rainforest.

The award-winning picture of a tapir by photographer Vishnu Gopal.

This picture captured by photographer Amit Eshel won first place in the Animals in their Environment category. It shows a dramatic clash unfolding between two Nubian ibex.

The image is titled Life on the Edge.

2. The Tadpole Banquet

“Juan Jesús Gonzalez Ahumada watched as toad tadpoles feasted on a dead fledgling sparrow that had fallen into a pond near his home.” reads a post shared on the official Instagram page dedicated to the competition. Named the Tadpole Banquet, this image won under the Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles category.

The image is titled The Tadpole Banquet.

3. Silence for the Snake Show

This image by photographer Hadrien Lalagüe captures an “unexpected encounter between a group of grey-winged trumpeters and a boa”. The photographer, in an Instagram post, revealed that the award-winning image is part of a series of 71 images that he compiled into a timelapse video.

The image shows a group of grey-winged trumpeters and a boa.

4. The Golden Horseshoe

Laurent Ballesta, a photographer from France, won under the category Portfolio Award. His picture shows a vibrant horseshoe crab moving slowly over the mud in search of food.

The image shows a horseshoe cab searching for food.

5. Hippo Nursery

Captured by Mike Korostelev, this image won an award in the Under Water category. He captured this image of hippos swimming underwater using a drone.

This image of the hippos was captured using a drone.

Did these award-winning pictures from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 leave you amazed? Which of these images did you like the most?