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Results

31.03.2025

Registration results — 12 167 photos

30.04.2025

Preselection results — 2 352 photos

10.05.2025

Quaterfinals results — 1 198 photos

31.05.2025

Semifinals results — 216 photos

15.06.2025

 Finals results — 13 Winners, 1 Photographer of the year

DID NOT QUALIFY FOR THE FINALS BY THE DECISION OF THE EXPERT JURY

Violation of the ethical standards of the competition

«Invisible gaze», Anton Plaksin
«The Sponge Eyes», Neha Shah

Violation of the technical standards of the competition

«The last day of autumn», Oksana Mylnikova
«Three sisters», Ilya Vytnov

Did not qualify for the finals due to not providing RAW files, nor specially prepared for printing large format files in time

«Lights of Radazul», Alberto Diaz

The underwater world

Winner

«Black Hole», Tulli Franco (Italy)

Highly commended

«Octopus in space», Alexey Magay (Russia)
«Swing», Claudio Ceresi (Italy)
«Black and White», Yury Ivanov (Russia)
«Paper Nautilus», Alexey Magay (Russia)
«Rider», Andrey Shpatak (Russia)
«Alpenwatersalamander», Luc Rooman (Belgium)
«Olive Sea Snake», Daniel Sly (Australia)
«Leafy Seadragon Amongst Pylons», Daniel Sly (Australia)
«Sitting patiently», Aziz Saltik (Türkiye)
«Doflein giant octopus», Andrey Shpatak (Russia)
«Portrait of a Potbellied Seahorse», Daniel Sly (Australia)
«Thorny home», Földi László (Hungary)
«Go faster», Kun Qian (China)
«Surprised Blenny», Denis Timchenko (Russia)

Microcosm

Winner

«A Motion Etched from Light», Szilveszter Kis (Romania)

Highly commended

«Ruler of the Universe», Arjun Haarith (India)
«New Generation», Lai Wayne (China)
«Weavers devouring Bull», Arjun Haarith (India)
«Beauty in white», Lars Beygang (Germany)

Animal Behavior

Winner

«Safe Platform», Rajarshi Banerji (India)

Highly commended

«Entanglement of nature», Angela Poggioni (USA)
«Woolly Mammoth», Abdul Momin (Bangladesh)
«Peace, please!», Sergey Savvi (Russia)
«Nectar Lover», Padmanava Santra (India)
«Between the stars», Tibor Litauszki (Hungary)
«The intruder», Soumya Ranjan Bhattacharyya (India)
«The harsh Arctic», Vera Vakulova (Russia)

The Portrait of the Animal

Winner

«Kittens rock», Amit Eshel (Israel)

Highly commended

«Inside the pack», Amit Eshel (Israel)
«Small fur ball», Zhu Xingchao (China)
«Black one», Ivan Dobromyslov (Russia)
«Blending Act - Malabar Gliding Frog», Pratik Pradhan (India)
«The Gentle Red Giant», Angela Poggioni (USA)
«Eye contact», Federica Cordero (Italy)
«Fields of Gold», Ateeb Hussain (UAE)
«Alpha», Ateeb Hussain (UAE)
«Southern elephant seal pups», Mark Carwardine (UK)
«In deep space», Andrey Nosik (Russia)
«Queen», Andrey Balta (Russia)
«Turtle's selfie», Renata Romeo (Italy)
«Acquaintance», Sergey Shanin (Russia)
«Manta Ray's Portrait», Lai Wayne (China)
«White Fearher», David Mediavilla (Spain)
«Tenacious swan», Chen Ming (China)

Animals in their environment

Winner

«A Thunderstorm Chaser», Pratik Pradhan (India)

Highly commended

«Sweet Dreams», Davide Biagi (Italy)
«Arctic landscape», Dmitry Arkhipov (Russia)
«Shrimp under ice floes», Sergey Shanin (Russia)
«Eye of the forest», Abhilash Kar (India)
«Blue Dream», Cai Haiyong (China)
«Bottom floor cleaner», Yuan Minghui (China)
«Yoga in the jungle», Federica Cordero (Italy)
«Resting», Pandula Bandara (Sri Lanka)
«Desert Gaze - Through the eyes!», Dileep Sasidharan (UAE)
«Penguins ice world», Angela Poggioni (USA)

Humans and nature

Winner

«Difficult crossing», Zhu Xingchao (China)

Highly commended

«New Home», Yury Smityuk (Russia)
«End of Earth», Mohammad Esteki (Iran)
«The Last Splash of Ink», Pasquale Vassallo (Russia)
«Through The Looking Glass», Kevin Morgans (UK)

Mobile photography

Winner

«The incarnation of leaves», Yuan Minghui (China)

Highly commended

«Colorful sky», Xu Yong (China)
«The sky was already breathing autumn», Vladislav Bagno (Russia)
«What is this?», Zhu Xingchao (China)

Landscape

Winner

«Morning Fog», Nikolay Stepanenko (Russia)

Highly commended

«Lonely tree», Sergey Sadov (Russia)
«Twilight over the badlands», Gregoire Pansu (France)
«The Mysterious Arches of Simushir Island», Alexander Lavrentiev (Russia)

Magic of Plants

Winner

«Rebirth from Destruction», Yuan Minghui (China)

Highly commended

«Uderwater Landscape», Sergey Shanin (Russia)
«Three», Kirill Uyutnov (Russia)
«Dance», Norbert Kaszas (Hungary)
«The Chosen One», Andrey Kuznetsov (Russia)

Art and Nature's Image

Winner

«Make-up», Nadezhda Kulagina (Kazakhstan)

Highly commended

«Dialogue», Alexander Leshenok (Russia)
«Ice Gems», Natalia Polyakova (Russia)
«Rocky Japanese Landscape», Juan Garcia Lucas (Spain)

Reserved Russia

Winner

«Night Watch», Mike Korostelev (Russia)

Highly commended

«Interested», Yury Smityuk (Russia)
«Family Portrait», Andrey Parshin (Russia)
«In the rays of morning light», Dmitry Don (Russia)
«Bisons of the Bryansk forest», Rostislav Mashin (Russia)
«Argut's Watchman», Ilya Trukhanov (Russia)
«The Pebble Collector», Maxim Misyura (Russia)

Nature through the eyes of youth

Winner

«Towards a new day», Marina Gavrikova (Russia)

Highly commended

«Morning call», Maksymilian Paczkowski (Poland)
«Mushroom Kingdom», Denis Pronin (Russia)
«Landscape from another world», Marina Gavrikova (Russia)

Nature through the eyes of children

Winner

«Natural graphics», Sergey Telnyuk (Russia)

Highly commended

«Ready to sleep», Alberto Roman Gomez (Spain)
«The most dangerous smile», Ilya Grokhotov (Russia)
«Artwork», Ilya Grokhotov (Russia)
«Jumping», Zhu Zimo (China)

Wildlife of Moscow

Winners

«Great Crested Grebe», Angelina Tenkaeva (Russia)
«Young Foxes», Anton Naumenko (Russia)
«Owl's Smile», Yegor Vlasov (Russia)
«Watercolor Tenderness», Maxim Misyura (Russia)
«Guests of the Capital Check Their Watches», Maria Belyalova (Russia)
«Lilies of the Valley», Matvey Arkhipov (Russia)
«In the Rays of the Spring Sun», Mikhail Ezdakov (Russia)
«Moving», Mikhail Kryukov (Russia)
«Tawny Owl», Oleg Sosnitsky (Russia)
«Forest Acrobat», Sergey Savelyev (Russia)

Nature and Biodiversity of Nuclear Cities

Winners

«Thoughtful», Dmitry Fedorako (Russia)
«Salvador Dali», Denis Timchenko (Russia)
«Those Eyes», Konstantin Seliverstov (Russia)
«Song of the Baibak!», Inna Gorbunova (Russia)

Winner. People's choice

«Water Snake on the Way to Sunset», Angelina Naumenko (Russia)

Photographer of the year

Yuan Minghui (China)