1st Place: “Blue Hour Guardian” by Alexander Tasho
The 1839 Photographer of the Year Awards just announced the Nature winners, and the shots are unreal.
This year’s collection is packed with drama, quiet beauty, and those “how is that even real?” moments that only happen when instinct meets patience. The top prize went to Alexander Tasho for “Blue Hour Guardian,” a dreamlike image of a cheetah at sunrise, frozen in a stillness that felt like time stopped. The rest of the winners bring the same magic—forests glowing like movie sets, pastel skies wrapping mountains, and wildlife caught in raw, emotional moments. Together, they prove that nature doesn’t just show up—it stuns, whispers, and roars, and these photographers captured it all.
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Silver: ‘SUPERCELLS – Mother Nature Unleashed” by David Baxter III
Silver: “Into the Wild” by Luiza Michalewicz
Bronze: “Naturally Unfolding” by Michael Mihaljevich
“The Fast and the Furriest” by Deena Sveinsson
“Beginnings and Endings” by Katie Brockman
“Dragonfly” by Robyn Finlayson
“Round Up” by Eric Goh
“Silently Thunder” by Matteo Redaelli
“Lost in the Beauty of Nature” by Jerry Jose
“Kakadu Wetland Designs” by Stuart Chape
“Flowing Tales” by Barbara Milavec
“Double” by Eric Goh
“Boris The Giant Tusker” by Luiza Michalewicz
“Precision in Flight” by Jan-Tore Oevrevik
“Bobby Socks Trees in the Mist” by David Breslauer
“The Amazing Night” by Ngar Shun Victor Wong
“Nature by the way” by Claudia ALBISSER HUND
“Wasatch Aspen in the Mist” by David Breslauer
“The Top of the World” by Daryl Benson
“Weave” by Mark Gray
“Turquoise Perfection” by Daryl Benson
“The Trees” by Seppo Kerkelä
“Burner” by Mark Gray