Water category third prize winner
Jelly Blubber Split. ‘An unusually large group (smack) of jellyfish were in Cabbage Tree Bay. This split image captures the jelly blubbers with Shelly Beach headland in the background.’
Photograph: Peter McGee/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Lands category first prize winner
Where There’s Smoke … There’s Food. ‘Kakadu, Northern Territory burn-off. Irresistible to the kites.’
Photograph: Michael S. Martin/TNC Photo Contest 2024
People and Nature category second prize
Island Universe. ‘This photograph was captured from the air over White Cliffs in outback New South Wales, famous for its opal mining.’
Photograph: Peter Harlow/TNC Photo Contest 2024
People and Nature category third prize winner
Into The Unknown. ‘On a trip to central Australia, a dense fog descended on the ancient rock formations in Uluru-Kata Tjuta national park.’
Photograph: Steven Genesin/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Plants and Fungi category second prize
White. ‘Being white typically means you will be overlooked in most cases when you’re a mushroom. Photographing white subject matters like these Marasmius mushrooms are challenging as lightings could prove tricky, especially when I am relying on natural light to bring out the subtle beauty of these bland objects.’
Photograph: Chin Kang Chia/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Climate category second prize
The Beast.‘I love storm season and witnessing the power and beauty of Mother Nature, she never disappoints. This was taken from the rocky shores at Kings Beach and was the only strike.’
Photograph: Darren Wassell/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Wildlife category third prize
Duck Dive. ‘This mallard was hunting for food on the Avon River in Christchurch. The water was shallow and it was searching under a bridge.’
Photograph: Stuart Attwood/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Plants and Fungi first prize winner
Beneath the Glow. ‘Taken as part of an ongoing personal project to photograph the beauty in tiny ecosystems that often go unseen to spread more awareness of their importance.’
Photograph: Crystal Richardson/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Plants and Fungi category third prize winner
Lacy Lichen. ‘Taken on a dewy morning in our back garden testing out the new camera and experimenting with different subjects.’
Photograph: Caitlin Germanis/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Wildlife category first prize winner
Roar of Anger. ‘Egret fishing, meeting such a large Elops saurus, unable to eat, leaving a regretful look. The Elops saurus opened its mouth wide and rushed out of the seawater.’
Photograph: Xiaoping Lin/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Water category second prize
Vad. ‘This means wild, untamed, uncontrolled, unregulated. This is a natural Gorge found in Karijini national park. I love the way the water has carved a way through the rocks.’
Photograph: Aayushi Khillan/TNC Photo Contest 2024
People and Nature category first prize winner
Salmon Surfer.‘One of the world’s best surfers, Shane Dorian, surfing around Margaret River, WA, Australia. Shot from underwater through a school of Australian salmon. Surfers have a more intimate connection to nature and its systems as they rely on the water and coast for their playground. It’s nice to see a unique moment of man/environment coexisting so beautifully.’
Photograph: Duncan McFarlane/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Lands category third prize winner
Time Stands Still. ‘Where the clouds meet the mountains in Mo’orea’s stunning landscape.’
Photograph: Justin Tan/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Climate category first prize winner
Ice Falls. ‘The ice shelf extends for hundreds of kilometres along the high arctic landscape. The jagged perfectly sculptured edges show the sheer magnitude of ice protruding.’
Photograph: Scott Portelli/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Wildlife category second prize
Toss of Life. ‘In an extraordinary display of agility, this bee-eater snatched a dragonfly mid-flight, then swiftly perched on a nearby branch.’
Photograph: Naidu Kumapatla/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Lands category second prize
Sand Forest. ‘I was walking down the beach looking for something inspirational and the weather wasn’t playing ball. I then remembered a YouTube video I watched. They were having the same problem so they said ‘look down and look for detail’. So I did and found these “trees” in the sand. It was then getting the angle right so they became 3D.’
Photograph: Hamish Ashton/TNC Photo Contest 2024
Climate category third prize
Opuha. ‘For a lake used for irrigating our local farms it was a shock to see the damage the threatening drought had achieved in such a small duration of time.’
Photograph: Bailee Barton/TNC Photo Contest 2024
