GDT Nature Photographer of the year 2015 overall winner: Klaus Tamm - Marsh gladiolus. Tuscany, Italy.

GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2015

Birds category winner: Jan Piecha - Mystical tawny owl in Munich.

Birds category 2nd place: Sigi Zang - Swan in mire. Mute swan at WildernessFoundation,Brandenburg.

Mammals category winner: Jan van der Greef - King of Kalahari. Lion with typical dark mane in the Kalahari claiming his territory.

Mammals category 2nd place: Florian Smit - Great Emotions. Musk ox, Dovrefjell, Norway.

Other animals category winner: Alejandro Prieto - A ghost in the Okavango delta. Small frog in a flower, Okavango delta, Botswana, southern Africa.

Other animals category 2nd place: Andreas Volz - Ant in gentian. Taken on a family hike at Blauberge, a mountain range of the Alpine foothills of Bavarianearthe border with Tyrol.

Plants and fungi category honorable mention: Andreas Held - A wishful dream. Sea pinks, Fair Isle, Shetlands, UK

Plants and fungi 2nd place: Florian Smit - Goblets moss spores, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Landscapes category winner : Kerstin Langenberger - Light in the dark.

Landscapes category 2nd place and praise of the jury: Anette Mossbacher - Silent roar. Epupa falls in Namibia, nothern border with Angola, Africa.

Nature’s studio category winner: Jessica Winter - Resting place. Bar-tailed godwit and knots, Holland.

Winner special category: emotions : Stefan Christmann -After the storm. Dead emperor penguins, sea ice, Atka Bay, Antarctica.

2nd place special category: emotions: Katharina Becker - Help! Moor frogs and common toad, north of Berlin, Brandenburg.

OTHER WINNERS

Martin Oberwinster (Deutschland)

Stefan Christmann (Deutschland)

Stefan Hefele (Deutschland)

Radomir Jakubowski (Deutschland)

Andreas Volz (Deutschland)

Sandra Bartocha (Deutschland)

Radomir Jakubowski (Deutschland)

Dr. Ferry Böhme (Deutschland)

Sebastian Hennigs (Deutschland)

Kerstin Langenberger (Deutschland)

Florian Smit (Deutschland)

Simone Baumeister (Deutschland)

Stefan Pütz-Cordes (Deutschland)

Uwe Schäfer (Deutschland)

Sandra Bartocha (Deutschland)

Moritz Kaufmann (Deutschland)

Dr. Ferry Böhme (Deutschland)

Radomir Jakubowski (Deutschland)

Dr. Ferry Böhme (Deutschland)

Florian Smit (Deutschland)

Radomir Jakubowski (Deutschland)

Martin Oberwinster (Deutschland)

Janto Trappe (Deutschland)