සටහන – පුලී
ජනවාරි 22, කොළඹ (LNW): අපේ ලෝකය දීප්තිමත් වර්ණවලින් පිරී තිබුණත්, ඒකවර්ණ වර්ණවලින් එය දැකීම කැපී පෙනෙන දෙයක් විය හැකිය.
2025 2025 Nature Photography තරඟය “කළු සහ සුදු ඡායාරූපකරණයේ කල් පවතින බලය” සහ “ස්වභාවික ලෝකය සමඟ අපගේ සම්බන්ධතාවය ගැඹුරු කිරීමට” ඇති හැකියාව ඉලුප්පා පෙන්වීමට ගත් වෑයමකි. මෙම වසරේ දී තරඟයට රටවල් 82 කින් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම් ලැබුණු අතර ජයග්රාහකයින් අතර වනජීවීන්ගේ විශ්මයජනක සහ සමීප ඡායාරූප පවා ඇතුළත් ව ඇති අතර, සියල්ල කළු සහ සුදු පැහැයෙන් යුක්ත විය.
ඡායාරූප ශිල්පී ලිඩියා නොව්කොවිච් අශ්වයෙකුගේ බලගතු රූපයක් සඳහා වෘත්තීය කාණ්ඩයේ ඉහළම ගෞරව ලබා ගැනීමට මෙහිදී සමත් විය.

“Emperors”
Emperor penguin family together after feeding the chick.
Credit: Risto Raunio / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

Credit: Lidija Novković / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

While siblings nurse below, one kit fox pup demands attention the only way he knows how – by gently biting mom’s face. The tender chaos of motherhood captured in a single frame. Even in the wild, kids compete for affection, and sometimes getting noticed means being a little bit bold.
Credit: Janet Gustin / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

I took this photo on my iPhone as I was helping my sister move goats around the yards….the dust billowed up so much one could hardly see!
Credit: Rachael Ryan / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

Credit: Fabi Fregonesi / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

Thick fur hides claws and power. The bear’s paws show both strength and comfort, made to endure the endless winter.
Credit: Wouter Van Hofwegen / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

In the moonlit stillness of Kenya’s Shompole wilderness, a hyena emerges from the darkness – its silhouette etched in dust and backlight. The photograph captures the raw, nocturnal spirit of the African savannah, where every sound and shadow tells a story of survival.
Credit: Caesar Sengupta / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

The iconic Christ of the Abyss statue lies in ~30′ of water off Key Largo. For decades, divers scrubbed it clean, but several years back, that became illegal, and set out for this shoot after several years of coral growth – not too much, not too little.
Credit: Chris Gug / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

The sardine run in Mexico is a feeding frenzy, sea lions, striped marlins, whales and the list goes on and on. The ocean truly alive.
Credit: Frederico Cerdeira / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

Photographed above Lake Magadi, flamingos lift off, their bodies forming loose diagonals across dark water. In flight, the flock becomes a study in rhythm—wings catching light in brief, alternating intervals crossing the frame. Movement becomes pattern, rendered in stark contrast from the air.
Credit: Holly Kirkland / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

Credit: Jana Hejzlarova / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

At the foot of Wyoming’s Tetons the waning day brings a cast of characters together to mingle for a moment of refreshingly untouched nature.
Credit: Michael Paul / Exposure One Awards – 2025 Nature Photography Contest

