{"id":1023,"date":"2024-04-06T06:31:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2024-04-01T00:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T00:37:45","slug":"world-nature-photography-awards-2024-photos-gannets-fishing-scotland-winter-landscape-iceland-plant-looks-like-owl-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-nature-photography-awards-2024-photos-gannets-fishing-scotland-winter-landscape-iceland-plant-looks-like-owl-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"World Nature Photography Awards 2024 winners: gannets fishing in Scotland, magical winter landscape in Iceland, owl-look-alike plant in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/gannets-fishing-scotland.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/stokksnes-iceland.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldculturepictorial.com\/images\/content_6\/thismia-thaithongiana-thailand.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>(quote)<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/travel\/world-nature-photography-awards-c2e-spc\/index.html\">A dramatic photo of two gannets fighting for a fish in the waters off Scotland\u2019s Shetland Islands has won first prize at the World Nature Photography Awards.<\/a><br> \nThe image by Tracey Lund, from the United Kingdom, was selected from thousands of submissions to receive the $1,000 prize. \u201cThousands of gannets were in the sky above us and then started to dive into the sea after locally caught fish. An unbelievable spectacle to witness, let alone photograph,\u201d she said in a statement. \u201cI took 1,800 images on that day but only had two that I could use.\u201d<br><br>\n\nOther categories for this year\u2019s awards included animal portraits, plants and fungi, and invertebrate, amphibian and reptile, and mammal behavior. Ivan Pedretti, from Italy, won the Planet Earth\u2019s landscapes and environments category with a magical photo of winter in Stokksnes, Iceland, showing \u201cThe beach with its black sand and the majestic mountain called Vestrahorn.\u201d<br><br>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com\/\">World Nature Photography Awards<\/a><br> We believe in the power of photography to put a spotlight on the majesty and wonder of the natural world around us, reminding us to take action now to secure a better tomorrow for us all. The mission of the World Nature Photography Awards is to celebrate the world\u2019s best nature photographers whilst showcasing nature\u2019s beauty to a wider audience.<br><br>\n\n(unquote)<br><br>\n\nImage courtesy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldnaturephotographyawards.com\/\">Tracey Lund and Ivan Pedretti \/ World Nature Photography Awards<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(quote) A dramatic photo of two gannets fighting for a fish in the waters off Scotland\u2019s Shetland Islands has won first prize at the World Nature Photography Awards. The image by Tracey Lund, from the United Kingdom, was selected from thousands of submissions to receive the $1,000 prize. \u201cThousands of<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/world-nature-photography-awards-2024-photos-gannets-fishing-scotland-winter-landscape-iceland-plant-looks-like-owl-thailand\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,12],"tags":[44,45,39,51,28,68],"class_list":["entry","author-wcp-art","post-1023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-art-and-poem","category-life-nature-society","category-us-and-world","tag-animals","tag-art","tag-nature","tag-photos","tag-places","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldculturepictorial.com\/wcp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}