Finished
The Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022
Awards:
- Wildlife Photographer of the Year – £10,000, trophy and personalised certificate
- Wildlife Photographer Portfolio Award – £2,500 and personalised certificate
trip to London to attend the awards ceremony - Wildlife Photojournalist Photo Story Award – £2,500 and personalised certificate plus trip to London to attend the awards ceremony
- Rising Star Portfolio Award – £1,500 and personalised certificate plus trip to London to attend the awards ceremony
- Adult category winners – £1,250 and personalised certificate plus trip to London to attend the awards ceremony
- Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year – £1,000, trophy and personalised certificate
Categories:
- Animals in their Environment
- Animal Portraits
- Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles
- Behaviour: Birds
- Behaviour: Invertebrates
- Behaviour: Mammals
- Plants and Fungi
- Under Water
- Urban Wildlife
- Earth’s Environments
- Black and White
- Creative Visions
- Wildlife Photojournalism
- Wildlife Photojournalist Story Award
- Rising Star Portfolio Award (aged 18 to 26)
- Wildlife Photographer Portfolio Award (aged 27 and over)
No farm animals, family pets, and/or cultivated plants.
Judging criteria: artistic merit, freshness of composition, technical proficiency, and innovation
Image requirements: JPEGs, saved at a high quality setting of at least 8 in Photoshop, Adobe RGB (1998), and at 1920 pixels along the longest dimension. No borders, watermarks or signatures should be included. Digital adjustments including tone and contrast, burning, dodging, cropping, sharpening, noise reduction, minor cleaning work, HDR, stitched panoramas, focus stacking using multiple exposure taken at the same location at the same time are permitted providing that they are reported within the caption information and comply with the Competition’s principles of authenticity so that they do not deceive the viewer or misrepresent the reality of nature.
