Australian photographers are among the winners announced for the 2019 Photo Contest run by Nature Conservancy, which attracted a record number of submissions.
Storm from a Cave; Blue Mountains, NSW. © Benjamin Maze / TNC Photo Contest 2019.
Entries this year came from more than 150 countries, with the Grand Prize Winner announced as Tyler Schiffman from the United States. Benjamin Maze from NSW was awarded First Place in the Australian section for a photograph of a storm in the Blue Mountains (shown above). Runners-up in this section of the contest were Steve Passlow from NSW for a photograph of a Common Garden Katydid and Jason Curtius, also NSW-based, for a close-up of a Whirring Tree Frog and Ladybug.
Big Fish in a Big Ocean; A whale shark swimming in the depths off of Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. © Alex Kydd/ First place, Water; TNC Photo Contest 2019.
In the global competition, first and third places in the Water category were taken out by Alex Kydd.
A Rare Encounter with Cownose Rays; A large grouping of Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera bonasus) taken on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia. © Alex Kydd/ Third place, Water; TNC Photo Contest 2019.
Second Place in the Landscape category went to Australian photographer, Leigh Miller for a photograph of a multi-coloured salt lake (shown below).
Pink Lake; Drone photo showing the pink hues of a pink lake called Hutt Lagoon, Western Australia. © Leigh Miller/TNC Photo Contest 2019.
Click here to view all the winning images from the international contest.
