2025 ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY: TOP 20

Photographer of the Year, presented by Ted's, is the largest competition of its kind for amateur photographers in Australia and New Zealand. Congratulations to the following photographers who finished at the top of the ANIMAL & NATURE category.

The ANIMAL & NATURE category challenges photographers to shoot four images that work together as a cohesive series. Images are judged as a group, rather than individually, and series where there is a thematic or aesthetic relationship between the images tend to perform better in judging.

Images in the ANIMAL & NATURE category may be of animals (wild or domesticated), flowers, plants or other flora. 

ongratulations to the Top 10 and Top 20 photographers featured below.

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WINNER, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
John Peters, 'Jumpers of Aus'

Photo © John Peters. Winner, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

RUNNER-UP, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Neil Kendall, 'Drinks after dark'

Photo © Neil Kendall. Runner-Up, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

3RD, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Craig Loechel, 'My view of life seen in great detail'

Photo © Craig Loechel. Third, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

4TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Peter McGee, 'Our magnificent oceans'

Photo © Peter McGee. Fourth, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

5TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Josh Blank, 'Sea Lions vs Baitball'

Photo © Josh Blank. Fifth, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

6TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Shanni Archer, '40 Tonne Ballerina'

Photo © Shanni Archer. Sixth, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

7TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Brian Love, 'The Living Desert Namibia'

Photo © Brian Love. Seventh, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

8TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Jari Cornelis, 'Wild West Papua'

Photo © Jari Cornelis. Eighth, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

9TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Emma Parker, 'Flight and Catch of the Bee Eaters'

Photo © Emma Parker. Ninth, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

10TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Donald Chin, 'Rhythm of Survival'

Photo © Donald Chin. Tenth, Animal category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

 

11TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Donald Chin, 'A Family Of Tawny Frogmouth'

Photo © Donald Chin. 11th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

12TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Daniel Sly, 'Creatures of the Night: Sydney Harbour'

Photo © Daniel Sly. 12th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

13TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Robert Smith, 'Swimming with the Bull Pack'

Photo © Robert Smith. 13th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

14TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Dianne Galbraith, 'A Spider's journey'

Photo © Dianne Galbraith. 14th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

15TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Greg West, 'A morning with common grass blue butterflies'

Photo © Greg West. 15th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

16TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Jayathu Amarasinghe, 'Harmony in the Rain'

Photo © Jayathu Amarasinghe. 16th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

17TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Andrew Raguse, 'Costa Rica'

Photo © Andrew Raguse. 17th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

18TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Lucia Fittipaldi, 'Buffet Lunch: Don't forget your manners'

Photo © Lucia Fittipaldi. 18th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

19TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Nathan Ackland, 'On The Farm'

Photo © Nathan Ackland. 19th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.

 

20TH, ANIMAL & NATURE CATEGORY
Annette Kelly, 'Penguins on Ice'

Photo © Annette Kelly. 20th, Animal & Naure category, Photographer of the Year 2025.