The 30th annual Nature's Best International Awards saw entries from photographers around the globe, spanning 11 categories. Open to both professionals and amateurs, the competition encourages youth participation with free entry for those 18 and under, celebrating and promoting nature photography while raising environmental awareness.
Among the standout winners is a rising talent from Beijing, China, whose patience and vision captured an extraordinary moment of flight. Seventeen-year-old Lisiqi Ye has been awarded Youth Photographer of the Year for the image Great Hornbill in Flight – an intimate portrait of a male hornbill delivering fruit to a nesting female.
