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WildArt Photographer of the Year is a new wildlife photography competition with a difference. Designed by wildlife photographers, for wildlife photographers and judged solely by wildlife photographers, it features 10 themed category contests run over the first 10 months of 2021 January through to October. The professional photographers judge the categories as they go to announce the winners every month from March onwards as judging is completed on each category.

By scrolling down below Pandas, you are sure to find the most mesmerizing photos from this photography competition, so make sure to vote and comment on the ones you think should be the favorites!

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#1 Light Silver Award Winner ‘Last Moments’ – Tibor Kercz

Besides the wildlife category, the WildArt Photographer of the Year contest has many more categories to choose from. There is still time to get involved if you’d like to take part in the competition, but you’ll have to hurry as their current category “MOTION” closes for entries at the end of September and October sees the last of this year’s categories, “COLOUR.”

#2 Highly Commended – Fabio Sartori

#3 Commended – Devon Jenkin

All category winners and selected images will be featured in a glorious hardback competition book due for publication in January 2022. With a foreword by Robert Irwin, the book will be a visual treat for all photography and wildlife lovers. With a limited print run of 1,000 copies, each one with its own unique serial number.

#4 Light Gold Award Winner ‘Connection’ – Amit Eshel

#5 Highly Commended – Tibor Kercz

The competition is supporting 10 conservation causes–one for each of the monthly categories. For example, David Tipling chose to support the Committee Against Bird Slaughter or CABS as they are commonly known, an organization committed to fighting bird poaching in the Mediterranean region.

#6 Light Silver Award Winner ‘Last Moments’ – Tibor Kercz

#7 Highly Commended – Kallol Mukherjee

There is also “ABSTRACTS” that is the sixth of the ten WildArt categories and accepted entries during June; it is the concept of the category judge and wildlife photographer Victoria Hillman from the United Kingdom. “ABSTRACTS” attracted some amazing images from all around the world. The top 100 shortlist was full of outstanding photographs, demonstrating a multitude of artistic techniques.