Glanzlichter 2025 Nature Photography Competition

Glanzlichter 2025 Nature Photography Competition is now open for entries!

Glanzlichter 2025 Nature Photography Competition : The Glanzlichter 2025 Nature Photography Competition an international event celebrating the artistry and responsibility inherent in nature photography, has been recently opened for entries inviting everyone worldwide to participate.

➜ Short description

Glanzlichter is one of the greatest international nature photography competitions, which has been honoring fascinating, touching and spectacular photographs from around the world since 1999.

Founded by Mara Fuhrmann, the competition has been putting emphasis on rewarding responsible and genuine nature photographs for many years.

Glanzlichter has drawn talented photographers worldwide, each showcasing unique perspectives on landscapes, wildlife, and plant life. Nature photography is more than just capturing landscapes and animals. It is a way of understanding and appreciating our relationship with nature.
In an age in which is nature under increasing pressure, photography is a powerful medium to reflect and reinforce our responsibility towards the planet. The Glanzlichter 2025 Nature Photography Competition categories:

Category 1 - Magnificent Wilderness | Landscapes
Category 2 - The Beauty of Plants and Fungi | Plants & Fungi
Category 3 - Nature as Art | Shapes, colors and abstractions
Category 4 - Artists on Wings | Birds
Category 5 - The World of Mammals | Mammals
Category 6 - Diversity of all other Animals | Other animal species
Category 7 - Moments in Nature | Special moments of nature
Category 8 - Aerial Views of Nature | Aerial photography

Glanzlichter offers a wide range of categories that encourage photographers to explore multiple facets of nature, from sweeping landscapes in the “Magnificent Wilderness” category to intimate shots of flora in “The Beauty of Plants and Fungi.” Categories such as “Nature as Art” and “Moments in Nature” allow for artistic freedom, enabling participants to highlight abstract forms, colors, and the serendipitous beauty of the natural world.

WHEN EDITING IMAGES...

When editing images, it is important to ensure that the image is reproduced as naturally as possible. The digital image sometimes requires corrections in tonal value, contrast, saturation and sharpening. These correction values can vary from image to image.
Tone value correction, contrast and saturation adjustment, sharpening and image cropping are permitted image processing steps. HDR, focus stacking and panoramas stitched together from multiple images are permitted. Multiple exposures are only permitted if they are created internally in the camera. Only additive and average multiple exposures are permitted. The merged recordings must have been taken at the same place and in close proximity. Further processing steps, digital image manipulation and the use of artificial intelligence are not permitted and will lead to disqualification.

The award-winning images will be honored at the award ceremony at the start of the Naturephotography Days in Fürstenfeldbruck and shown in a high-class exhibition. The exhibition will tour throughout Germany and can be seen at over twenty locations.

➜ Submission requirements:

➜ A maximum of 30 images (these can be freely distributed among the categories).

Images taken with a digital camera or high-quality scans of slides and negatives are permitted.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

➜ Image size: 1920 pixels, JPEG (moderate sharpening is allowed)
➜ Color space: Adobe RGB or sRGB
➜ High resolution files: must be suitable for a print of 50x70cm

➜ Who may enter?

The competition is open to everyone. Young photographers up to the age of 17 can take part in all categories. A Junior Award winner and two highlights per age group (up to 13 years | 14 – 17 years) will be chosen from all of these entries.

➜ Prize:

In total there are prizes worth over €28,000 to be won. Cash prizes totaling over €12,000 and additional non-cash prizes amounting to €16,000. All award-winning participants will be invited to the award ceremony.

Winners that are present will receive a photo book from CEWE with all the award-winning images and their picture on the cover. In addition, winners who are present can take part at the gala dinner.

➜ Entry fees:

Participation fee is 20 EUR per participant.