Photographers worldwide recorded more than 25,000 pictures in this year Year bird photographer Competition, and Canadian wildlife and nature photographer Liron Gartsman took the Grand Award and took a grand award for his incredible picture of a frigatebird silhouette against last year’s total solar eclipse and in £ 3,000 cash.
Regular Petpixel Readers can identify Gartsman’s award winning shot, as we Interview Gurtsman for a feature story in April 2024 To know about the years of his preparation, he captured the shot, and why he traveled from Canada to Mexico for eclipse.
This is an image that I wanted to get for a long, long time, ”Gartsman said Petpixel On the phone after returning from Mexico with a memory card filled with incredible eclipse photographs. “(A bird in the flight in front of the eclipse) is a dream in my mind.”
“I spent well in a year to catch a bird’s dream in front of a total solar eclipse,” Gartsman tells the bird photographer of the year. “I listed the help of a boat to keep myself near Majatlan near Majatlan, which was repeatedly done by cabards. The moon exposed the edge of the sun at the end of the tomb, I captured this image during the eclipse phase known as ‘Diamond Ring’ – a moment that lasts only seconds.”
“Extraordinary bird photography takes technical excellence, artistic vision and dedication,” the bird photographer of the year director Will Nicole. “When everything comes together, you get a great image like this.”
During the 2024 “Great North American Eclipse”, Gartsman on the coast of Mexico for more information about this winning picture and many more information, be sure to read PetpixelFacility, “How a photographer captured his magnificent dream photo“Gartsman is an extraordinary talented and inspiring photographer.
Young bird photographer of the year 2025 – Tomas Michelsky
Along with the overall grand award of the Gurtsman, The Bird Photographer of the Year competition also names “Young Bird Photographer of the Year”. The 2025 winner is Polish young Tomasz Michelsky, who also won for a bird’s silhouette picture. In the case of Michaelski, the picture depicts a black vulture, which has a bird’s head and part of its torso and wings, occupying a significant part of the black and white frame.
Bird photographer of the year 2025 category winner
Competition, which participated with birds to help support bird and wildlife conservation efforts with birds this year, includes a classification of categories: best pictures, bird behavior, bird in environment, bird in environment, flying birds, black and white, urban birds and white, urban birds, protection (single image), and creative perspectives. Girtsman won the “Birds in Flight” category and Michaelski won the 15–17-year section of the youth competition, so his images were left down.
Best picture
Bird behavior
Bird in the environment
Birds in flight
black and white
Creative perspective
Urban bird
Conservation (single image)
Three young are also winners in categories, divided by age limit. Micelsky won the 15–17 year old category, so his image is not included below.
All respected images, including silver and gold award winners for each main category and special category winners, have been depicted in a hardcover photography book by Princeton University Press. Book is Now the bird is available on the photographer of the year website For £ 35.
Inspired bird photographers are encouraged to enter the 2026 bird photographer of the year competition, which is now open.
Image Credit: Year bird photographerAll photographers are credited with individual image captions.
