The BigPicture Natural World is an event organized by the California Academy of Sciences, each year, to reward the most beautiful Pictures illustrating nature and biodiversity. The competition is currently in its ninth edition and has therefore received, on this occasion, 7,000 shots to be sorted and classified in order to reward the best of all for this year 2022. Here is the 49 most impressive photos of this competition which celebrates nature.
Grand Prix 2022: “Ball of Bees” by Karine Aigner
Winner of the “Terrestrial Fauna” category: “Spiderweb” by Bence Mate
Finalist in the “Terrestrial Fauna” category: “Between Fennel” by Ruben Perez Novo
Finalist in the “terrestrial fauna” category: “Ghost of the Mountains” by Sandesh Kadur
Finalist in the category “Terrestrial fauna”: “road to nowhere” by James Gifford
Finalist in the “Terrestrial Fauna” category: “The Ermine Game” by Jose Grandio
Finalist in the “terrestrial fauna” category: “embryology” by Jaime Culebras
Finalist in the “terrestrial fauna” category: “Prey” by Takuya Ishiguro
Aquatic Life Category Winner: “Sea Lion Falls” by David Slater
Aquatic Life Finalist: Tony Wu’s “Shooting Star”
Aquatic Life Finalist: Tom Shlesinger’s “Underwater Colored Snowstorm”
Finalist in the “aquatic life” category: “invasive lionfish” by Magnus Lundgren
Aquatic Life Finalist: Jens Cullman’s “Danger in the Mud”
Finalist in the “aquatic life” category: “Curious co-parenting” by Domenico Roscigno
Finalist in the “aquatic life” category: “Goliath in Lilliput” by Tom Shlesinger
Winner of the “Winged Life” category: “Frame within a frame” by Sitaram Raul
Finalist in the “winged life” category: “Hey, that suits you well” by Benjamin Olson
Finalist in the “winged life” category: “young hunters” by Piotr Naskrecki
Finalist in the “winged life” category: “The Elf of the Forest” by Mario Cea Sánchez
Finalist in the “winged life” category: “Table manners” by Bence Mate
Finalist in the “winged life” category: “a feathered house” by Pallavi Laveti
Winged Life Finalist: Takuya Ishiguro’s “Beautiful Wings”
Winner of the “human nature” category: “disgusting delicacy” by Bence Mate
Finalist in the category of “human nature”: “Face to face” by Fernando Constantino Martínez Belmar
Finalist in the “Human Nature” category: “Volcano Cumbre Vieja” by Arturo Rodríguez
Finalist in the “human nature” category: “blue steel” by Matt Theophile
Finalist in the “human nature” category: “greenwashing” by Marcus Westberg
Finalist in the “human nature” category: “the city of the fox” by Peter Mather
Finalist in the “human nature” category: “Dancing Bears” by David Hup
Nature Art Category Winner: Pål Hermansen’s “Insect Diversity”
Finalist in the “art of nature” category: “Rescue ship” by Armand Sarlangue
Finalist in the “art of nature” category: “Abstract painting” by Sergio Tapia
Finalist in the category “art of nature”: “the gold of the bay” by Steve Mandel
Finalist in the “Art of Nature” category: “Cross Paths” by Julie Kenny
Finalist in the “art of nature” category: “The Last Frontier” by Florian Ledoux
Finalist in the “Art of Nature” category: “Heroes” by Juan Jesús González Ahumada
Winner of the category “Landscapes, waterscapes and flora”: “the beauty hidden under our feet” by Tom St George
Finalist in the category “Landscapes, waterscapes and flora”: “Ice cream cake” by Bart Heirweg
Finalist in the “Landscapes, waterscapes and flora” category: “City of Angels” by Silvano Paiola
Finalist in the category “Landscapes, aquatic landscapes and flora”: “The nymphs of the forest” by Juan Jesús González Ahumada
Finalist in the category “Landscapes, waterscapes and flora”: “behind the veil” by nell dickerson
Finalist in the category “Landscapes, waterscapes and flora”: “Beauty is ephemeral” by Ellen Woods
Finalist in the “Landscapes, aquatic landscapes and flora” category: “oasis” by Nicolas Raspiengeas
Winner of the “Photo Essay: Taking Action” Category: “Coexistence with Predators” by Nayan Khanolkar
Finalist in the category “Photo report: Taking action”: “Coexistence with predators” by Nayan Khanolkar
Finalist in the category “Photo report: Taking action”: “Coexistence with predators” by Nayan Khanolkar
Finalist in the category “Photo report: Taking action”: “Coexistence with predators” by Nayan Khanolkar
Finalist in the category “Photo report: Taking action”: “Coexistence with predators” by Nayan Khanolkar
Finalist in the category “Photo report: Taking action”: “Coexistence with predators” by Nayan Khanolkar
Find the winners of another photography competition in this other article that we invite you to discover.