The plastic gift
Photographer
Roberto Melotti
Category
Editorial Photography - Environmental
Company
Submission Group
Amateur
Year
2025
Country / Region
Italy
During the courtship period, Great crested grebes usually exchange gifts, usually algae. In this photo, a grebe, after diving, resurfaces with a piece of plastic mistaken for a succulent algae.
Plastic is now everywhere: in the oceans, seas, lakes, rivers...
Photographer / Company
Vicki Santello
Category
Black & White Photography - Nature
Country / Region
United States
Photographer / Company
João Coelho
Category
Editorial Photography - Documentary
Country / Region
Portugal
Photographer / Company
Raymond Phang
Category
Special Category - Night Photography
Country / Region
Singapore
Photographer / Company
Didi Hsu
Category
Nature Photography - Milky Way
Country / Region
Taiwan